25 APRIL 1925, page 13

* * * * . When M. Painleve Met The

Chamber on Tuesday he read a declaration of policy in which he attached chief importance to preserving the security of France and the balancing of the Budget. Nothing else......

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......

M. Caillaux, For His Part, Is Not Angling For The

applause of any particular party. He walks alone, supremely self-confident in the financial conclusions at which he has arrived from his own experience and thinking. In fine, as......

In The New Government M. Painleve, Besides Being' Prime...

has become Minister of War. M. Briand is Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. Monzie, who was Minister of Finance for a few hours under M. Herriot. just before the fall of the......

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News Of The Week Rimie New Government In France, With

M. Painleve as Prime Minister, which was still being formed when we went to press last week, is a nondescript body with a nondescript policy. The first appearance of the new......