The 74-day search for a Cabinet that would be acceptable to Parliament ended, last week, when Count Poullet, on his second attempt, formed a Catholic-Liberal-Socialist Cabinet which was approved by caucus of the various parties and was therefore sure to be supported by a majority in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies (TIME, Apr. 20, 27; May 25 et seq.).
The new Cabinet, which was received by the King and later sworn in, was composed as follows:
Premier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) Count Poullet
Foreign Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (S) Emile Van der Velde
Education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (S) Camille Huysmans
Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) Albert Janssen
Interior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (L) Baron Rolin Jacquemyns
Defence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General Kestens*
Justice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) M. Tschoffen
Railways. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (S) Edouard Anseele
Public Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (S) M. Laboulle
Agriculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) Aloys Van de Vyvere
Labor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (S) Charles Wauters
Colonies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (C) Senator Carton
After this, King Albert muttered a fervent Dieu soit loué (God be praised) and dined Colonel House. Two days later, a vast worry removed from his mind, he opened the third Congress of the International Chamber ofCommerce in the Palais des Académies and received a rousing ovation from the 780 delegates.
*Military appointee.
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