LONDON NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 25 May 1915, Page 5

LONDON NEWS.

CABINET CHANGES.

MR CH^RCJHTLL'g INTENTIONS.

MAY GIVE UP POLITICS FOR IHE

PRESENT-

DAILY MAIL ATTACKS ON LORD

KITCHENER.

BITTERLY RESENTED BY TH2

PUBLIC

KITCHENER'S STOCK HIGHER

THAN EVER

:_■" LONDON, May 'Zi. Though Mr Churchill was forraally f are welled by Admiralty officials, bo still controls naval affairs withVue assistance of Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson (a former First Sea Lord) and V'iccAdmiral Sir Frederick Hamilton. Mr Churchill refuses to make a public statement in regard to bis position. He may give up politics for the present and join a regiment at the front.

The Liberals continue to make Mr Churchill a scapegrace for the wreck of the Cabinet. i:

Mr Asquith and Mr Lloyd George will decide on Monday morning if a coalition is essential.

Lord. Fisher is now in Scotland. If Lord Fisher does not retain his post, Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson is likely to succeed him. He has been directing the colonial operations of the Admiralty." -• ~:- ;-..;.',■---; .--v"Jv-^-. - :

Lord Lansdowne will probably be Lord President of the Council.

Sir Edward Carson is the prebable Attorney-General.

Sir John Simon has declined the Lord Chancellorship, as he prefers a political position in the House of Commons.

The provincial newspapers unanimously denounce the Times' and Daily Mail's attacks on Lord Kitchener.

Lord Northcliffe is the most abused man in England. Yesterday's leading article in the Daily Mail condemning Lord Kitchener caused an immense furore, and there was a public demonstration at the Stock Exchange against it. The greater number of the responsible journals rallied to the side of Lord Kitchener, and some of those that criticised him in the past now recall his good services and hunt through the dictionary for adjectives to denounce Lord Northcliffe. Some demand his head on a charger. As far as can be judged, the attacks have had the effect of sending Lord Kitchener's stock higher than ever. His retention in the Cabinet is regarded as certain.

The Daily Mail, replying to the attacks, says: "The fusilade of newspaper shrapnel can damage us no more than Kitchener's shrapnel in Flanders damages the German trenches." (Received May 25, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 24.

It is generally expected that Mr McKenna (Home Secretary) will remain in oSica.