The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-06
CRISIS AFTER CRISIS
ENGLAND'S LATEST is PERSONNEL
OF NEW CABINET.
NOT BELIEVED 1T WILL LAST.
WITHDRAWAL. OF DUKE OF
DEVONSHIRE A HEAVY BLOW.

General Belief Is an Election VIII
Be Held Before Parliament Re-
assembIes-New Cabinet Consists
of BrOdrick, Secretary for India;
Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor;
LyttletOn, Secretary for Colonies;
ArnOId-FOrster, Secretary for
War; Graham Murray, Secretary
for Scotland, and Lord Stanley,
Postmaster General.
London, Oct. 5.-The Duke of De-
vonshire (who was leader of the Con-
servative party in the House Of Lordsl
has resigned the office of lord presi-
dent of the Council, and the King has
accepted his resignation.
The Duke wrote to Mr.. Balfour Civ
ing his reasons for his resignation
which he attributed among other things
to the premier's speech at Sheffield and
his pamphlet on insular free trade.
Three Weeks Crisis Over.
London, Oct 5.-The three weeks
cablnet crisis has ended in a manner
more remarkable and dramatic than
that of its inception. Mr.. Balfour's
new ministry affords a measure of the
enormous difficulty he has had to con-
tend with in the task of reconstruction.
and its composition seems to indicate
that the Premier, himself, can have lit
tie belief of its durability.
The most sanguine supporters of the
government tonight express the small
est hopes of such an administration
living many months, and the prevalent
idea is that there will be a. general
election before Parliament reassembles.
The withdrawal of the Duke of Dew
onshire is a heavy blow. Had he re-
mained the government might possibly
have survived another parliamentary
session by avoiding legislation dealing
with the fiscal problem, but with him
goes the support of the strong party of
Liberal Unionists in the country.
Though it is generally admitted that
it is difficult to understand why the
Duke did not resign when Mr.. Ritchie
and the others seeded, it is recalled
that he publicly announced long ago
that he considered it his duty to hold
office as long as possible in the interest
OF free trade.
One consequence of the Duke of Dew
onshire's retirement is extremely un-
fortunate for the government. 1t will
bring the leadership of the House OF
Lords to the unpopular Lord Lans-
downe. No successor has yet been ap-
pointed to the Duke of Devonshire, az
several minor government officers still
remain vacant.
OF the new appointments announced
tonight the most surprising is that of
the Hon. Alfred Lyttleton as Secre-
tary of the Colonies. Mr.. Lyttleton is
a man of acknowledged ability and a
good speaker, but he has had no min
isterial experience whatever.
Personnel of Cabinet.
The new cabinet is composed as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Brodrick, formerly secretary for
war. succeeds Lord George Hamilton
as secretary for India.
Austen Chamberlain, Postmaster
General, succeeds Mr.. Ritchie as chan
celor of the exchequer.
Alfred Lyttleton, recorder of oxford,
succeeds Joseph Chamberlain as sec
retary for the colonies.
H. o. Arnold-Forster. secretary to
the admiralty, succeeds Mr.. Brodrick
as Secretary for War.
Graham Murray, lord advocate of
Scotland, succeeds Lord Balfour of
Burleigh, as secretary for Scotland.
Lord Stanley, financial secretary of
the war office. succeeds Austen Cham
berlain as Postmaster General.