The debate was continued in comparative quiet on Sunday, when
M. Briand put a mild interpretation on the words quoted above ; and M. Crappi, speaking for the Radical mai- . contents, complained of the mistrust excited in him by
M. Iltriand's excessive adroitness. The vote of confidence in . the Government was carried by 329 to 183. On Wednesday there was a Cabinet meeting, at which M. Briand and all the Ministers agreed to resign in a body. M. Briand then accepted M. Fallieres's invitation to form a new Ministry. The new Cabinet contains four of the old Ministers : M. Pichon (Minister of Foreign Affairs), General Brun (Minister of War), Admiral Bond de Lapeyrere (Minister of Marine), and M. Jean Dapuy (Minister of Commerce). M. Briand _takes the port- olios'of the Interior and of Public Worship as well as the Premiership. IL Klotz becomes Minister of Finance,
M. Lafferre Minister of Labour (in place of M. Viviani), and M. Puech Minister of Public Works (in place of M. Millerand). It seems possible, however, that M. Millerand may yet join the Ministry. It is said that M. Briand, who is evidently the supreme figure in this Cabinet, means to deal first with the relations of railwaymen to the State, and secondly with electoral reform.
