The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-24
RoSEBERYS CABINET RESIGNS
SALISBURY TO BE CALLED ON To
FORM a NEW MINISTRY.


Unionists-A Feeling That the Lib
erals VIII BE TricScd Out of Office
by the Frederick Motion.
London. June 2S.-It is announced that
the Rosebery government will resign.
Lord Salisbury win be summoned by the
queen to form a ministry, and his cab
met will proceed with the routine Of the
House, obtain provisional supplies and
then dissolve parliament 1t is expected
that the elections will take place on July
10. The second meeting of the cabinet
yesterday opened at o'clock and lasted
until 5:i5 o'clock. The meeting was held
to decide whether the government should
resign or dissolve parliament. 1t was de-
cided to resign. After dinner at Windsor
castle last night Lord Rosebery had
long audience with the queen and COM
municated to her the decision arrived
at by the, government.
The length of the cabinets delibera>
tions was due to the attitude of Herbert
Asquith. the home secretary, and John
Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, who
opposed any step involving either res
ignation or dissolution. They argued that
in view of the debates on the disestablish-
ment and Irish land bills the government
ought 10 pass both into laws.
William O'Brien, who until a few days
ago represented Cork but was compelled
to retire from the House because he was
declared q bankrupt urged that it was
the imperative duty of the government to
pass the Irish land bill. All the ministers
of Lord Rosebery remained firm. Thos. +.
Ellis, the first liberal whip, George J. Le-
vonson-Gower and Ronald c. Munroe de-
cided the business at the liberal whip Of
fee.
Prime Minister Rosebery walked unat-
tended to the s o'clock service at st.
Georges chapel, Windsor castle. After
breakfast he strolled through the castle
grounds. At IL o'clock he went to Forg-
more, where the queen and Princess Beat
rice had been asked to meet the minis
ters.
Mr.. Asquith arrived soon after Lord
Rosebery. The quarette conferred until
6:45 o'clock, after which the decision was
first officially made known.
OF course, nothing yet is definitely
known as to who will be selected by Lord
Salisbury for ministerial positions. Com
plete harmony prevails between the lib
eral unionists and the conservatives, as
was recently evidenced by the speeches
at the conservative banquet by Joseph
Chamberlain, the liberal unionist leader.
and others. The rumors of dissensions be-
tween the two parties were then effect
ually allayed and 1t was predicted that
the liberal unionists and conservatives
could be finally merged into one great
national party. 1t is generally supposed
that Mr.. Chamberlain will have posi-
ton in the Salisbury cabinet, but what
his office will be is purely matter Of
conjecture as yet.
The Central News is authority for tho
statement that Lord Rosebery, while az
Windsor castle, rendered the designations
of himself and his colleagues to the
queen, who accepted them. Her majesty
has sent for Lord Salisbury, who will
proceed to Windsor castle tomorrow,
when he will be entrusted with the forma-
tion of a ministry.
Lord Rosebery did not arrive at Down
ing street until $50 o'clock and about half
an hour later the fact became known that
the action of the House of Commons on
Friday accepting the motion of Mr.. Brod-
erick to reduce by f100 the salary of II.
Campbell secretary of state
for war, motion made solely for the pur-
pose of calling the attention of the House
to an alleged deficiency in the small arms
and ammunition stores, had resulted in the
overthrow of the liveral ministry.
1t is charged by some of the supporters
of the government that Mr.. Broderick's s
motion was made with the knowledge of
Lord Salisbury and Mr.. Balfour, and it
was made al time when the government
was mapping; in other words that the op-
position sprung a trick on the liberals and
by a majority of seven votes upset the
government. Some of the unionists siren
uously deny this and claim that the vote
was only. the elimination of the dissatis-
faction existing against the administra-
tion of the war department. 1t is certain
that the government met defeat in an en-
tirely unexpected moment and manner,
after successfully tiding itself over a crisis
when defeat would hardly have been sur
prising 1t is stated that in his interview
with the queen Lord Rosebery, after in
forming her as to the status of affairs,
advised her to summon Lord Salisbury
to form a government.
Lieut. Col. Arthur Biggs, an assistant
private secretary to the queen, to-day
conveyed her majesty's summons to Hat
field house, Lord Salisbury's residence in
Hertfordshire.
Lord Salisbury will obtain the views
Of the Duke of Devonshire, the liberal
unionist leader in the House of Lords,
before he goes to Windsor tomorrow.
Mr.. Chamberlain had an interview with
the Duke of Devonshire on Saturday and
afterward Mr.. Chamberlain received vis-
It's from SeN6Tdl OIL his uDeIdl
followers.
1t is not doubted that a Joint ministry
will be formed of liberal unionlsts and
conservatives, and that it will be called
a unionist government.
When it became known in the clubs this
evening that Lord Salisbury had been
summoned by the queen it was said that
he would not consent to form a ministry
with the present House of Commons, and
that he would recommend the queen to
dissolve parliament.
The unionists are now very enthusiastic
and sanguine. They say they will have
a majority of eighty.
The Court Circular contains the follow
ing: 1.-The Earl of RoseDery, first lord of
the treasury and president of the council
arrived at Windsor castle Saturday and
rendered his resignation to her majesty,
by whom it was accepted"
Speaking to his constituents in Batter
sea last night John Burns, a socialist MEM
Der of the House of Commons, urged the
government to stick to the work it had
undertaken to perform and not to go to the
country until vote of want of confidence
was carried against it.
The Standard, conservative, will say
that the decisive voice as to whether the
government should resign or continue in
Office was that of Sir William Vernon
Uarcolllt He declined to attempt to car