Birmingham age-herald., 1895-07-07
Come right in and see those $3 pants for @I,9
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 J. BLACH 6 SONS, l9I2---E'irst AVenue---10l4. TOO MUCH BLOOD
la the Salisbury Cabinet --hepotisn Runs Riot and Corporation FigureheadS Seem
 to Have the Gail.

London, July 6.--The composition of
 the Salisbury government diseontents
 many conservatives and outrages the sentiments of the mass of the non-parti
 san public, whose votes will turn the
 scale in numerous constituencies Eff
 teen peers hold office in the new govern
 ment. Nine of them have cabinet post
 tions, while the other six have important places outside the ministry.
 Since the disappearance of the whig-
 tory oligarchy, under the influence of the first reform act, no administration is known to have been constructed on such considerations of family interests. Lord Salisbury has plac in office two of his nephews, A. J. Balfour, who Is first lord of the treasury; the latter's brother, Gerald William, who has been made chief secretary for Ireland. and his
 son-in-law, the Earl of Selborne, under secretary of the colonial office, and means to appoint his nieces husband, w. ]. Jowther, as chairman of committees of the house of commons. MT. Lowther is q first cousin of Sir Mathew w. Ridely, secretary of State for home affairs. Lord George Hamilton. secretary of state for
 India, and Lord Lansdowne secretary of state for war, are brothers-in-laW.
 MT. Joseph Chamberlain. secretary of state for the colonies has promoted his son Austen. his henchman, the Rt. Hon. Jesse Ceilings, and his toady, MT. James Powell Williams.
 Besides the family taint there is a dis tinct malodOr arising from the asSocia- tion of a numb of members with public companies. MT. Gerald w. Balfour is director in seven companies some of
 which are of doubtful standing. Lord
 Balfour of Burle.gh, secretary for Scot llnd bosses four companies, the Rt. Hon. Charles T. Ritchie, president of the board of trade, three, w. II. Long, president of the board of agriculture. four; Sir Mi ctael Hicks Beach, chancellor of the ex- chequer, two; Hon. A.. Akers Douglas, first commissioner of works, three; Sir Matthew w. Ridley, home secretary. two; Viscount Gross, lord privy seal, two; Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state for India, two the Hon. William st. John Brod erick, under secretary Of state for war, six; MT. Austen Chamber lain civil lord of the army, two; MT. Jo- seph Powell Williams, financial secretary
 for war, two, besides being connected with the firm of Kynoch & Co.,, contrac- tors, to the war office, of which MT. Pow ell is financial secretary and Sir John Gorat, vice-president of the council three, including the notorious New Zea- land Loan agency, relations with which sometime ago compelled the Rt. Hon. Anthony J. Mundell to resign the presi- dency of the board of trade.
 Lord Rosebery compelled the mem- bers of his cabinet to resign their busi- ness connections. It is rumored that
 Lord Salisbury will follow similar course, but public resigna tion is known not to imply rupture of private rela- tions Just suspicious will remain of the character of a government containing so many guinea pigs" name applied here to the directors of companies who receive a guinea each for attending board meetings.
 Lord Salisbury's eldest son and heir
 Viscount Ora borne, has not yet been
 nominated for any position He is
 crack-brained noodle, who it will be difficult to fit in. He is certain. however to get some thing.
 The spectacle of Lord Sahsbury's init ial blunders has so raised hopes among the liberals that their immediate in- fuence will probably cause the loss of number of seats to the unionists. The most hopeful unionsts prediction now gives a thin parliamentary majority or forty. MT. Childeres, whose accurate estimate <fn the late general election earned for him the reputation of pro-
 phet, says that there will be tie in the next house or else such limited will be left helpless.
 A feature of the campaign is the host of woman canvassers. They are largely primrose danes. Most of them are work ing for love. while others are campaign ing for money. Many of them are un- doubtely enthused by the assocating of unionism with the church and crown.
 Miss Balfour, sister of Mir. Arthur J. Balfour, will stump East London with Lady Gwendolin Cecil daughter of Lord Salisbury, and the Dowager Lady Westbury. They are most effective can VaSSerS.
 The Russo-Chinese loan was undoubt- edly signed at Pekin on Thursday and at St. Petersburg yesterday. according to the Statist Though there is no guarantee between Russia and China, Russia guar antees the issuing banker.
 The loan is secured on the Chinese GUS toms revenue. ranking after the common charges. The Statst is of the opinion that China has been compromised. If she shall beunable to pay interest on the
 loan the issuing bankers may demand a diversion of the customs or ask Russia to make good her guarantee. Then Russia
 will insist in sharing the control of the customs. The loan involves an annual charge of f750,000. With the existing charges this will leave half of the total customs pledged. Will any syndicate
 bring out the larger loan than China re- Quires, getting a mere second mortgage
 on the customs as security? If China cannot borrow she cannot pay the indem-
 nifty to Japan, so that the political ques- tion will be opened.