New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02
MINISTRY REORGANIZED.
APPOINTMENT OF LORD LANSDOWNF AS
FOREIGN SECRETARY ANNOUNCED.

London. Nov. ., q a. m.-The official announce
ment which was issued last night sets at rest
once for all the rumOrs which have been preva-
lent for some time past in regard the princi-
pal changes in the personnel OF the Cabinet. In
the first place. it is beyond question that
the statement Of the decision OF Lord Salisbury
to resign the Foreign Secretaryship in favor Of
Lord Lansdowne well founded. AS Prime
Minister Lord Salisbury draws no salary. but
as Foreign Secretary his income has been 10 0OO
and Lord Privy Seal he will receive the same
amount SO he viii not he ont Of pocket by the
change. The fact that Lord Salisbury has as
sociated with the Premiership the office Of Lord
Privy Seal. which is sinecure, makes 1t probe-
bic that Ei2coLnt Cross VII no longer remain a
member Of the Cabinet, and Mr.. Ritchie is to
be Home Secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley
will. as has long been predicted in all probability
be elevated 10 the peerage, in which case there
Will be bye-elactlon at Blackpool. MI Richie.
as President OF the Board Of Trade received
e 600 a year; IS Home Secretary his salary will
be $4,000
The inclusion OF MI Brcdrick within the Cab
met was not unexpected. 1t having been recog-
nized that the right honorable gentleman was
marked out for promotion. AS Secretary for
War. his salary viii he increased from Il 500
10 t30"D This appointment viii make a va
cancy at The Foreign Office where since Lord
CurZon's departure for India Mr.. Brodrick has
held the position Of Under Secretary He sits
in the House Of Commons, and the natural IN
ference is that Mr.. Wyndham, the present Tn
der Secretary for War. is destined for some
higher preferment. and that his place in Pan
Mall viii be filed by a peer
Similarly, the appointment Of Lord SeIborne
TO the Admiralty, which may be attributed to
the Influence Of Mr.. Chamberlain. and which
viii mean an increase of salary from f1..O0 70
t45oo VIII create vacancy in the Colonial
Office, where the noble lord has acted as Under
Secretary since 1898
The AHElo-German agreement IS nominalIy
Lord Salishury's last great stroke in diplomacy.
but the Foreign ONO" under Lord IansdoWnc
VIII remain completely under his control. Diplo-
matists have known for six months that Lord
Salisbury was consulting Lord Lansdowne
about affairs in China
The Cabinet appointments are on the whole,
received with satisfaction by the London press
The Standard" is still bitterly annoyed that
Lord Salisbury should have selected Lord Lans-
downe for the Foreign Office but The Mali
mas Gained down, and, although still regr"tting
the promotion Of the Secretary for War. heartily
congratuIates the Premier on his other choices.
good deal is expected Of Mr.. Brodrick and
Lord Selborne, although. as The Times" points
out, the former has the harder task of the two.
because all is chaos at the War Office while the
Admiralty Is a machine merely i'm want of a
little overhauling
Other changes in the Ministry seem probable,
as apart from the fact that new place must
be found for Mr.. Wyndham it is understood
that Earl Cadogan will shortly retire from the
Irish Viceroyalty