1M. Briand has accepted the Po.
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Though M, Briand at present has accepted the Premiership only principle" and will announce his definite decision to-night, it ix confidently asserted that he has already secured the necessary support. Hence the personnel of the Cabinet may be expected to be announced! to-morrow. This will enable him return to Geneva immediately.
1M. Briand, interviewed on leaving the Elysee, said that he told. Doumergue that, in view of the present situation, he did not consider himself justified in reusing te try to form a Cabinet, Socialists Recaleitrant Later, Tt is not doubted here that Bf. Briand will be able to present a midday to-morrow, in which case he will leave for Geneva to-morrow! evening or on Thursday at the latest.
The general opinion is that M. Briand will retain in the new Cabinet most of his retiring colis stated that he will M. Caillaux to take the} Finance portfolio, With regard to the question of a majority in the Chamber in sup-pert of the new Cabinet, a large tumper of the 221 dep who ies voted for the Government in the crucial division on March 6 met this afternoon and decided to contitute a permanent majority, which will probably be joined by those' who abstained from voting on that day The Socialist group has motion in favour of supper new government and has passed 'a resolution by a small declaring that the policy which the oun is prepared loyally and whole-tedly to support and which would include particularly financial reconstruction, can only be carried out by a majority based on the Radical Republican and Socialist, Parties.
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