The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-03
cyGLAND'S SWAP IN PARTIES.
.yr VIEW CABINET HOLD ITS FIRST
MEETING.

otntments AnnOunced-The Vot-
- of supplies the First Business
~ the New GOvernment-H. Camp
..,I-Bannerman Denies n Shortage
- small Arms and Ammunition.
lard Rosebery Makes a speech.
london. July 2.-The new cabinet held
... first meeting at noon to-day. Lord
s-rsblrv presided and all of the members
we're present.
7, the House OF Commons to-day Right
r,r Arthur James Balfour, the newly
.,,oinred first lord of the treasury.
. ..s-ed that he had hoped parliament
. .,rl4 be prorogued Saturday and would
. s,rmsUy dissolve Monday, but the COLO
IA boundaries bill and extradition bill
~nsr be passed before dissolution could
,ske place. He hoped the naval WORKS
n I'm also would be passed.
NJ DaIziel liberal. asked how many of
A ne members of parliament were in re-
cept Of pensions.
Robert W. Hamburg, financial secretary.
n n the treasury, replied that Lord ASH
. bourne. Viscount Cross. Lord George
Hamilton and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
we're in receipt Of pensions, but their PEN
4 SONS had been suspended during the time
. -bev would be in office.
4 J. Balfour announced that, the first
. tusiness of the government would be %
vote such supplies as would enable the
4 elections to take place without inconve-
4 rience 10 the public service.
The House agreed to vote an appro-
4 rratiOn for the maintenance of the civil
service and the navy.
. The army estimates were then taken I'd.
when Mr.. Dalziel asked whether 1t was
The intention of the government to pro-
+ vae a sufficient supply of ammunition.
Mr.. Bafour said that some increase In
4 The estimates would be asked.
Sir Charles Dixie said there had been a
II great deal of needless concealment in re-
gard TO the supply of small arms AMI
AMMUNITION. There has never been a SUI
4 fcient supply of these and there was rot
now. The foreign government knew this
A perfectly well and were taking advan.-
age of it.
II Campbell late secretary
Of state for war, denied that the supply
Of small arms and ammunition was def
Gent He was great!y- grieved he said
at the recent adverse vote of the .1ouse
after he had given definite assurances
upon that subject based upon the opinion
Of the country's leading military adviser.
He claimed that the action of the House
was unconstitutional.
Mr. Balfour said it was a dangerous
doctrine that the gentleman who was re-
ponsible TO the House was not the min.
ktsr Of war, but merely one of the off,
Gals Of the war Office.
The army estimates were approved.
The following additional ministerial an
lointments have been announced: Right
Hon a. Akers-Douglas, first commits
soner of works, and Mr.. Walter II. Long.
PRESIDENT of the board of agriculture.
10th with seats in the cabinet; the Duke
Of Norfolk, postmaster general; Gerad
William Balfour, chief secretary for Ire
and Sir John Z. Gorst, vice president
Of the council Sir William H. Walrond.
patronage secretary to the treasury; Will
lam G. E. Mccartney, secretary to the
admiralty; Joseph Austin Chamberlain,
ID civil lord Of the admiralty; Jesse Ceilings.
under secretary for the home department:
7. W. Russell, parliamentary secretary
ior the local government board; Joseph
Powell Williams, financial secretary for
the war office.
TIE cabinet now has 70 members, the
largest number il ever contained Messrs.
Ceilings, Russell and Williams are liberal
unonists, and their appointment is re-
garded as evidence of the influence of Mr..
Chamberlain in the government.
Dublin, July "A mass meeting of the
Parnellite faction of the Irish National
party was held here to-day. at which it
was agreed to contest all of the likely
seats in the twenty-four out of thirty
Eo counties and all the boroughs. ex-
ept Londonderry and Belfast
Lord ROsebery, in a speech made at a
social gathering of the Eighty Club in
IBIS city tonight, said that he did not
Intend TO issue either a manifesto or
Nogramme He was rather in the POSI-
lion OF those heroic soldiers who politely
requested the enemy to fire first. He re-
minded the new government of Lord Bea.
'onshelds assertion that England does
10Y love coalitions Henceforth, he said,
me dlssident liberals would be found
Shoulder to shoulder with the tories,
marching to a very dubious victory IN
Hr banner without motto or device.
iAe bitterness of the separation of these
itople was long past. He rejoiced at the
o,tom Of his heart that they were now
alLng under their true colors. The I'D
aalS henceforth would meet them face
" race and would no longer be tormented
guerilla warfare on the TANKS. There
we're now only two parties-the eonserva-
ives and the liberals
LORD Roseberry proceeded to discuss the
tSsons to be learned from the defeat of
ae Iate government. In 1892 he said, the
Uerals landed in the House with a multi
anous programme and a majority that
was inadequate to carry that programme
through. He counselled the liberals not
repeat their mistake. They must, in
, Le new parliament, adopt their policy to
ISr majority. If they had only small
majority, it would be futile and hopeless
attempt any such great constitutional
.ILanees as those involved in the home rule,
s snuIch establishment, local vote and
yne man, one vote" measures.
'1ora Kosebery's reference to the "guer-
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