THE RECONSTRUCTED CABINET.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 April 1908, Page 2

THE RECONSTRUCTED CABINET.

LONDON, Monday. The following chances .in the Ministry, due io -Mr Asquith taking tlie Premiership, have been officially announced : •Sir H. Fowler (Chancellor of the Duchy) and Mr John Morley (Secretary for India), are created Viscounts, and retain their offices. President of the Ceuncil : lord Tweedmouth. Secretary for the Colonies : The Earl of Crewe - . Chancellor of the Exchequer : Mr Lloyd-George. First Lord of the Admiralty ; Mr McKenna. President rf the Board of Trade : Mr Winston Churchill. President of the Board oi Education : Mr Runciman. AU are members of the Cabinet. Tlw following departmental appointments are made • — Under-Secretary for the Colorhes : Lord Lucas. Under-Secretary for War : Mr F. Dyke Acland. Financial Secretary to the War Office: Mr Buchanan. Utfder-Sfteretary for India : Unmentioned. The members of the late Cabinet . retain their offices, and Mr McKetina doe^ not vacate his seat. It is expected Mr Hobhouse will be Secretary to the Treasury. Mr Herbert Samuel declined promotion, preferring to pilot the Children's Bill. Mr Morley informs his constituents that his health compelled him to choose between resigning office or withdrawing from the House of Commons. He chose the latter at tha instance of his colleagues. The "Chronicle says that, apart from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's loss, the reshuffling of offices and the introduction of new blood have undoubtedly strengthened the Government. "Tho Times" says the Cabinet is distinctly stronger and more compact, Tho Earl of Crewe's appointment tends to secure harmonious relations with the colonies, but since he will be unable to make concessions for preferential treatment his tenure is not likely to be conspicuous success. Mr Church il l has vet to win the confidence of business men at the Board of Trade, since his brilliant rhetoric does not go far. The "Times'' says Lord Elgin (who retires from the Colonial Office), declined a Marquisate. The Earl of Crewe leads the House of The "Telegraph" says Mr Asquith is no Little Englander, but his uncompromisine Cobdenism will bar the way with regard to tlie paramount problem of the oversea nations and tho Motnerla Tho "Daily Ne*s" says Mr Asquith has a great " opportunity but he needs t,S Churchill, in a fi*hHn* manifesto, appealed to his constituents for a renewal of their confidence. He reiterated his adherence to freetrade, and promised a railway to the Victoria and Albert Lakes, and the opening of the cotton potentialities of Uganda. He indicated that, .all soc.a reforms and commercial efficiency waited on. the pas sa*o of the licensing B.U in its integ- 1 ly, and declared that the Government . was perfectly ready to consider nmendmer^to thi Education. Bill pft^d the schools were maintained out of puulic funds, and were amenable to public control, and that the State-paid teachers wero not subject to rel.gious tests He admitted that Catholics and Jews needed a special type of schools.