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BALf0UR NAMES
THE new ministry
Premier Ends Cabinet Crisis by the
Selection of Men to Fill
Vacant Offices.
COMPOSITION OF The BODY is
GENERALLY REGARDED AS WEAK

Prediction Is Made That 1t Will Not
There Will Be n General Election
Before Parliament Assemblies -
Duke of Devonshire Resigns.
London, Oct. 1.-THE three weeks cab
met 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 diff
Guilty he has had to contend with in the
task of reconstruction, and its compost
ton seems to indicate that the premier
himself can have little belief in it's dura-
bility. The most sanguine supporters Of
the government express the smallest
hopes of such an administration living
many months, and the prevalent idea is
that there will be general election be-
fore parliament reassembles.
The New Cabinet.
The new cabinet is composed as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Broderick, formerly secretary of
war, succeeds Lord George Hamilton as
secretary for India.
Austen Chamberlain, postmaster gen.
eral, succeeds Mr.. Richie as chancellor
Of the exchequer.
Alfred Lyttleton, recorder of Oxford,
succeeds Joseph Chamberlain as secre-
tary for the colonies.
H. o. Arnold-Forster, secretary to the
admiralty, succeeds Mr.. Broderick as
secretary of war. .
Graham Murray, lord advocate of Scot
land, succeeds Lord Balfour of Burleigh
as secretary for Scotland
Lord Stanley, financial secretary of the
ward Office, succeeds Austen Chamber
lain as postmaster general.
Causes Surprise.
OF the new appointments the most
surprising is that of the Hon. Alfred
Lyttleton as secretary for the colo
MES. Mr.. Lyttleton is man of ac-
knowledged ability and a good speak
er, but he has had no ministerial ex-
perience whatever
Austen Chamberlain's appointment
to the chancellorship Of the exchequer
mas been 1ully discounted.
Mr.. Broderick's transfer to the India
office will probably evoke the fiercest
storm and much resentment in India,
where the feeling will be that he has
been sent to the India Office because he
was a failure at the war office.
Arnold Forster has always been a
student of the question of defences and
strong critic of war Office methods.
II allowed free hand he should in
troduce drastic reforms. In view Of
the general belief, however, that the
present combination constitutes merely
a stop-gap ministry, there will proba-
bly, be less inclination to seriously
criticise the appointments.
Opinion of New Cabinet.
There is practically but one opinion
Of the reconstructed British cabinet, and
that is that Premier Balfour missed his
opportunity to rehabilitate the character
of his government, and that so far as the
unionist policy at large is concerned, the
ministry has lost most of its prestige and
authority. This estimate of what is al
ready commonly designated as the
transitional cabinet" seems largely due
to the sense of chaos arising from the un-
expected detection of the duke of Devon
shire Qord president of the council and
conservative leader in the house OF
lords, whose resignation was unexpect-
edly made public Monday, as, with
the notable exception of the colonial
secretary the premier has reconstructed
the cabinet in a manner closely agreeing
with public opinion. Austen Chamber
lain, Mr.. Brodrick and Mr.. Arnold
Forster were all some time ago assigned
with more or less approval to the posts
to which they have been appointed. In
spite of this there is no Disgusting the
fact that large rent in the party unity
has been caused by the resignation of the
duke of Devonshire, the chief author Of
the liberal unionist party, and this was
amply recognized by Mr. Balfour' letter
acknowledging the receipt Of his resigna-
ton.
The dukes action, however, seems to
have aroused the same fighting spirit In
Mr.. Balfour which enabled him to tri-
umph over difficulties in the eighties,
when the whole of Ireland was in arms
against him.. and there are not lacking
those who foretell that he will again
come out on top and prevent the collapse
OF his government. The general con-
sensus Of opinion hardly expects the gov
eminent to remain in power, even for a
single session, and all the political
parties are preparing for an early dis
solution of parliament.
1t was rumored that the marquis of
Londonderry, president of the board Of
education, may follow the duke of Devon
shire into retirement
The new colonial secretary, Alfred
Lyttleton, has made only one pronounce
ment on the fiscal question. On that oc-
casion he defended Mr.. Chamberlain's
action in launching the discussion, but
contended that the poor mans budget
must not be weighted, and said he would
be especially sorry to add to the food
bill. He anticipated readjustment.
rather than additional taxation, and
thought the government should have q
weapon for use in the negotiation of
commercial treaties.
The duke of Devonshire wrote to Mr.
Balfour giving his reasons for his res
ignation, which he attributed among
other things to the premier's speech at
Sheffield and his pamphlet on insular
free trade. The duke of Devonshire has
not yet made his letter public.