M. POINCARE WILL FORM A MINISTRY.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 15 January 1912, Page 5

M. POINCARE WILL FORM A MINISTRY.

INDIGNATION AGAINST "31

'CAILLAUX

PARIS, Jan. 18. M. Toincare has iacoepted the task of forming -a Ministry.

3£. "Delcasse refusedl'the positron on 'ihe, ground; th at he did' not~poss>3GS the requisite qualities, and preferred io ■devote ; himself to Bis own department.

i Thene is great indignation in Paris against M. "Gaillaux. The newspapers represent that his negotiations • were intended1 to deliver to Franco-Germ^xi promoters the Congo arid bho Cameroon railway. The abandonment of that scheme, led to ' Ine dispatch. >6f the 'Paiithcr.

The "Paris Journal dcs Debats .stat-ef that "M. D«selves, on receipt of tlifc ev?ws of tho dispatch of the Panther proposed the dispatch of a cruiotjr tho same Say. "M. TPaul ;;O*riib6n asked Sir Edward Grey: "If we send a cruiser, will you do so also?"" Sir Edward Grey replied in the affirmative, 'biit after two days M. Canlauix, in'^fche absence of M.'Deselves, notifieVl Sir Edward G-rey that the decision to send p. cruiser had' been postponed, fearing to create a grave situation. The paper adds that Si" EdwarS Gcrey's engagement w*ac overruled!' by «, majority of the Cabinet. I M.'' Gaillaux alleges that the cruiser idea-wasf abandoned on £1. Deleasse'b advice. Two 'Ministers declined to <tfgn M. CaillauxV letter of- resignation to1 blie President, owing to its attack on M: D»eselv«6.