NEW MINISTERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 545, 28 June 1909, Page 5

NEW MINISTERS.

' BRITISH APPOINTMENTS. MR. SAMUEL TO ENTER THE CABINET. TWO RETIREMENTS. (By Telegraph-Press ABSociation.-Copyright.) (Reo. Juno 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, Juno 26. Two Ministers have resigned on tho ground of ill-health—Lord Fitzmauriee, Cha'ncollor of tho Duchy of Lancaster (a seat within tho Cabinet), and Mr. Tuos! Ryhurn Buchanan, Undor-Secrctary for India. ':Mr. Herbert" Samuel (Under-Secretary, to the Homo Office, noted for his handling of the Children's Bill) will succeed Lord Fitz.manriee,•• and the Master, of iElibank /tho Hon. A. W. C. 0. Murray, son and heir of tho tenth Baron. Elibank) will succeed Mr. Buchanan.

: RAPID RISE OF MR. H. SAMUEL, ' ' The Right Hon;, Herbert, L. Samuel has represented Cleveland' (Yorks.) since 1302. As Under-Secretary for the Home Department, he figured considerably in. the preparing of the Children's Act, and in-.its successful passage through the Commons. Heis 39 years of age, and the son of Edwin Louis Samuel, a J?wiib' banker of Liverpool.' His promotion to ! tho Cabinet as Chancellor, of. tho Duchy of Lancaster is a tribute to solid work' in tho lesser Ministerial capacity. "A.G.G." writes in the "Daily. News :—..-, ' An Antithesis. If one were asked to .find the antithesis of Mr. Balfour in the House of-Commons, one would turn, I think, to Mr. Samuel. • With Mr. Balfour all is vague.and formless. There" is nothing fixed and absolute. Ho is stricken' ivith tho paralysis of indecision. Hr. Saniuel, on the. other hand, makes' decision a, habit of mind, I imagine he has a settled' conviction about everything under.the sun. He is one of those men whoso, minds are always "made U P,-" You'do not see them in the process of being made up.". It is as though they were made up" to start with on the,' basis .of somo absolute formula whioh ieave'ft nothing more to be said.'..ln Mr, Samuel's precise and profpjely-pigeon-holod mind there is'no room tor hesitation about conclusions,' because there u no room .for doubt about facts. ' There is 'nothing: of the' Oriental". man of mystery about Mr. Samuel; but one would have to search long and industriously, to discover the reality that- dwells behind this porfeotlyeqnipped defence. Most men have their moments of unofficial freedom—moincuts, after dinner; for example, ~ when they'throw off the mask: nnd : delight to bo.gloriously 'indiscreet. Holmes 6ay3 that every man has two doors to himself, one,"which ho" keepsi open 'to . the world; and another:. through which ' only the privileged are permitted to enter, or ] which is .opened in momentsof deep feeling "or generous confidence... In'the case of Mr.' Samuel one ! feels.that the key rusts in tho lock of that: : secret door. .. "He , has 'made ,discretion .into a,fine art," said one of.his colleagues to mo. .

• Thejype of .'.'. /-,?/ '/ ,-i ', ' ; He is. the typo-..'.0f; offioiency.'.. There is no' ; more industrious man'in the Ministry,/none whom you find more completely- equipped in knowledge or in., clear-out decisive opinion. No matter what subject vou 'raise "bearing on his Department; you,find:that thisunde- ; monstrative, wiso young. man •is prepared to orus,h> you .with' Blue' .Books; 'you..; have ,never heard: of,'-arid experiences of .'places .where you have 'never been. ' ■••'■When I met him' at the Sweated Industries' Exhibition,, the impression left. was:, that of n/man .who: had: nothing to loam on tho subject. Ho had; studied .it intho East End; ho hud sludiedit on the. C'pnjtinont 'years before; he could: tell you 1 more than, you could ever hope to know; You' felt humbled and cheap. .;■ ./■ ' :': ' v.' : In this enormous .capacity for mastering the details of a .subject,-this enthusiasm, for:the' letter, as it were, ; he is typical of his race, Tho genius of the Jew is the genius' for; taking infinite ■ pains/, He' may'lack inspiration, but his power ..of application, mastery vol: tho letter, gives' ,7,him ;-'■' a., , knowledge . that- is more, patent - that-_'. inspiration. .Where .; thd "book" is concerned,, ho is 7 unrivalled. ;He gets ■- up; his subject. with ;a - thoroughness • that the Englishman rarely imitates. ' Laskor has .not tho fascination of ,-Morphy; or even of 'Pille!bury;,but ho is tho greatest, chess player'.that over live 1, for. hVkriows" chess'as no, man oyor .knewif before.' ,', Tho Jew. rarely- produces great art. or groat music; but hb is supremo in his knowledge of thoso realms.- It is nearly always-a Jew who is'the expert Shakespearoan scholar, just,as' if is always, a Jew who nrill deoido' the authenticity of. a Van: Dyokor a Botticelli...---:,' -■-.;:-,-,.:. :,'.;:.; ;"-■"..!.-.-.■■■.,-'.-'. .The Right; Hon. A;''W. C. 0. Murray, oldest .son and neir. of Baron Elibank. was '-.born in 1870., Ho is second Ministerial Whip, and has been in; tho' running; for higher honours'for some time, ';;:;>'■:'V-'' : '' : ':' ■':.'"/' •'-V'-/:-. ■' . Retired. 7 ;*; ■',•;;.-/'• ■ ,r.//:•■ 1 .':■:'■;■ i '';-...•;•.'.' ( When lord Lansdowne, v the,.last /Unionist Secretary for .Foreign Affairs, retired-,to. mako room for a Liberal successor, he was succeeded (in:; the subordinate: part' of • the office) 'by' bis brother who is> a jLiberal.' That' brother, .-Edmond ' George--; Petty ' Fittmauricey created a baron in 1906, is -the second son of■ the /fourth.' Marquis of Lansdowne, and has been Under- . .Sooretary'/for Foreign''Affairs"■ to- : Sir: Edward Grey until last year,' when ho becamo 1 Chancellor, of the Buchy: of Lancaster.- He.'was born : in' -181G;'-.'..' v- I '/.-/>-'/.,:/■:-'/■ Mr.,T. R/Bucharianlia over sixty' years of age, and has been a. consistent. Liberal. He wasMnado Finahciul:/Secretary to the War Office:' in 1900. Ho is a Glasgow man, ■: and represents East.Perthshire. ',-'.;. •■-.'■'' .: '