The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-13
STORM OVER
LANSDOWNE
His Preferment ArOuseS
Criticism.
SALISBURY IS CONDEMNED
Hope, However, That He Himself
Will Actually Control the
Foreign Office.

LONDON, Nov. If the Daily Tele-
graphs announcement had been a
mere feeler to ascertain the temper OF
the public toward Lord Transformers
appointment, he would certainly never
become Minister of Foreign Affairs:
but, although the appointment to the
Secretaryship has not yet been official
ly confirmed, it is accepted on all sides
as a settled thing.
The Standard, which says it has
learned that Lord Selborne, Under Sec
rotary of State for the Colonies, and
William St. John Brodrick, Under Sec
rotary of State for Foreign Affairs, will
enter the Cabinet, and that Charles
Thompson Richie, president of the
Board of Trade, will be given higher
post, says: The appointment of the
Marquis of Lansdowne 10 be her maj
esty's principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs is an almost inconceiv-
able blunder. He has neither the char
acter, qualifications nor experience for
such a position. The only plausible eX-
cuse for the appointment is that Lord
Salisbury will still control the Foreign
Office while Lord Lansdowne relieves
him of his routine duties"
The Daily Mail, which processes to
be unable to believe that such an APP
pointment is possible, says: IF Lord
Lansdowne is appointed Foreign Sec
rotary and some other gentleman of
agreeable manners is made First Lord
of the Admiralty, the country may
lament great opportunity lost for
ever"
we'll ask whether the country would
have voted quite so Khaki had it
known of this appointment before
hand"
The Times to a large extent takes
the view of the Liberal organs, namely,
that Lord Salisbury will now find time
to be the real Premier and to exercise
greater control over the whole Cabinet,
instead of mere nominal control. 1t
believes the report of Lord Lans-
downe's appointment correct, and de-
tends him against newspaper attacks,
saying: "These critics would find 1t
hard to indicate whom they consider
better fitted for the post"
CABINET A FAMILY AFFAIR.
NEW YORK, Nov. "A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Lon
don says: The presidency of the Board
of Trade, left vacant by the transfer Of
Mr.. Richie to the Home Office, has not
yet been announced. The appointment
of Mr.. Richie as home secretary af-
fords new hope to the friends of Mrs.
Maybrck, who say Sir Matthew White
Ridley, the retiring home secretary,
was prejudiced. Richie is a practical
business man, unbound by red tape or
old prejudices and an appeal will be
made to him soon.
The new Cabinet is largely a family
affair. Balfour, who continues as first
Lord of the Treasury and leader in the
House of Commons and Gerald Balfour,
who, while not in the Cabinet is Chief
Secretary for Ireland, are Salisburys
nephews. while Lord Selborne, the new
First Lord of the Admiralty, is Sails
bury's son-in-law. Lansdowne, who
was such a failure as Secretary of
state for War, Is made Foreign Minis
ter because he Is the leader of aristo-
cratic society and Sallsbury's friend
He will simply relieve the Premier Of
his routine work, for Salisbury will
| manage all important foreign affairs
himself Mr. Broderick is Salsbury's
favorite young man, having been I'M
| der Secretary OF State for Foreign AZ
| fairs.
II IL probable that Sir William Court
Gully, speaker Of the House Of Com
mons, viii be deposed, despite the GUS
| tom OF allowing II 10 be a life job re-
| gardless OF politics, Gully Is "A Liberal,
chosen under Gladstone and the Com
seryatlyes are so elated by their vic
tory nj the country that they are de-
termlned 20 rule everything, So Gully
VIII be forced 10 retire, and Sir Mat
thew Whlte-Ridley, late Home secre-
tary, win take his place,