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LANSDOWNE.
His Preferment ArOuSes
Criticism.
SALISBURY IS CONDEMNED
Hope, However, That He Himself
Will Actually Control the
Foreign Office.

LONDON, Nov. 1.-If the Daily Tele-
graphs announcement had been a
mere feeler to ascertain the temper OF
the pubIic toward Lord Lansdowne
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 a higher
post, says: THE. appointment of the
Marquis of Lansdowne 20 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 ap-
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 a great opportunity lost for
ever"
The Daily Chronicle says: 1--WE may
well 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
he 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 a mere nominal control. II
believes the report of Lord Lans-
downe's appointment correct, and de-
, lends him against newspaper attacks
saying: These critics would find II
! hard to indicate whom they consider
better fitted for the post
CABINET A FAMILY AFFAIR.
! NEW YORK, Nov. "A dispatch t.
the Journal and Advertiser from Lon
I don says: The presidency Of the BoarC
Of Trade. left vacant by the transfer O
Mr.. Richie to the Home Office, has no
yet been announced. The appointment
! of Mr.. Ritchie as home secretary af
fords new hope to the friends of Mrs
Maybrick, who say Sir Matthew White
Ridley, the retiring home secretary
was prejudiced. Richie is a practica
business man. unbound by red tape O
old prejudices and an appeal will b
made to him soon.
The new Cabinet is largely a famil,
I affair. Balfour, who continues as frs
Lord of the Treasury and leader in tn
House of Commons and Gerald Balfour
who, while not in the Cabinet is Chic
Secretary for Ireland, are Salisbury
nephews. while Lord Selborne, the new
First Lord of the-Admiralty. is Sails
bury's son-in-law. Lansdowne, VIII
was such a failure as Secretary o
State for War, is made Foreign Minis
ter because he is the leader of aristo
cratic society and Salisbury's friend
He will simply relieve the Premier O
his routine work. for Salisbury Wi
manage all important foreign affair
himself. Mr.. Broderick is Salisbury
favorite young man. having been Un
der Secretary of State for Foreign AT
fairs.
1t is probable that Sir William Cour
, Gully, speaker of the House of Com
mons, will be deposed, despite the Gus
tom of allowing 1t to be life job re
CARELESS of politics. Gully is Liberia
chosen under Gladstone and the Cor
: servatives are so elated by their vic
: tory nj the country that they are de-
/. termined to rule everything. So Gull
> VIII be forced to retire. and Sir Ma
thew White Ridley. late Home Secrt
tary. will take his place.