Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

war, succeeds Lord George Hamilton as
secretary for India
Austen Chamberlain, postmaster geo.
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 tho most
surprising Is that Of the Hon. Alfred
Lyttleton as secretary for the colo
MES. Mr.. Lytueton is man Of &C.
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 exchoQuer
mas Doeu INIIy OlSCOunLeO.
Mr.. Broderick's transfer to the India
Office will probably evoke the flercest
storm and much resentment in India,
where the feeling will be that he has
been sent to the India ONCE because he
was failure at the war Office
Arnold Forster has always been a
student OF the question Of defences and
a strong critic of war Office methods.
If allowed a free hand he should in
troduce drastic reforms. In view Of
the general belief. however, that the
present combination constitutes me3ely
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 tho
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 IN
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-
eddy made public Monday), as, with
| the notable exception of the colonial
secretary, the premier has reconstructed
the cabinet in 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 Ia no Disgusting the
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's 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 prom ounce
ment on the fiscal question. On that oc-
casion he defended Mr.. Chamberlain
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 nave q
weapon for use in the negotiation Of
commercial treaties. .... -. :,
The duke, Of Devonshire wrote to Mr.
Balfour giving his reasons tor his res
! ignation, which he attributed among
other things to the premier's speech al
Shefaeld and his pamphlet on insulal
/ free trade. The duke Of Devonshire hal
not yet made his letter public. <=