The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
RISE OF YOUNG CHURCHILL
MEMBER OF NEW BRITISH CABINET OWES
MUCH TO HIS MOTHER

be viii bring to the board of trade all
that spirit Of initiative that zest for work.
and that wondeful grasp Of manifold
problems forever coming before the de-
partment, and which so distinguished
Joseph Chamberlain and David Lloyd
George. is a f0re8one conclusion.
But II is Just q question whether he pos
sesses the same degree Of powers of con
ciliation manifested by the new chancei-
Tor Of the exechequer and the great
amount Of patience necessary in dealing
with that bugbear OF modern industry
and commerce. namely. labor troubles.
The necessity Of averting these is Of
paramount importance, and it remains 20
be seen whether, with his somewhat ag-
gressive. quick. and imperious manner
he viii prove as satisfactory in this re-
! speeS as David Lloyd George.
Walter Runciman. who has likewise Sc
cured promotion to cabinet rank as min
lister Of education, is but two or three
years older at most than Winston
Churchill, and although they now share
one another's advancement and occupy
seats in the same cabinet. they were for
merly the bitterest Of political adyersar-
les -Runciman defeating Winston Church.
i'll at Oldham. in 1899 while Winston
Churchill secured a slashiEg victory over
Runciman for the same constituency just
twelve months later.
The Runcimans hail from Scotland, ard
although one Of them was president OF
the Scottish Academy at the close of the
eighteenth ceatury. the father of Walter
Runciman, tie new minister Of education,
{ Ia r.
for he went TO sea at the age of twelve,
worked up through all grades. from
ships boy to master mariner; founded a
steamship line. known as the Moor Line,
and Is the head Of the great shipping firm
of ". Runcimsn & Co. brother was
/ James Runciman, the liIterateur and jour
nalist on the staff of the Pail Mall Ga
zette In the days when Honest" John
/ Morley, now about TO be created 2eer.
was editor. It was at James RunCinan's
/ house, by the bye, that young Walter
/ Runciman made the acquaintance and be-
came a friend OF Robert Louis Steven
son. AS BELTS a man who can boast Of
having had two grandfathers fighting in
/ the battle Of Trafalgar, and who prizes
as his most valued treasures the medals
which they won on that occasion under
/ the command Of Nelson, ne is devoted to
the sea, and fond above everything else
of the sport of yachting.
OF course the most remarkable promo
ton n all in connection with the recon
struction Of the cabinet is that Of David
Lloyd George, VINO, as chancellor Of the
exchequer, becomes by virtue Of his Office
to all intents and pu- poses the deputy
premier He is the son Of a Welsh Uni
/ tartan schO0lmaster. possessed OF no for
tune whatsoever. and who has made his
way entirely By his own merits. obstruct-
ed by the Anglican church, which saw in
him champion Of the cause of disestab-
lishment, and also by the Conservatives.
the Liberal-Unionists. and even by the
less advanced members Of his own party.
who professed 10 regard him as some
thing very much akin 10 a socialist Yet
to-day he is the chancellor Of the ex-
chequer and the principal finance minis
/ ter Of the government.
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