Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-09
BALFc,> MINISTER
OF:::>> r,.AlGN AFFAIRS
CECIL HIS AIDE
:
nth Tells How Unionists
Forced Him Out Of Govern
ment, Acquits Lloyd
George of Com
plicity.
CARSON MAY BE SEA LORD
Earl of Derby Named as Prob
able Secretary of War
by the Standard.
CARSON MAY BE SEA LORD
DISTURBANCE BY sUFFs

UlSIUhbANVG D oOcc0
London. Dec. S,-Herbert H. AS
ouith declared at the meeting of lib
erals today that although he had
resigned the premiership he had not
given up leadership OF the liberal
party. The former premier said there
had been a carefully engineered CAM
paign against him, but he acquitted
Mr.. Lloyd George and his other as.
sistants in the retiring government OF
completely therein.
On, Friday of last week. Mr.. As
quth said, he received Mr., Lloyd
Georges proposal for smaller war
council. The same day he replied that
the prime minister must preside over
such a body. Mr.. Lloyd George did
not agree to this and on Sunday the
unionst ministers intimated they had
had a meeting at which they decided
they could not remain in the govern
ment if he did that if he did not resign
they would. He saw Mr.. Lloyd
George later and being desirous of
maintaining unity of the government,
appealed to Mr.. Bonar Law to remain
in office. They had a conversation
and attempted to accommodate their
views as to the relationship between
the premier and the war council and
as to the personnel of the council. On
these two points they differed and the
difference of opinion was strong and
sharp.
Writes Lloyd George.
The next morning he found a
statement in the newspapers that the
premier was to be excluded from the
war council He then wrote Mr..
Lloyd George that he was not pre-
pared to remain in the cabinet as a
spectator of the war and that it was
not possible to have war council
without the premier as chairman.
After consulting with his friends he.
resigned believing he could serve the
pew government to best advantage
outside the cabinet
Viscount Grey made the announce
ment that Mr.. Balfour would be for
eign secretary and that Lord Robert
Cecil would remain parliamentary un-
dersecretary for foreign affairs.
1t Us also stated, that Sir Robert
Finlay, former attorney general and
trfemlier OF parliament for Edinburgh
and St. Andrews universities, will be
lord high chancellor in the new
cabinet. - ~.
Five Probable Appointments.
The Standard says it understands
that the following appointments are
certain to be made;
Chancellor of the exchequer, An
drew Bonar Law.
Secretary for foreign affairs, A. J.
Balfour.
First lord of the admiralty, Sir Ed
ward Carson.
Secretary for war, Earl of Derby
Secretary for labor, Arthur Hen
derson.
The home Office portfolio, according
TO the newspaper. was offered to Sir
Frederick Z. Smith, attorney general
H-the coalition cabinet, but he pre-
ferred to retain the attorney general
ship.
At meeting OF liberals it was
stated that A. J. Balfour would be
foreign secretary in the new cabinet
and that Lord Robert Cecil would re-
main parliamentary under secretary
for foreign affairs.
A small party of suffragettes lent
variety TO the arrival of the liberals
at the Reform club at noon today for
a meeting of the liberal party to de-
eide its attitude towards the Lloyd
George goyernm t. The women
greeted the earlier arrivals with the
cry, another wait and see"
The suffragettes became more ag-
gressivc when Mr. Asquit... drove up
and, on being forced into the road
way by the police. hey contented
themselves with cries of "traitor" and
other abusive terms. Lord Haldane
was greeted With Kaiser Haldane."
When Viscount Grey arrived the
sufragettes created such a disturb
ance that the police lal to escort him
into the club. TIE crowd with the
exception of the women gave ex-
Premier Asquith and his colleagues
d uSdi w lClCpllO1.
The Reform club adopted rcsolus
ton expressing confidence in Mr.
Asquith, and also the determination of
the organization to support the new
government in whatever steps it may
take to prosecute the war vigorously
News Against Balfoar.
The Evening News, one OF the
strongest supporters of Premier Lloyd
George publishes prominently pro-
teSN against the suggestion that A. J.
Balfour be appointed foreign secrc-
taEy and Lord Robert Cecil retained
as parliamentary under secretary for
foreign affairs. 1t says:
The great enthusiasm with which
the formation OF new government is
received everywhere is dampened for
the moment by the persistent rumor
on apparently good authority, that
Mr.. Balfour is to go to the foreign
Office with Lord Robert Cecil. Lord
Roberts record in the foreign office
is we'll known. 1t will be nothing
short of disastrous if the man who
persistently adopted policy leading
to the weakening of our blockade and
the consequent feeding of Germans,
should apain he n1ared in commend y