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Show New French Cabinet Chosen : : PREMIER MILLERMD REliESOWTl FORMER MUSTERS Captain Andre Tardieu Refuses Refus-es to Retain Portfolio In New Body i CLEMENCEAU RETIRES TO PRIVATE LIFE President Poincare Will Sign Decree of Nomination Today It Is Expevted PARIS. Jan. 19 Captain Andre Tar-jdicu Tar-jdicu has refused to retain the port- folio of minister of liberated regions I in Dip niv 'Millnrnnri pnhinot In re ply to M. Millerand's request that he remain in office, Captain Tardieu has said that during the past few days, both chambers of parliament have said they wish to appeal to new men and i therefore he Is unable to accept the (premier's Invitation. The cabinet of Premier Clemenceau resigned Sunday. President Poiucaire asked Alexandre Millerand, governor of Alsace to form a new cabinet. The; , outgoing ministry has been in office' sinco November 1C, 1917. ! j Premier MiNoraud's cabinet will i hold its first meting at the new pre-l mier's home at 1 o'clock this after-! noon. It will then be introduced to President Poincairc. who will sign the! 'decree of nomination, which will be promulgated in tomorrow's Journal Official. Cabinet Members Premier and Foreign Minister, Alexandre Alex-andre Mlilerand. Minister of Jwstioe, M. L. 'Hopiteau. Minister of Interior, Andre Hon- ,neraL I Minister of War, Andre Lefevre. Minister of Marine, M. Landry. Minister of Commerce, M. Isaac. i Minister of Agriculture, Henri Rich- aru. Minister of Finance, Frederick Francois Fran-cois Marshal. Minister of the Colonies, Albert Sar-raut. Sar-raut. Minister of Public Works, Yves Le Trocqucr. Minister of Public Instruction, Victor Vic-tor Ban-ad. Minister of Labor, Paul Jourdain. Minister of Hygiene and Social Welfare, Wel-fare, M. Breton. Only Two Retained M. Jourdain was minister of labor in the Clemenceau cabinet and M. Lo Ti-ocquer was under-secretary of state for the liquidation of stocks. These are the only members of the Clemenceau Clemen-ceau ministry retained. M. Francois Marshal is the manager of the Banque Union Parisienne. He Is neither a deputy or a senator, j M. Millerand remarked to the newspapermen news-papermen at middaj that he had had a talk with former Premier Reven Viviana. "He said he was not willing at the present moment to enter the government." govern-ment." said M. Millerand, "but he assured as-sured me of his fullest support." The formation of the ministry was finally completed this afternoon when Jules Steeg accepted the post of minister min-ister of the interior and Andre Hon-norat Hon-norat accepted that of minister of public pub-lic instruction. M. Steeg was minister of the interior in the cabinet of Pain-lcve Pain-lcve and had previously occupied other cabinet positions. |