The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-05

r Is rumored that the English cabinet
 is complete and that Mr. Balfour will
 3 make known the new ministers today
 The past few weeks have been stormy in British politics and the end Is not yet in sight. Since Mir Chamberlain resigned as colonial secretary, and the consequent disruption of the cabinet the premier has | had troubles of his own. It was hard
 matter to induce any one to take MT. I Chamberlain's place and Lord Mfner l showed decided objections. He Is now
 gone abroad and will leave about the
 middle of this month for South Africa. A feature of the political crisis in Eng
 land was the unexpected show of power
 made by King Edward. It now begins to look as if his firm stand has had l very salutary effect Happily in this country such wholesale change In office is not possible. although, in the case Of some officials it Is to be regretted. When the action of the English sabinet is not
 supported by their eonferees in parlia-
 ment there is nothing left them but to | resign This is a graceful way of get
 ting out of an embarrassing position, but in this country we do things differently. Yellow journals may howl, the President veto. and congress tear it's individual hair but the cabinet officer goes serenely on about his business. There are few cases in our history where cabinet officers have resigned simply because their policy did not meet popular approval. In England
 however. it is one of those long estab- iished customs that mas become praeti- cally law.
 Germany's military master of the horse has come to the conclusion that the stock in the German army is inferior in strain and that steps must be taken to improve the breed. The official suggests that new horses be imported and interest be arous- ed by popularizlng racing In the empire. 1t is proposed to permit Sunday racing and bookmaking, two features of the sport that would hardly meet with favor in England or In this country. Although the automobile has become very aggres- sive In peaceful walks of life soldiers are still dependent upon the faithful animal that has figured so conspicuously in mem- orable enga gements No part of army equipment is more important than good 1orses, both for fighting purposes and as beasts of burden. Although we do not hear much of the American army horse now since war clouds have passed away our troops are as we'll mounted as any in the world. with the exception of the famed Arabian skIrmishers. Even the unprepossessng broncho has done his share in the history of North America, notably in earlier days when he was in- valuable on the far western plains.
 The old gunboat Monocaey, a relic of earlier days in the navy, has been sold to mysterious individual stated in the cablegram to be "Iashimoto" for con- sideration of $11, 1925 in gold. The old ves- sel was the laughing stock of the navy for many years and had been dubbed the "mudscow." The Monocacy is a sidewheel- CT and was the advance guard of our pow erful fleet that now patrols Asiatic waters. She has been in the Asiatic squadron con tinuously since 1869. Nearly every officer in the navy has sailed on her at some time during his career The Monocacy was not fortunate enough to have figured Tn any memorable engagements so she suffered fate that overtakes many ves- sells in our navy after they have outlved their usefulness.
 The papers are discussing with much amusement the deplorable state of af- fairs in Kansas where so many school marms have married that the great work of education has been seriously retarded It was all the work of certain school district boards that passed laws forbid ding women teachers to marry. Such ruling immediately awakened a storm and the teachers showed defiance by prompt ly entering the bonds of matrimony with out so much as by your leave, although they had to give LID their positions to do