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.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 15 January 1912, Page 5
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219M. POINCARE WILL FORM A MINISTRY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 12, 15 January 1912, Page 5
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