Ernest Monis loses vote of confidence

JUNE 23, 1911: François Goiran, French Defense Minister, remarked that "there was no provision for a Commander in Chief of French forces in time of war." Three days later, one hundred years ago today, the French Prime Minister, Ernest Monis, would lose a vote of confidence from the Chamber of Deputies. A new government of Radicals would be formed 3 days later, led by his Finance Minister. Nine Defense Ministers would serve in France from June 23, 1911 until the beginning of the war for France. In contrast, the United States only had two, due to change in presidency. Great Britain had three during this period. Germany, being an imperial power, may have had only one, in Moltke the Younger although there were two Defense Ministers.