Oct, 27.
'The Socialist Parliamentary' group, by 36 votes to 12, to-day Socialist Premier, M.
who has promised' them an equal share of the principal Portfolios, in the new Cabinet, Later, It is stated in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies that Mf Daladier will propose a.policy of all-round retrenchment, including a reduction of Frs. 600,000,009 in the military estimates.
M. Daladier's Fs re Oct, 29.
M, Daladier, who was appointed Premier following the recent downfall of M. Briand's Ministry, hus indoned his intention of forming a Cabinet. Thi sequel to the rejection, by the National Council of the Socialist Party, of the motion for collaboration with the Radical Socialists in the formation of a now Later.
Since M. Daladier's decision to abandon the task of forming a inet the Socialist Parliamentary group has passed a resolution grotting the decision of the National Council of the Socialist Party and offering M, Daladier their support anew, The resolution demands the convocation, on December 25, of a party congress to decide the que tion of participation in the Cabinet, In view of the offer of supper from the Socialist Parliamentary Group, M. Daladier resumed the task of Cabinet-making but. after wards he had definitely to abandon the effort, He has stated that the support on which he reckoned as a certainty was made subject to political eonditions which made it useless for im to continue the attempt—Reu-
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