Show 1 THANKLESS TASK BEING PASSED UP Leading French Statesmen Fighting Shy of Premiership at the Present Time Paris March Fa efforts to induce one or another of the several i statesmen with whom he con conferred conferred today to undertake the task of forming a cabinet have not no yet et borne result 31 L Sarri n who declined either the premiership or a portfolio suggest suggested ed j 1 Bourgeois whom M Dubost president of the senate and M 11 Dou Doumer Doumer mer president of the chamber chambor of dep deputies deputies also put forward M Bourgeois however declared that he did not feel ph physically strong enough to undertake the premiership but would to accept the foreign portfolio under M whom he thought the best fitted man to take the reins of power M r refused to accept the de decision decision of either M lI Bourgeois or M 1 S r rien as final but both persist In de declaring daring claring that they will not undertake the task of the formation of a minis ministry ministry try May Be It is understood that M lI will be called to the Elysee tomorrow and the indications are that a cabInet under his leadership will be acceptable to the advanced republican groups M name also Is mentioned which Is due to his moderation regarding the application of the church and state sep separation separation law M iI Doumer also suggest suggested ed M It Is expected a decision concerning the premier will be reached tomorrow Members of the chamber of deputies however foresee a possibility of the crisis lasting six or eight days owing to the difficulty of finding a man suf sd strong to cope with the pend pendIng pendIng Ing serious internal and aDd external problems problems lems Reaction in Favor of A strong reaction has set in In favor of M The newspapers today severely criticize the action of the chamber of deputies defeating him when he was vas performing a patriotic dut duty which promised to produce the most notable diplomatic success of re recent recent cent years It has now become quite evident that France will waver In her policy In the conference at Algeciras Indeed 31 I Revels only instructions instruction are those given before the fall faU to stand firm and these cannot bp be modified until the formation of the new ministry M ii appears to think a Fran agreement is In sight He said today to a friend Like Jules Ferry my success will willbe willbe be realized after I was defeated |