Evening star., 1915-05-19

| lord of the admiralty, II he does not
assume the first lordship himself
Regarding the lord chancellorship.
the question is raised whether Lord
Reading could take the position on ac-
count of his Jewish faith. as the lord
chancellor is Keeper of the kings con-
science"
All parties are working earnestly to
mobilize the strong men of England
and bring about the solution best cal
culated to enable the country to pursue
the war.
Government Seeks Cooperation
The government has definitely
sought the cooperation of the opposi-
ton. and opposition leaders have in
principle. consented to join Them says
the parliamentary correspondent of the
Times in discussing the proposed Goa
lition cabinet but nothing Is likely
10 be decided until the unionist lead
ers have obtained the formal backing
OF their followers at a party meeting.
There can be little doubt of the result
for although the unionist party never
has been enamored of coalition, the
present situation has neither precedent
nor parallel If an equal share of
power is offered. not merely in weight
of numbers, but III tn. Importance of
Ot0cPS,
patriotic grounds. cannot reasonably be
rejected when the alternative is either
a steadily weakening government OF a
general election The labor party also
naturally would be represented in such
a national government
Comment by Morning Papers.
All the morning papers agree that the
governments increasing difficulties led
| ha Of
ist leaders. They Indicate the resign
ing ministers as Viscount Haldane,
lord high chancellor Lewis Harcourt,
secretary of state for colonies A. Bir-
reu. chief secretary for Ireland: the
Earl of Beauchamp. first commissioner
of works; Baron Lucas, president of
the board of agriculture: J. A. Pease,
presiden, of the board of education.
and c. f. Hobhouse. postmaster gen
eral.
| When il was suggested yesterday
that there should be secret session
to discuss the question OF nlgh explo-
sives Premier Asquith replied that in
! his opinion such discussion would be
inopportune and prejudicial to the
, strategic situation, and that he hoped
the subject would not thus be raised
In debate.
The trouble between Winston Spencer
Churchill, first lord of the admiralty.
| and Lord Fisher resulted from the
British cabinet sanctlonlns tne III
naval attack on the Dardanelles IN
ignorance of the fact that the sea
lords were opposed to naval opera
tions unsupported by land force.
Lord Fisher felt acutely the discredit
of the sea lords thus involved and de-
cided to resign. Faced with an acute
ministerial crisis, accompanied by angry
parliamentary debates. the government
resolved to seek coalition with the
unionists.
Lord Kitchener as Generalissimo.
Among the latest rumors is one TO
the effect that Lord Kitchener is to be-
come generalissimo and that David
Lloyd George will succeed him at the
war office.
For nine months the liberal abinet
has conducted the war government
with loyal support from the leaders OF
the conservative party in parliament.
Since the month of May brought the
most critical days 2f the great strug,
gle upon them the British people of all
| pa rites have become more and more
convinced that IN management of
their destinies by bne political party
cannot bring he III strength of the
reorganization of the forces. it is
thought. would meet growing popu-
lar demand.