| Show CLfMfNCEAU M KES BLUNDER AND WRECKS fRENCH CABINET Man Who for Three Years Has Been I Absolute Master of France Loses t His Head and His Position I Par1sAt the conclusion of a vlo tl lent debate over the naval scandals on Tuesday In which Premier Clemen oau taunted former Minister Del gasso with having humiliated the government gov-ernment the government forces wero completely overwhelmed tho vpto being 112 to 17G when an endeavor was made to sustain tho attitude of Clemenceau and the government J When Premier Clomoucenu recovered recov-ered from the shock of unexpected defeat de-feat he stalked out of the chamber followed by the other ministers in token that he intended to resign I M Clemenceau went Immediately tp the Elysee palacu and told tho Jjstory to President Fallleres who Deemed stupefied at the Incident but ho accepted the resignations t j Premier Clemenceau who always bas been an adversary ot M Dolcasse JBtnarUng under the criticisms and rionbhvs overconfident of a majority major-ity taunted the exminister of foreign affairs who was thrown overboard by the Rouvler ministry at the dictation of Germany during tho crisis of 1905 with having led France to humiliation at Algeclras The spectre of that r chapter of Francos forelgh history In which Delcasse was sacrificed was a fatal error Instantly there was on Uproar of dissent from both sides of Ithe chamber Delcasso Huns back he taunt In Clomenceaus face with bitter words declaring that Franco had gone to Algeclras In the Interest of peace This seemed to be tho opinion opin-ion of the 212 members who voted against Clcmeuccau There Is hut one opinion In Paris astonishment that an old parliamentary parliament-ary warhorso like Clomenceau should have committed political suicide by Ills awkwardness In recalling the Al geckos spectre when the government was assured of a majority on tho naval question The premiers action drove about fifty members of the Republican Bloc1 Into ft com btnftl1 Qro 1 tb > t1Jf right and extreme left unhorsing tho man whose ministry had been tho longest In the history of tho third republic re-public and who for three years has been absolute master In France More than sixty members of the majority ma-jority enough to have saved tho day were absent when the vote was taken I |
