Show POINCARE IS IS' FACING GRIEF One Resignation May Up Up- Upset Upset set Government of Stability ny By WILLIAM r Copyright c p fg 1927 t Consolidated d Press Association rAms PARIS June Juno 18 Tho The The first rift rif In the tho Poincare cabinet which was wa 1 thought to be a watertight com corn has appeared It I will wil ili not be surprising to learn very vry soon Mon that Maurice ski minister of or commerce has re resigned re re- resigned resigned signed either voluntarily or un un- under un- un under der compulsion As M. M 11 Is I one of ot the three representatives of ot the con con- ser e side of ot the chamber now in the cabinet the cabinet the others being Louis Mann Marln and Andre Tardieu his resignation would create serious difficulties for the Poincare gov gov- IOV- IOV government Probably no other out out- outstanding outstanding standing conservative would ac ac- accept accept ac- ac accept the post and the appoint appoint- appointment appointment ment meat of ot another radical would tip the cabinet so 80 far to the left leCt that tha It could no longer lon er stand up KNOWS INOW'S I Is one of the young young- youngest est cst men In parliament parlament and has come to the front only since the war Ho Is 13 a I brilliant young businesslike type of ot Jewish de de- descent descent de- de descent scent and ani for several years before entering the thc go government go was re reporter reporter reporter porter of ot the finance committee o othe ot of the chamber of deputies deputes In that tha capacity he was responsible fo for tor overthrowing o several successive finance ministers by his piercing analyses of ot their budgets and tax proposals As A minister of or commerce Do- Do kanowski has had a particularly particular ungrateful task The reform o of the tariff demanded by French Freud manufacturers who think th the present customs duties dutes arc too low was WS undertaken by him Immediate Immediate- Immediately ly after the Poincare government was organized last July ski came forward a few Cew months month ago a o with wih a new tariff bill bi which increases most of the th schedules schedule far tr beyond the highest figures that tha anybody supposed he would dare to offer oCter The result was a n. tor tor- torrent torrent torrent rent of criticism from the left lef lefand lef and even a large section of o con ron conservative opinion conceded he had gone too far tar The chamber com com- committee rejected the bill bi and com corn compelled I him Mm to 10 revise It I. I Still Sti smarting under this setback went vent before the sen sen- senate senate senate ate to 10 explain certain changes in Inthe inthe the postal administration which in France comes conies under linden the commerce department dep He lie had eliminated a large number of or postal Inspector Inspector- Inspectorships Inspectorships inspectorships ships and a cry of ot protest pro lest went up from all al parts of ot France SENATE The senate flatly Claty told Minister that it I would woul not ac ac- accept accept ac- ac accept an order that diminished pos pos- postal postal postal tal efficiency Instead of adopting a conciliatory attitude declared that he would ouM raise th the question of ot confidence meaning me that If H the senate refused to aI rO C his Ills act he would resign n. n This angered the senate and while It Is probable probable probable able that when Ihen the matter mater comes omes to a n vote rote the senate will wi yield the resentment against the minister for choosing this unprecedented course on a mere administrative question Is I so great re t that Bokan- Bokan oan- oan usefulness In the cabinet Is seriously Impaired Poincare has been urged for many months not only on 1 to get Ret rid rido of o but also to dim elim eliminate mate Tardieu and Maria Marln replacing replacing In ing them all aU with wih men JEn from the left Such a course would woul be per per- perilous perilous Ious ilous because It Is practically pr certain certain tain lain that no Socialist will ote vote for tor and It Is even e doubtful it if the Socialists In the th rare face of ot communist taunt taunt would dare darE to maintain a neutral attitude Un Un- Unless UnIts UnIts' Unless less Its Its' the Socialists Soria at least re remained re- re remained remained neutral a a Poincare cabinet drawn solely from the left lef could not stand stan On such uch slender threads t do France ance destinies hang hal The Ro- Ro To- To kanowski Incident has but the slightest Importance in Itself but hut it may be the undoing of ot the na- na national lional tonal coalition coalton which has hu brought the treasury from bankruptcy to prosperity In less Jess than one year ear |