New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
nTpFTcULTY IN FORMING
,7pw Liberal CABINET.
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lspso-- =. ,ao6 hr The Trlhune Assoeiationl


L, -po,rly from left centre toward the extreme
ns 80 ts a change so considerable that the
'eis ,.nnot be formed as quickly the retir-
-,-a,s Minister can drive from Downing
lAs ne. 20 +be palace IN his motor his
-, accept Office, keeping hanson at the
CESS che re1urn fare. The ramor mongers con-
ooo believed when they say that Sir Henry
h'' SoI1- Zimmerman has finished his job I'M
$50 offices are not yet distributed. and
p,.s may be made at the last moment be-
.be list is submitted to the King. The
l0's ministers chief difficulty has been the
-, ~ reconciling the Whiggish Liberals to
- domination. Many conferences have
-ao,,istte when Mr.. Asquith wanted the
..-shir of the House OF Commons as we'll
,he CHARACTERISTIC Of the Treasury; when
= paldane preferred the Lord Chancellor
-, n Iaborious service in a great department,
- Sir Edward Grey was called upon to resign
- ,rasidency OF an important railway COM
Their resistance also increased when
ri gosebery seemed coldly Indifferent to
- rate Of the government and safeguards
.,,,nst irish Home Rule were untrustworthy.
: INV seems probable that Sid Henry Camp
.,n-Rsnnerman has obtained the support OF
:, three while Il Is fairly certain that the new
-,r,ent viii be strongly radical and in
80. 81 least one representative Of the Labor
- What is known as the ''old gang" has
rs5rce5 10 six or eight in the decade Of
-1os,tion. so that there will be plenty Of new
blood In the Ministry,
CRITICAL WEEK.
while Monday will be critical day in the
Yr1araJ fortunes. with the completion Of the
.r.nstry and Lord Roseherys speech to the
T,he-aI Imperialists. next week Will also be
rba
TTr,onist party Mr.. Chamberlain has already
snoksn hopefully and cautiously at Oxford, but
q clearly waiting for Mr. Balfour to lead the
raw in The new campaign. The tariff reform
srs profess to believe that Mr.. Balfour will
a., Mr. Chamberlain without reserve, and not
s,s5e the responsibility of offending the free
+-s5ars Their confidence is not shared by
MS closest political followers who assert that
his first duty will be TO keep the Unionist party
torether and defend the country against the
revival Of Gladstonian Home Rule. The chief
change at court wrought by the information OF
the new government viii be the appointment
OF q mistress OF robes in place Of the Duchess
Of BucoIeugh. Since Peels time 1t has been
the practice for ladies-in-waiting to remain at
court without reference TO the fortunes of the
Ministry The mistress of robes invarian,
retres when the Prime Minister resigns office.
It has been customary to have one duchess
follow another. but It will be difficult for the
new Prime Minister TO find one on the Liberal
side The old Wing aristocTacy is running
cut and the House of Lords is so one-sided
that It viii hardly be possible for the Liberals
to keep up debate on the government side.
For this reason Sir Henry Campbell Banner
man is urged to go 10 the upper house and Gre
ats q new batch Of Liberal peers. yet that will
PRIZES FOR BALF0UR'S FRIENDS.
The consolation prizes for the downfall of the
Uzonist government go to Mr.. Balfours free
Hsas friends rather than Mr. Chamberlain's
group The peerages for Sir Michael Hicks
Beach and Arthur Richie well earned by
public service and the rewards for journalists
are timely. SIR Alfred Harmsworth at forty
finds himself a baron, whereas his lifelong rival,
Mr Pearson Mr.. Chamberlain's bashful man
eger, is a plain. unadorned newspaper owner.
Another new baron is Edmund Beckett Faber,
chairman Of the directors Of The Yorkshire
Post" Unionist journal which has freely criti-
cised Mr. Chanberlain's tariff proposals. Poll
tics does not interfere with social amenities
The Duke Of Devonshire's nephew, Victor
Cavendsh, receives one Of Mr.. BalfouTs free
trade honors and Austen Chamberlain will be
guest at weIbeck Abbey to meet the King and
Queen next week
SALE OF IRVIEGS TREASURES.
Three days Will be needed for the sale Of Sir
Henry Irvtng's pictures. books stage relics and
curiosities at Christie's Among them are many
American gifts. Garrick's ring a present
from Edwin Booth, and Edwin Forests silver
shoe buckles from John Mccullough A land
scape by Joseph Jefferson is among the pictures
snd portrait Of Rip Van Wrinkle by the same
hand. Among the books is Walt Whitman's
copy Of Shakespeare, with an etching and an
autograph gift from Thomas Donaldson. There
are ten volumes Of Henry Ward Becher's works
with an autograph in each. There is silver
Presentation cup from the Lotos Club, Of New
York, and a complete set of Edwin Booths
prompt books Of Shakespeare edited by William
Winter. Whisuer's portrait Of Irving as Philip
F., Of Spain and Sargent's portrait Of Ellen Terry
as Lady Macbeth viii come under the hammer
with ReynoIds's two portraits Of Garrick and
hundreds Of theatrical pictures. engravings,
stage properties and relics
POLITICS AFFECTS PLAYS.
The theatre managers. as well as the book pub
fishers. are alarmed by the political turmoil.
They assume that business win be poor until the
elections are over. and this cannot be before the
end Of January, with the meeting Of the new
Parliament in the middle OF February. That
they overrate the attractions Of politics is shown
by the heavy booking for "a Midsummer Nights
Dream" at the Adelphi, which runs into Febru-
airy. The Merchant OF Venice is not doing
equally well at the Garrick where an early
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