BRIAND SEEKS IN VAIN FOR FINANCE MINISTER.
CAILLAUX REFUSES TO ACT UNLESS HE HEADS THE GOVERNMENT. By Telegraph.—Presa Assn.—Copyright Router’s Telegrams. PARIS, June 22. The lobbies are anxiously questioning M. Briand’s ability to form a Cabinet following an all-day unsuccessful quest for a Finance Minister. Successive candidates lose, confidence after a heart to heart talk with M. Peret (late Minister of Finance) or with the managei of the Banque de France on the real facts of the position of the Treasury. M. Caillaux is the latest, man to be approached, but he has repeatedly refused to accept the position unless he simultaneously heads the Government. It is confidently predicted that M. Briand will be compelled to approach an expert who is not a member of Parliament. In the meantime, he is canvassing party leaders regarding the x>ossibility of a stable majority, without, which the Premier declares he will not take office.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17881, 24 June 1926, Page 15
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