THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1937.
FRENCH POPULAR FRONT GOVERNMENT AGAIN UNDER A NEW BANNER
PARIS, TO-DAY.
M. CAMILLE CHAUTEMPS, DESIGNATED BY PRESIDENT LEBRUN AS SUCCESSOR OF M. LEON BLUM FOLLOWING THE LATTER'S DEFEAT IN THE SENATE OVER THE PLENARY POWERS BILL, HAS SUCCEEDED IN FORMING A CABINET.
The new Cabinet is composed of the following members:
Premier M. Camille Chautemps Finance M. Georges Bonnet Foreign Affairs: M. Yvon Delbos National Defence
Interior Air
Justice
Foreign Ministry.
M. Francois de Tessau Agriculture .. M. Andre Lyautey Economics. Public Works Labour
Air Ministry Colonies
M. Max Hymans
M. Ramadiers
M. Philippe Serre
M. Andraud
M. Moumnerville
Technical Education
Interior
Finance
Marine
M. Julien M. Aubaud
M. Brunet
M. Blancho
M- Lègrange
Sport and Physical Culture
Commerce
M. Tasso
M. Leon Blum, the retiring Pre- M: Edouard Daladier mier, has a post in the new Cabinet
M. Max Dormoy as Vice-Premier without_portfolio.
M. Pierre Cot The political complexion of the M. Vincent Auriol new Cabinet differs little from the M. Marius Moutet Blum Government. It is composed Ministers of State
of 12 Radicals and 9 Socialists, all Senator Sarraut of whom except six were in the Senator Violette Blum Ministry.-Reuter and Trans-
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M. Campinchi
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son, the Rapporteur of dical Socialists as well as the So-late's Finance Commission, M. Gor- Sen- cialists each hold 10 portfolios in day, the former Minister of the In- the new Cabinet. Of the 5 most terior, M. Max Dormoy, the Chair- important ministers, three, i.e. man of the Radical-Socialist group Foreign Affairs, War and Finance, in the Chamber, M. Campinchi, the have been entrusted to the Radical former Foreign Minister, M. Paul Socialists.
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The defeated Premier, M. Leon Blum, declared at the meeting of the National Council of the So- cial-Democratic Party yesterday that he would favour participa- tion of the Socialists in a new Popular Front Government un- der Radical-Socialist leadership.
COMMUNIST SUPPORT The Chairman of the Communist A concert attraction unique to Party stated' that his party Hong Kong will be provided at willing to assume the King's Theatre next month ponsibility for a Government to be the entire res- when Mme. La Meri makes her formed after the pattern of the Po- only appearance in the Colony.
Bound for India for a special pular Front and adopting its en-
tire programme. tour, Mme. La Meri, internationally famous dancer, will give her per-posed that all Deputies who voted The Left Wing delegation pro- formance on July 5, with a reper- toire that embraces all schools and against
Blum Government should be excluded from member- ship in the new Popular Front
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and "Bolero", to the music of the same composer. Another very popular dance M. Maurice Frere, collaborator of is "Humoresque” in which Mme. La Meri uses several comic masks. Her the Belgian Premier, M. van Zee- Spanish dances will be danced to music land, and well-known economist; by de Falla, Granados, Turina, and who has already visited a number other Spanish composers, as well as to of European capitals for discussion folk music. Dances from Japan, and the South American countries will also of economic problems with Govern- be seen for the first time in India, all ment leaders is now in Vienna. accompanied by traditional music and danced in magnificent authentic cos-Minister of Finance, Dr. Neumayr, Yesterday he conferred with the tumes. La Meri usually does about
sixteen dances on each programme, and he will also call on the Chan necessitating as many changes of cos- cellor, Dr. Schuschnigg, and the tume. No change takes more than President of the Austrian National three minutes, during which time musical numbers are played.
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