Evening star., 1934-11-08
Accepts Task After Laval,
Chief Neutral, Refuses
Premiership.
RECURRENCE OF RIOTS
IS FEARED BY PUBLIC
Doumergue, Refusing to Continue
With New Cabinet. Issues
Appeal for Peace.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, November 8.-French poll
tics tossed Premier CASTOR Doumergue
into the discard today. and Dou-
mergueS minister of public works.
Etienne Flandin, agreed TO form a
new French government and serve as
premier.
He accepted this task on request OF
President Lebrun. who previously hac
offered the premiership to the chief
neutral in French politics, Pierre Laval,
the resigned foreign minister. Laval,
however, refused the task.
Public Is Nervous.
The French public. fearful OF a
repetition of riots which brought the
Doumergue government into being,
watched the rapid succession OF events
with nervousness.
Doumergue had based his rule on
the idea of a political truce" and
Lebrun had called upon Laval in an
effort to salvage that type Of gov
ernment But the refusal Of Laval.
the avowed enemy Of payment of the
was regarded as irrevocable.
Doumergue's resignation, forced as
it was by the refusal of Edouard Her.
riot, minister without portfolio and
leader of the Radical Socialists, and
Ave other affiliated Ministers with
him to cooperate. left the veteran
statesman disillusioned and dis
heartened.
He Immediately issued a brief ap-
peal to the people in an effort 10 pre-
serve the peace of the country.
His appeal read:
Il have been led to abandon power.
I beg all my fellow citizens. in behalf
of the interest and security Of the
fatherland, to maintain the calm nee
essary to the settlement Of the pres
ent difficulties"
DOumergUe WOpt Continue.
Doumergue refused TO continue with
the cabinet, which came into power
with him nine months ago during the
bloodshed of last February.
Immediately following the resigns-
ton Of the Dounergue ministry Pres
ident Iebrun. according to French
tradition. summoned Jules Jeanneney.
former undersecretAry for war, and
Fernand Emile BouisSon, President of
the Chamber Of Deputies, to Elysee
Palace to offer Bouisson the premier
ship as matter Of politeness. Bouis-
son declined.
Then he called in Laval, the chief
neutral in French politics. but Laval
said his work as foreign minister
was of the highest importance, and
that he would not attempt to organ
Ize government His declaration
was taken as an indicate that he
would remain in the foreign Office in
whatever government was to be Or
ganized.
Next was summoned to the Elysee
Palace. Flandin, the resigned minister
OF public works, Lebrun asking him
to become premier. Flandin agreed
to attempt the task.
Chamber Is Tense.
The tenseness of the political sit
uation and the party hatreds were
illustrated in the Chamber of Dep
uties, where, as a brief session was ad.
journing. Communist Deputies leav-
ing their benches shouted: Down
with the assassins! Soviets every
where!"
The Deputies Of the Right shouted
back: Long live Doumergue. Long
live the republici''
Paris was tense. with both Right
lists and LeftiSts ready for action if
last February's bloody street riots are
renewed.
Threats of death were showered on
Herriot, who refused to compromise
with Doumergue and f1atly turned
down his constitutional reform pro-
gram.