M. Loubet will be back in Paris in a day
or two, and then, it is stated, M. Waldeck-Rousseau and his colleagues will hand in their resignations, so that on June 10th when the Chamber has finished the "verification of its powers" the new Cabinet will be able to announce its programme. It is now stated that M. Bourgeois, wbo, as head of the Radical group, leads the strongest party among the new Deputies, and would therefore have been Premier, declines the office, pre- ferring the Presidency of the Chamber. It is, therefore, expected that M. Combos, formerly Minister of Education, will be selected, with M. Delcasse as Foreign Minister, and General Andre as Minister of War. M. Combos, who is little known in this country, is described as an able man of bitterly anti-Clerical opinions; but he will not have the authority of M. Waldeck-Rousseau, and it is probable, for reasons stated at length elsewhere, that the new Ministry will not be strong.
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