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Show I: PREMIER KIBUT BEATSJEGORD Sets Up New Cabinet in Forty-eight Forty-eight Hours Task Not Easy. CARRIES DOUBLE TITLE All Sections ofr Republican Opinion Represented and all Experienced Men. PARIS, March 20, 5:46 a. m. The ministerial crisis was so complt tely overshadowed by other events thai there has been little comment on the new cabinet. It was well enough received re-ceived and is considered adequate tor the task, but probably never before clii") a nrilixir-il c it i nf tnK imnnV. Itance leave the public so indifferent Alexandre Ribot, In setting up the cabinet in 18 hours, is understood to have beaten all speed records and his task was not an easy one, for the list changed many times before it became permanent. Many persons appointed by him refused, while others accepted at first, but later withdrew. Premier Ribot asued former Premier Briand to remain as foreign minister, but M. Briand pointed out that having had to deal with the allies with the double title of premier and foreign minister, he would not have the same weight in diplomatic affairs with only the latter title. He also thought that In view of the hostility of certain groups it would be preferable to ki ep him out of the combination. Leon Bourgeois, former premier, was ihrn approached, but refused on the ground that his health precluded 1ns undertaking a labor of such niac-rr tude, but he agreed to take the portfolio port-folio of labor. The premier himself assumed the portfolio of foreign af-' fairs. Parties In New Council. All sections-of Republican opinion Is represented in the new cabinet Pre niier Ribot belongs to the Republican union; Albert Thomas, the minister ofi munitions, to the Unified Socialist group; Rene Vivianl, the minister of Justice, Prof. Paul Palnleve, the minister min-ister of war, and Maurice Violette, the minister of subsistence, to the Socialistic So-cialistic Republicans; Louis J. Malvy, minister of the interior, Jules Steeg, minister of public instruction Genr. Desplas, minister of public works, Eti-enne Eti-enne Clementel, minister of commerce, com-merce, Fernand David, the minister of agriculture, Leon Bourgeois, the minister minis-ter of labor, and Daniel Vincent, under un-der secretary of aviation, belong to the group of radicals and Socialistic radicals, rad-icals, while Andre Maginot, the minister min-ister of the colonies, belongs to the Republican left, and Joseph Thirery, minister of finance, to the democratic left. All have been in office before' 1 except George Desplas, who is one of1 the Paris deputies; Maurice Violeite,1 a deputy for the department Euro et Loir. and Daniel Vincent, a deputy for' the department of Du Nord. |