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Show 00 demenceao to Form New French Cabinet PARIS, Nov, 15. Former Promier Clemenceau has agreed to form a new cabinet. ft was George Clemenceau, for many years one of the moat forceful figures In French public life, who instituted the campaign against German propaganda propa-ganda in Franco, and It was largely on that Issue that the Palnleve cabinet cabi-net fell. "The tiger," as ho Is nicknamed, nick-named, is known as an exponont of the big stick and it has been proposed pro-posed that if he should bo appointed premier he would stamp out Boloism rapidly and radically. Tho chief obstacle ob-stacle to Ills appolntmont was felt to bo the implacable hostility of the unified uni-fied Socialists who havo never forgiven his drastic methods in dealing with labor troubles when ho wan premier. M. Clemenceau is 76 years old. Ho is somotlmes referred to as more of a doBtructlve than a constructive statesman states-man and Is reputed to havo upsot nearly near-ly a score of cabinets. Ho has held no ministerial posts in recent years devoting himself largely to his newspaper, newspa-per, L'Hommo Enchaino, which has been suspended sevoral times because be-cause of his biting criticism of the government. nn |