The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-20
ChamberIain's Congo Excites
Even John Bull.
BALF0UR HAS The REINS
He viii Fill Up the Vacancies in the Cabinet
and Garry on the Government Until
the Meeting Of Parliament
in 1904.
(By the Associated Press

London, Sept. Reconsideration and
excitement caused by the dramatic an
nouncement of Joseph Chamberlain s
resignation of the secretaryship for the
colonies prevails among all classes in the
United Kingdom, to the exclusion of
every other topic. The great majority
oil the public only learned the news from
the morning papers and their astonish
prevent the expression of any coherent
opinion The Pail Mall Gazette this after
noon aptly sums up the general feeling
by describing the present crisis as the
most extraordinary in the whole his
tory of constitutional government" add
ing that what will happen next no one
can forecast with any degree of absolute
certainty. The Pail Mall Gazette states
that Premier Balfour will fill up the va
cancles and carry on the government I'M
til he meets parliament in 1904 Mr..
Chamberlain also does not look for an
immediate general election. expecting at
least a twelve months propaganda before
the electorate can be decided upon his
posals.
mored that Austin CHAMBERLAIN, the Post
master General, will succeed Mr.. Richie
as Chancellor of the Exchequer emphasizes
tine extraordinary nature of the relations
which Mr.. Balfour still maintains to-
wars his colleagues The Liberal
organs point out the Righteousness
of any supposed change Of heart on the
part of a government which includes
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most as active as his father in organ
zng the preferential tariff ogitation.
Mr.. Balfour has reiterated to friends
that his letter to Mr.. Chamberlain was
not a formal expression regarding Mr..
Chamberain's policy but that he meant
what he said.
The Associated Press is informed that
Lord Lansdowne will remain Secretary
for Foreign Affairs.
The Associated Press learns there is
good reason to believe that the report
that War Secretary Broderick wlIl be
transferred to the India office is cor
rect.
The new Cabinet is expected to meet
within fortnight.
Writing today from his home at High
bury, Birmingham, Mr.. Chamberlain made
MS 0rSC puDHc statement since MS TeSlB-
nation His letter is in reply to c.. A.
Pearson chairman of the Executive Coun-
Gil of the Tariff Reform League, VINO
asked if Mr.. Chamberlain comedies with
his view that the league should now use
it's resources to advocate the employ
ment of tariff for the purpose of con-
solidating and defending the resources
OF the empire and defending the industries
of the United Kingdom.
Mr.. Chamberlain gives his understand
ing of the position of the tariff reform
league under two heads as coinciding with
his position. Their objects he says, are,
first, closer union to endedvor to
make the empire selfi'uffcing rs regards
its food supply second, the employment
of a tariff az weapon to secure great
er reciprocity with foreign nations; or
failing such arrangement, to prevent loss
to the home industrial markets under
the competition of protected countries by
retaliating upon them the treatment they
mete out to u.s."