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Show CHEERSFOR POINCARE Unprecedented Popular Enthusiasm Greets New President Paris. Jan 18 -The French cabinet ministers formally resigned today as a secpiel to yesterday's election of Premier Raymond Poincare as chlel executive President Pallleres re quested them 'o retain their portfolios until their successors bad been cho sen. The newspapers, even those profes sing Monarchist and Clerical sentl ment, comment on Polncare's election with favor and with n unanimitv nn precedented in French politics Paris. Jan 17. The maiiifestat ions of popular enthusiasm during the evening eve-ning assumed proportions altoKether unprecedented at previous elections Toward midnight various columns of paraders Joined forces and marched to II, Poincare s house w here thev raised rousing cheers of "long live M Poincare!" and "long live Mme Pom care'" and called upon the presidentelect president-elect to show himself. M. Poincare opened the window and bowed repeatedly to the crowd outside out-side and when the cheering subsided. I made a brief speech. "Do not say long live M Poincare say long live the republic." f'hcorlnp, greeted the words of the president-elect and then the Marsel-lalse Marsel-lalse was taken up by a thousand ) voices and tho crowd dispersed oo |