Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-09
ROSEBERY IS PREMIER.
MR.. GLADSTONE RESIGNS AND
LORD ROSEBERY is CHOSEN
By the Queen to Fill the Position Which
He Promptly Accepts-Isrief Sketch
of the New Premier.

London cable: The rumors which
had for some time been ahoat To the
effect that Mr.. Gladstone was about
resign the premiership of Great Britain
have finally eliminated in the official
announcement of such action.
Mr.. Gladstone--the Right Honorable
William Il. Gladstone, prime minister,
first lord of the treasury and lord OF
the prigy seal-and Mrs. Gladstone
were the guests of the queen at Wind
sor castle when the announcement was
madeand soon after the queens private
secretary, Sir Henry Ponsonby, was
sent To summon Lord Rose berry to
Windsor. 1t was not long afterward
when the news came that Lord Rose
berry had accepted the position vacated
by MIR. Gladstone.
There is said to be bitter opposition
in the Radical ranks TO the selection of
q successor to Gladstone from the
house of lords and Henry Labouchere
is said to have threatened that the
Radicals, who hold the balance of
power, would desert the government.
1t is freely asserted that Lord Rose
berry and the Liberal party will have
TO face grave crisis after the retire
ment of Mr.. Gladstone. In addition
TO the strong objection that is enter
tanned by large section of the new
Radical party to the selection of peer
as successor to Mr.. Gladstone, there is
a feeling of soreness among more mod
crate Liberals at the cavalier manner
in which Mr.. Gladstone has treated his
colleagues in the matter of his resig-
nation.
Prime Minister Roseberry held his
first cabinet council at his residence.
All the ministers were present except
Mr.. Asquith, home secretary, and
Henry Fowler, the president of the
local government board, who, how
ever, will retain their offices. Earl
of Kimberly was offered the post of
foreign secretary vacated by Lord
Roseberry. The council was in session
for only short time. Upon its con-
clusion Lord Roseberry sent a message
to the queen submitting, it is under
stood, the names of the members of the
new cabinet
The speech from the throne proro-
guing parliament was signed by
the queen. 1t is neither long
nor significant. The speech is the last
official document prepared by Mr..
Gladstone. It briefly refers to the pro-
tracted and laborious character of the
session.
Prime Minister Roseberry otherwise
Ar hlrald Philip Prinro-e Is iaU nth earl
Of RoSeberry scotch peerage, and figures
as Baron Roseberry in the English peerage
lie succeeded his GRANDPA her. the fourth
earl of Rose Gerry VINO died Nc rch 4, ls6S
AT that time he had Just attained vi ma or
ity. having been born in London, In the year
Isl He vas educated in tton and the
University Of oxford. His first speech OF
Importance was in lsil, when, at the request
of !.r. Gladstone, he seconded the address
IN reply TO the speech from the throne. A
secularist in education, he is "a nationalist
in philo -ophy. and has been rector OF tho
univer tiles of Aberdeen an Edinburgh.
lie acted as under secretary for the home
department and brst commissioner OF works
in T. Gladstone cabinet in iSS4 and as
secretary OF ute for foreign affairs in 1851
he directed the settlement OF the questions
arising out of the Seryian and Bulgari an
war AS social leaders he ana Lady Ro>e-
berry, VINO j n ROtnschlld, arc deservedly
favoriieS, while at the same time Ie has
been considered inclined positively toward
a gradual dimInution OF aristocratic and
political civil privileges.
Nearly - wears "a he was spoken Of as
VI Hla istone legitimate successor. h.
cause he Is broad ana liberal in his opinions
and highly cultured.