Cabinet Shaken

For the first time the Chamber of Deputies voted down, last week, a measure proposed by Premier Raymond Poincare's present "Sacred Union" Cabinet (TIME, Aug. 2 et seq.). The Cabinet has stood unshakable until now, because of its great achievement in rescuing the franc from collapse and more than doubling its gold value. But today, with this crisis passed, and with a general election scheduled for next year, party strife is reviving. The vote last week was on a matter of no intrinsic importance; but it proved, by a count of 265 to 256 against the Cabinet, that Premier Poincare, though strong, is not unshakable.