Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-19
BALFOUR MAY FAIL
Unionists Think His Cabinet
 Will Be Weak.
THEY WANTED CHAMBERLAIN.

1he Latter. However, Pushed Bal four's Claims in Preference to His OWn-Some of the Names Mentioned for Places in the BaIfour Cabinet
 London, July 19.-Cabfnet making as the absorbing subject of discussion nere During the week the public was regaled with more or less. shrewd prophecies, but no intimations were gwen out by the inner circle of the intentions of the premier, A. T. Bal iour' regarding the successors of tbe ministers who have already rasio,,od VI as To how far the cbanoas in tbo I4 liulstry may be expected to extand ~ is undeniable that a very Iarge s.,o. 1ion or the conservatives and Iihora, unlonlsts are strongly dissatiSfio5 T,.s4,, tne ministry as at present co,,sti+,'4a., l.n ana It is Increasingly an.arant +lat s.' spite of all the parIiamenforv ou1ae.,an @'o a.l tba+ hour many unionists believe end soferhment of greater strength ,istols pacity could have been estab- .,o1o,s.. "itn Joseph Chamberlain. tbe -oi ,,ots,.- secretary, as leader The an- ,,,.a..'.u fn..nenl or Mir Chamberlain to tba t,.i.Il ielsnlp would have been received .nd coiu osfavor by the opposition "ouiu nave been a red rag to the sopnooes, but nevertheless there is "uitilude of government sunnort- WHO would have been glad to .baya nm as cnlef and the Associated procs - iniormed from sources of. undouhtod G1.sA "u.nentlc1ty that Mir Chamberlain,s SialIns to the premiership wouId have oeen recognized as being better tI,an MT balIouf's had he not. Whenevo,. oo- caslon presented itself, urged Mr RaI- aour succession against his own
 one important and strong point of 1he late administration which bas moi yet become generally known and an pfeclated and which it is feared NT,. palIour will not fully inherit was Lord Salisbury's persistent resistance 70 Emperor Williams efforts to an. fangie Great Britain in an alliance with Germany. These efforts have been made at intervals since 1895 and are likely to be renewed now that Lord Salisbury has retired.
 But the chief immediate cause of apprehension is that MT Balfour will De unwilling to either radically reduce fhe size of the unwieldy cabinet. now numbering nineteen, or make sween- ing cnangeS in it. Nowhere is it's complete reconstruction more earnestly urged than among the conservatives themselves, some of whom profess to rear that unless the ministry is strengthened its support in the house or commons will rapidly dwindIe. The conservatives are doubtful whether MT Balfour is sufficiently resolute to re-create the ministry against the wishes of most of his present official assistants. The concensus of host in formed conservative opinion points to list Of appointments something like the following as being the most likely,
 MT Hanbury, the president of the board of agriculture, to succeed Sil Michael HickS-Beach, the chancellor ot fhe eXchequer, the announcement o1 whose resignation was not received with favor by the conservatives, witE the exception of those who desire tc see the post of the exchequer filled by 8 man committed to the principle o1 preferential trade with the colonies Other candidates mentioned for the
 
 w. Lowther, the former parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs; LorC George Hamilton, the secretary o1 state for India, who is not considered z financier, and Sir Edgar Vincent, 0ht former financial adviser to the Egyp tian government and ex-governor oi the Imperial Ottoman bank at Con stantinople).
 Se. T .IzIz. Earl Halsbury will be succeeded a. lord chancellor by Sir R. B. Finlay, a present attorney general. The manner in which Lord Halsbury exercised hi: prerogative in the appointments o judges has caused considerable dissat isfaction. It is asserted that many o the appointees do not reach the higl standards previously maintained il the English courts.
 Earl Cadogan will probably be sue ceeded by the Duke of Marl Borough, the Earl of Pembrok and Montgomery, or the Ear of Dudley. If the Duke of Marlboroug is appointed it will be due to his wife popularity as much as to the duke merits The dukes name IS also mer Gioned as the possible successor of tn LdFl Ol aOpSlOuA d of Australia.
 Should c. T. Ritchie resign the hom secretaryship, George Wyndham, nov chief secretary for Ireland, is cousiG cred a promising candidate.
 Lord Ashbourne's position as Tor chancellor of Ireland is acceptabi filled.
 The Right Hon Sir Edward Carsol the solicitor general, and the Duke C Bedford are strongly urged to succee Lord James of Hereford in the anoma ous cabinet position of chancellor ( the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Hop toun is a secondary possibility.
 The resignation of Lord George Han ilton as secretary of state for India considered probable.
 J. Austen Chamberlain. eldest son ( Joseph Chamberlain and financial se retary of the treasury, viii doubles become cabinet minister in some sc ondary position.
 The Right Hon Gerald Balfour. pre- ident of the board of trade and brotht of the premier, cannot be said to [ popular with his party, but he Is nt exnected to retire from the cabinet.
 The retention of Lord Lansdowne 2 foreign secretary .snd the Duke