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Show I OPPOSITION SEEN TO POINCARE AS PREMIER I If EX-PRESiDENT OF FRANCE TO I HEAD CABINET I Reparations Commission at I Cannes Gives Germany 1 Provisional Delay I SITUATION MUDDLED j J Briand's Successor Has No I Vote of Lawmakers to If j Guide Policies mH PARIS. Jan 13. (By the Associa- ;H ted Press ) Raymond Poincare, for- I jlH mer president of France, was seeking I CM today to form a cabinet m succeed tlm LalrY undei nt.J.j Mri.in-I H yesterday. HH The manner of M Briand's dram;-. exit, however while on the apparent b i-rge of an overwhelming vine of! Hl confidence in the chamber of deputies, Jh has caused a certain reaction In hi H favor. Besides. M. Poincare has a . H strong opposition in parliament. Hl .Neither is the former oresident pomi- m lar with a large section of ..he general' HV Added to this mam memoes of par- gV liameni hold that President Millerand, I BBSV ,...,llno- n r. rrwl li lit Inn-. I 1 1 1 .l t If l should invite M. Briand to resume; power with another combination oi ministers. Inasmuch as he v.:'0. nol beaten by a vote in parliament. M . Briand. however, st.cul m newspaper-; men last night thai bis resignation was "absolutely final.' in accordance with custom, the president has asked the members ol the Briand cabinet to continue their developments untn a new ministry can bo formed. MAI RESUME CONFAB M. Millerand and Poincare in a conversation con-versation last night decided that, ii the aliter formed a ministry, the con- iciencc broken off at Cannes would be resumed by the new premier after FA n understanding had been reached HK ietween the hads of the governments BB of the allied nowera. Premier Briand's resignation seems to liave caused regret among' the general gen-eral public and manv DOlltical circles The attitude of the majority of th. press is fairly accurately reflected in the following excernt from Le Journal DECISION Rl GRETTEI) "His decision is doubly regrettable, first because it deprives the country In the midst of th negotiations of a skillful advocate whose subtle mini more than once has avoided dangerous danger-ous clashes, and. secondly, because Briand's declarations having neithei Jbeen debated nor voted upon, no cleat indication as to the views parlm-tnent parlm-tnent on Che points discussed at Cannes has been given his successor. The newspapers of a national len-dency, len-dency, such as tho Figaro and the Echo dc ParLs on the other hand, do not conceal their iov at the resignation. resigna-tion. GERM kXY '.IV i: TIME CANNES, Jan. 13 (By Hp. ASflp-j tinted Press.) The allied Reparations! commission at a conference here 4o- I day, decided to cram a provisional de- j lay lo Germany on her reparations y," account Tho Supreme council today exam- I Lned the situation created by the de-J parture of the French delegations and; ruled that decisions oil which a com-! plcte agreement had been reachv.il should become operative, eapeciallj j that regarding the Genoa conicrence.l for which Premier lionomi of Italy waa charged to issue invitations. Prime Minister Llovd George n I I - 1 aea tor Loudon ai J o'clock this evening. H mav. it is said, stop in Paris on route to confer with President Pres-ident Millerand and with M Poincare, who is forming a cabinet to succeed the Briand ministry. Lloyd George read to the members M. Briand's notice of his resignation. Ch council voted that a telegram ot I regret bo sent t.o the retiring French j premier. The date for the opening of the' Genoa QOnforence war. set for March I 6 NO I'll NGF. M MM WASHINGTON. Jan. 13.-r-(By the i Associated Press. I President Miller-1 and of France has directed m. Serraut, head of the French delegation to con-l tlnue In that capacity until the end I of the Washington conference. !n-' structlona to this eflcct were recall i d tuday In a cablegram from M, Briand retiring French premier, who continues contin-ues under French procedure lo exercise ex-ercise the functions of his office un-lill un-lill his successor Cakes up his duties. |