5 JANUARY 1929, Page 6

On Monday there followed the second - critical meeting of Ministers,

at which the purpose of M. Poincare was to convince himself that if he reappeared as Prime Minister in the next Session he would have a sufficient backing, at least temporarily. hi order to test the matter he announced his intention of resigning, and his colleagues, as had been generally expected, unanimously begged him to remain. M. Poincare will, therefore, carry on for the present, but the Parliamentary scene will probably darken for him as the conviction grows that France is out of danger, and that he is no longer the indispensable financial saviour.