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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 508, 10 November 1928, Page 9

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Poincare To Form Ministry

REGARDLESS OF PARTY

(United P.A.—By Telegraph Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association)

Received 11.45 a.m. PARIS, Friday. THL expected has happened. The ex-Prime Minister, M. » Poincare, has accepted President Doumergue’s 'invitation to form a new Ministry.

A communique from the President's palace sets out that M. Poincare will seek to form “a Ministry of Republican concord.” which is almost equivalent to a Government national union. The Ministry, it is expected, will be composed of the most prominent leaders, regardless of party affiliations, with the probable exception of the four Radical-Socialist Ministers who resigned. After a conference the President and M. Poincare immediately initiated a series of conference of leaders, which will continue to-night. M. Poincare’s decision follows an almost unanimous Press appeal to sacrifice his personal inclinations on the grounds of the patriotic need. An earlier message stated: The political situation in France remains in a state of suspense. The President, M. Doumergue, has now conferred with 40 people at the Elysee, and the opinion prevails that the President is massing a formidable offensive, based on public opinion. in readiness to summon M. Poincare.

The object of this move is to put the ex-Prime Minister in such a posi-

tlon that he cannot refuse to resume office. Admittedly opinion has hardened in favour of his recall. UPROAR IN CHAMBER SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS FIGHT (United Service) PARIS, Thursday. The Chamber of Deputies, in the absence of members of the Government, which has resigned, stormily debated the right of the two members for Alsace, M.M. Rickelin and Rosse, to sit, as they had been condemned to lose their civil rights. Resolution after resolution was presented, and there was incredible uproar, necessitating the suspension of the sitting, while the Socialists and Communists fought and tore each others’ neckties. The vote was taken after the resumption. and the Alsatians were declared unseated by 220 votes to 39.