The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-07

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 Although the exact details of the Incl. gent have long been forgotten, Mir. Bal louI pain and surprise at Sir Edward carton attack will long be remembered among the striking scenes of recent years in Parliament
 VI nen the government was reelected In 1900 Sir Edward cnrsonis name was not omitted He was made solicitor general
 Sir. Edward Is m Illus .rntion of the maxim that to criticise ones friends in the government is often the best way to gain q place in the government. The critic must not only Do n Thoin in the governments side; he must also impress the rouse or Commons and the country with belief in his ability
 conI Baron and siultfnasIiionaire. lament Is Russell Ren. who Is the head md sole e~ner of the biggest coal btisi- neEa in Englnnd-the R. & l. H. Req, Limited. This firm trnnsacts n business or close 10 pixty million year. with offices In every important city and town In fhe United Kingdom. MT. Req is an- other. free-trader who has fought his way Into tho eoninr Parliament agninst Mir. Chamberlain's high tariff idea. Mir. nea ia treasurer of the famous Golden Club. md until Mir. Chamberlain rwitehod off on hia high tnriff crusade he wna ono of his strongest allies. and for thnt matter ia still a warm personal friend of tho man from Birmingham
 Hra. Russell Ren ia quite as earnest 2, political thinker as her husband. A charming hostess and a woman pos- seaaod of T strong individuality. with out either fada or fanoiea. she has made hor influence felt, both in tho executive ornl Federation and the councils of the Charity Organization Society.
 The Prime Ministers Brother.
 A strong man in his own way. but naturally overshadowed and handi- cnpped by his more brilliant brother. the Prime Minister of England is Ger Id Nottingham Balfour. who has come Into the new House of Commons as the member for the central division of the f~~aat manufacturing city of Leeds. In fse5 he succeeded his brother as secre- fary for Ireland. and was afterwards resident of the National Board of Trade This position he stiIl holds, and there is no more important factor in the gigantic commercial mechanism of the British Empire than that which is guided by him. MT. Balfour by his close relation to Lord Salisbury and his descent from the Balfours of Burleigh, is naturally one of the most aristocratic of Englishmen. It will, perhaps. sur nrise Americans to learn that plain MT. Gerald W. Balfour would be consid- cred by the King of England as much more of a gentleman and of a much higher social standing than thousands of knights and lords whose titles are still somewhat tainted with the brew cries. distilleries. teahouses and grocery stores, which were the real causes of the Towering of their knighthood. No better proof of this can be given than the fact that Mir Gerald Balfour mar ried in 1887 Lady Elizabeth. daughter of Lord Lytton They have had four chil- dren. all daughters.
 Three new members who are expected to do great things for themselves and their respective parties are MT. Atnel- stan Kendall, the Liberal member for the Thornebury division of Gloucester shire: MT. A D. ". Mason. whom the victorious Liberalists have sent from. and not to, Coventry. and MT. Rufus Isaaes, who shows his Jewish extraction by being generally conceded the most brilliant orator of the British bar
 All of these men are just springing above the dead line of the comparatively unknown. and. although for years they have been amassinR millions and cre- ating regulations in various corners of the British Empire. are now about to assume leading places in the dominat- ing force of this great sngllsh-speaking people. Anyone of them might be sen- sib1y considered in the light of pros- pective prime minister of England who would guide the golden fgurehead of British royalty safely through foreign politics.
 Just a mention of one of the treHend- ous figures which has lowered high at all crucial times In many British Parlia- ments. and which now has been laid to rest in the quiet valley in Somerset