Review of reviews and world's work . ndis a constructive Socialist who, however hemay love his ideas, knows that changes mustbe brought about gradually and not withoutmuch experimenting. He knows that exper-iments must not wreck the laboratory norkill the chemist, and more than once he hasrepeated at the tribune that: Reformscannot be carried out by violence. . .Reforms are not fruitful unless they are car-ried out in a country prosperous and peace-ful. . Private or collective interestsshall not prevail against national wants Socialism, but the kind of So-cialism that can be p
Review of reviews and world's work . ndis a constructive Socialist who, however hemay love his ideas, knows that changes mustbe brought about gradually and not withoutmuch experimenting. He knows that exper-iments must not wreck the laboratory norkill the chemist, and more than once he hasrepeated at the tribune that: Reformscannot be carried out by violence. . .Reforms are not fruitful unless they are car-ried out in a country prosperous and peace-ful. . Private or collective interestsshall not prevail against national wants Socialism, but the kind of So-cialism that can be put on a business basis. However ungrateful the task of a prophetmay be, we can, in the light of the preced-ing, venture a forecast of what the Briandministry will accomplish. First of all, it may be said that un-less all the signs fail it will be of longduration. In the selection of his asso-ciates Briand has succeeded in eliminatingmany elements of weakness which endangered BRIAND, THE FIRST SOCIALIST PREMIER IN HISTORY. 6«5. M. ARISTIDE BRIAND. PREMIER OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. or cut short the life of preceding the opinion of many Frenchmen it wasan unfortunate coincidence that the declineof the French navy during the last decadeshould have synchronized with a continuousperiod of civilian administration in the RueRoyale. By selecting as heads of the armyand navy a general and an admiral withoutany political records, Briand shows his inten-tion of keeping the national defense out ofthe political field. He will in this way elude all the criticisms the navy may incur in thefuture, and will prevent all military debatesfrom involving the totality of his cabinet. In matters international Briand has alwaysbeen extremely reticent, but the retention ofM. Pichon at the Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs Indicates that Clemenceaus policy Is tobe followed by the new cabinet. That policyis slightly broader than Delcasses and corre-sponds more closely to a slightly changed sit-uation
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