Kammala wannan jumla: Da yake gwamnatin Viviani na cikin matsala sakamakon murabus din Theophile Delcasse a matsayin ministan harkokin waje,
Ba tare da nasara ba a cikin kaka da kuma shigar Bulgaria cikin yakin, Viviani ya tambayi Joffre, wanda ya gaya masa cewa tara daga cikin janar din goma za su zama ministocin yaki, ko Gallieni zai zama mai kyau ga Millerand. Joffre ya amsa, "Wataƙila", sa'an nan kuma, bayan da ya tsaya don tunani, "Wataƙila". A cikin taron, Briand ya kafa sabuwar gwamnati a ranar 29 ga Oktoba, 1915, tare da Viviani a matsayin mataimakin shugaban majalisar ministoci (mataimakin firaminista) da Gallieni a matsayin ministan yaƙi.