The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-26
KITCHENER RETAINS WAR POST IN NEW
 COALITION CABINET
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 retiring lord high chancellor) the Order of Merit
 The British public will not know the composition of the new cabinet until they read the newspapers tomorrow morning. The announcement was given to the press tonight with the stipulation that it should not be made public until the morning papers were issued.
 The cabinet comprises 12 liberals eight conservaties one laborite, Arthur Henderson, and one nonpartsan. Earl Kitchener. Thirteen members of the old cabinet remain in office Of these. MT. Asquith, Sir Edward Grey. Earl Kitche- ner, MT. Runciman, MT. Birrell and Mir. Wood retain their old portfolios. Two Surprises The promotion of Sir Stanley Buckmas- ter, whose greatest activities during the war have had to do with the management of the official press bureau, to the high honor of lord chancellor, and the &C., ceptance of Winston Spencer Churchill, formerly head of the admiralty. of the merely nominal duties of the duchy of Lancaster, are two distinct surprises. The most prominent figure who retires from public life is Viscount Haldane. His affiliations with Germany and the con tinued newspaper attacks based on these
  Prince Henry of Battenberg's retirement sometime ago from the admiralty fo. the same reason. Viscount Haldane re- ceived an expression of the government s confidence by the bestowal of the Order Of Merit.
 The retention of Lord Kitchener as head of the army. while David Lloyd George. with the newly created portfolio of the ministry of munitions. relieves him of hp ci nf ui hA asupply department. and also A. ]. Bal ftour's acceptance of the admiralty post were fully expected.
 The Marquis of Lansdowne. whose health forbids hard work becomes a member of the cabinet without duties. except participation in it's councils and Mr Churchill's position Is virtually the same. His willingness to accept sub Isrdinate position and work for the suc- cess of the new government is likely to make him popular with the country and aid his future political career. To Organize Industries MT. Lloyd-George and MT. Henderson will he especially charged with the task of rallying the working men to the gov ernment's support and much is expected Of the former chancellor in organizing the country's industries
 Sir Edward Carson represents the Uls- ter faction of Ireland and there is re- gret that MT. Redmond declined to enter the cabinet and make the representation embrace all political parties.
 The cabinet undoubtedly includes the strongest men in public life; whether they Will prove correspondingly strong as working body is question, the answer to which the country will anxiously await.
 The reconstruction of the British cabi- net, according to Premier Asquith, was due to a desire to place the government On broader personal and political basis. The premier declared in the House of Commons last week that there would he no change in the policy of the country with regard to the prosecution of tue war with all possible energy and tha, the reconstruction should not he taken in any quarter or for any reason as indicating anything in the nature f,f a surrender or compromise surrender or compromise on the part of person or body of persons of their several political ideals''
 One of the chief causes for the change in the ministry is asserted to have been friction between Winston Spencer