It might be thought that the appointment of M. Caillaux
would in itself quite estrange the Senate which condemned him as a national renegade only five years ago. On the other hand, M. Painleve has been clever enough to find no fewer than five Ministerial posts for members of the Senate. It must not be forgotten, either, that as Frenchmen are really feeling desperate about their finances they may be inclined to give M. Caillaux a good deal of tether just to see what he cau do. At all, events, the Senate will be entirely with M. Caillaux in his resistance to any idea of a Capital Levy. Everyone is wondering what will happen to the Cartel des Gauches. It seems to be in some danger of disintegration, but so far in the Chamber it has held together so that the complexion of the Chamber as a whole is very little changed. * *
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