The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-20
ASQUITH ANNOUNCES
 CABINET SHAKE-UP
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campaign is being conducted largely by German officers.
 The events at home have been friction between Winston Spencer Churchill and Lord Fisher in the admiralty, which one writer describes as the nerve-centre of the nation, and the attacks upon both the war office and the workingmen for their alleged failure to supply the army with sufficient ammunition.
 Parliament adjourned tonight until June I3 Before it's next meeting, the new cabi net will be formed and the first act of the cabinet will be to challenge a vo,e of confidence from the House of Commons to demonstrate it's position representing the whole house.
 The liberal members met tonight and expressed confidence in Premier AsquIth who explained the governments position l The conservatives also held d party coun- | cil
 | Todays reports have changed yester- 1 days forecasts of the personnel of the | ministry in only two or three details There is no doubt that the reorganization of the government will mean the snuff ing out of some high political ambitions.
 It is believed that the most prominent members slated for retirement are Lord
 Haldane. lord high chancellor; the Mar quis of Crewe, secretary of state for In- dia; Lewis Harcourt, secretary of state for colonies, and Augustine Brrell, chief secretary for Ireland. The Marquis of Crewe and Mr. Birrell will go willingly.
 MT. Harcourt may be raised to the peer age and promoted to be viceroy of India.
 Lord Fisher in Office
 Lord Fisher first sea lord of the ad-
 miralty, was in his office at the admiralty
 today, which was taken to mean that the
 government had refused to accept his resignation. making inevitable the depar- ture from the admiralty of Winston Spen-
 cer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty. It is believed by many that Mir. Churchill will be given the Marquis of Crewe's port folio at the India office, that he will succeed Mir Harcourt as secretary of state for colonies. MT. Churchill is a major in the territorias and it would
 cause little surprise if he should prefer the fighting line to cabinet position which would give him no opportunity for his aggressive nature.
 Conservatives are reported to consider | eight cabinet members as their share. | and Andrew Bonar Law, opposition leader l in the House of Commons; A. J. Balfour | J. Austin Chamberlain, the Earl of Cur | zon; Lord Selborne F. E. Smith the Earl of Derby, and Walter Hume Long are | regarded as certainties.
 The labor members have decided to sup
 port Arthur Henderson for position. 1t | mas been an .drllCle or the ndIO1dHSI | faith that no member of that party should serve in the British government, but John
 Redmond will have an opportunity to | break precedents if he will consent b do so and thus have the cabinet em- brace all parties represented in the house. In a free discussion by the newspapers
 of the ministers abilities even Lord i Kitchener has not escaped criticism. The | Times asserts that offers by manufac- ! to make shells rOlNlN , jected and after months had been lost
 they were implored to begin.
 l The Pail Mall Gazette says 'Hercuhs l is not quite young as he was,' and I remarking that the call of the east has 1 always attracted Kitchener, nominates
 him for viceroy of India. Or it adds, If he prefers to stay at home we sug-
 gest that the old office of commander
 in chief be revived for him.
 The paper continues: Events have ] heaped on Lord Nitchener's shoulders a
 burden that a super Napoleon could not sustain
 l Declaring that the country never could
 be sufficiently grateful for what Kitche-
 ner has done in raising men, the Pail Mall Gazette says: ';The problem of providins war materials involves the handling of 1 the democracy, and no soldier can solve
 it."
 | Having proposed David Iloyd-George 1 for minister of munitions yesterday, the 1 Pall Mall Gazette today nominates him
 for minister Of war. if Lord Kitchener
 retires A few months ago, ChanceliSl
 Lloyd George commanded the particular 1 animosity of all the conservative papers 1 The coalition plan still meets with con
 siderable opposition from the liberals. The first notice that the liberal party ma, finally support conscrption was given ii the House of Commons today by Hard TAtan .t,f faAn Gaa fnl answering question put to him by libera members. said that the government woulC embark on compulsory service, reluctant 1 ly, but it might become necessary.