THE NEW CABINET.

Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 1002, 14 April 1908, Page 5

THE NEW CABINET.

Press Assn — By telegraph — Copyright. tt^v^£W „-•'? LQNDONjaypsjterday. I :The* changes; in the £ Cabinet; nave r ---S^. .fW : It is officially announced ' that Mr •John Morley (Secretary of State forIndia) and Sir Henry H. Fowler, (Chancellor of the Duchy of . Lancaster), are created Viscounts, and retain their present offices. The former carries with it £5000 a year, and $?he_ latter £%)Oof : % -f* €~l folh>w : MigSfu^fch|r ; cn%lg|s are .announced, the positio|i hi|hwtb held by the Mirilfters bertig given" in parentheses : — Lord Tweedmouth (First Lord of ' the Admiralty) to be Lord President of the Council, £2000. Earl of Crewe (President of the Council), Colonial Secretary, £5000. f . iMr Lloyd-George -{President of -ffi£ Board of Trade), Chancellor of flic Exchequer, £5000. Mr R. McKenna, K.C. (President of- Board of Education), First Lord *of the Admiralty, £4500. Mr Winston Churchill (Under-Sec-,retary for the Colonies), President of the Board of Trade, £2000. } „ Mr Walter Runcinian (Financial ■'Secretary" to the Treasury), President, of the Board of Education, £2000. % |TK© Ij^egoing care all members of 4h:e^Bafeihet. ;- *" -i: ■ ': * The following will hold office, with?o.ut being in the Cabinet: — J Lord Lucas, tn be -Under-Secretary for the Colonies, £1500. Mr F. D. Acland (member for , Richmond, Yorkshire), Under-Seore- i tary for War, £1500. | Mr T..R. Buchanan, Financial War [ Secretary, £1500. * .1 The Under-Secretary for India is not mentioned. The">pt|^|if^f|§s qU the late -Cabinet retain /tneir- offices. Mr McKenna Ifloes^ iiot %aca*6 ;■ his seat, i irffeX^is expected v tliajt .Mr . < G.vJ!.rl. ! Hbbhouse[ XU n^er-jSeerftary; for fiiSia) will be Secretary iib'the Treasury .^ - t . KfarUHerbe^* Bamuet l(Hn:d.er^Secretaiy to the Home Office) declined promo^pn^ r pref erring-.to ;P.ilpt /thejChil-; "da^n^Bill-through^vthe^^Hpusp. J - , : sMr Motley inf(^me^vhW l^ «nts • fiis? { hfe»lt& . t&jrajseHedr hist to choose, between resigning thisjoffio©' or withdrawing from the House of c Qjmmons^ ajid.Jae cliosg jthe , la-jiterc cburseV' viat J Jj tKe^ instance^ of his col-f; leagues. . , ' ■...'• .. .: . The Daily Chrbriicte says that apao:t,. from Sir» -Hejirx; Gampbell-Banner-man's lossf|rai©;|r^-.shu^ing of offices^ and the inlro'd'uctlpn 6f newblood has -undoubtedly^ strengthened^ the Gpyr. ■ ernro^Kt/-.' ■ \ . - : - i- • ~:2£ ■•'' .-■--•J_. )' '-f- ' ' The Tinies^ considers . that the. Aew -Ga.b^ii'ef is distinctly stronger; and mo*B <?onir>aotJ iEarl.CpewVappofntment tends to secure harmonious rela^ tjiQna'with" the colonies, but since he will be unable to. make concessions in rttye way of. pjefereptiaMi^atment,: Kis tenure is unlikely to b&a. consplcuo3is success. Mr Winston". Churchill s has yet tp win the confidence of business men^ isihce brilliant rhetoric does not go far. ■•.-. . The Times says Lord Elgin declined a marquisite. „ Earl .Crewe leads in the House of Lords. .--/ The Daily Telegraph says Mr Asquith is no Little Englander, but his uncompromising; Oobdenisni- will bar •the way .tfith' regard to"; the paramount- problem — the. relations or. the oversea nations With the Motherland. The Daily News ,;considers Mr Asquith "has a. great opportunity, but needs> ; great courage.,