New Britain herald., 1916-12-07
FORMATION OF NEW CABINET A MATTER
 OF ONLY FEW DAYS
Lloyd George Not Expected to Meet With Serious Opposition
 in Selecting Colleagues
HAS LARGE FIELD FROM
 WHICH TO SELECT AIDES

and Labor Party in Parliament Is
 Thought Probable-Old Liberal
 Friends to Stand by Asquith
 Through Thick and Thin-Germany
 Pleased by Settlement of Problem.
 London, Dec. ', 11:35 a. mt having been decided definitely that David Lloyd George will undertake the formation of a ministry, political circles today were interested chiefly in the personnel of the new cabinet and the prospects of the new premier for getting together a combination that will have the support of a ma 6rlty in the house of commons. Few, If any of the Liberal memb bers of MT. Asquith's cabinet are likely to accept office under MT. Lloyd George, and some of the Unionist membeers like J. Austin Chamberlain and Lord Rob- ert Cecil are likely to stand aside. However, it is assumed at the con- ference at Buckingham palace that they assured the new premier of their benevolent neutrality, thus making his kask much simpler.
 Ask Only D Chance.
 Provincial Liberal newspapers like the Manchester Guardian and the < Liverpool Post make plea to the { Liberals to give the government a fair chance ,as it is generally assumed that it is the embodiment of British determination to win the war Ac- eordfng to one estimate, MT. Lloyd George can rely on the support of virtually the Unionist members and of seventy Liberals, and hopes to ob- tain the backing of the labor mem-~I bers, who will come to a final decision at a meeting today It also is repfe- ] sented that MT. Lloyd George be- l lieves he will be able to offer conces. sions to the Nationalists which will bring them in line.
 Probable Selections.
 As far as the cabinet is concerned, the new premier has a Il nucleus in A, Bernard Law, Lord Derby, Lord Cur zon, Sir Frederick E. Smith and Sir Edward Carson, while Viscount Read ing, the lord chief justice, is likely to- join the ministry. Other Liberal mem bers may be drawn from men such as SiR Frederick Crowley, member of the house of commons from the Prestwick division of Lancashire and Sir George Pollard, member from the Eccles d1- vision of Lancashire, who. although ' the public has heard little of them, have done efficient work In commit tees. Dr. Christopher Addison. par liamentary under secretary for mu- nitions, is almost certain to have a place in the cabinet. and Colonel Win ston Spencer, former first lord of the admiralty, is slated for a high office.
 Laborites to Support Government.
 David Lloyd George, the new prime minister, has opened negotiations with the Labor party with a view to secur- ing it's support and cooperation.
 sA meeting of the party was held his morning, at which regret was ex- pressed at the resignation of Mr. 'Asquith as premier. It was decided however, to support any government pledged vigorously to prosecute the war and in which labor was adequate- ly represented.
 The opinion is expressed the4 not included in the cabinet. The labor members have been invited to meet MT. Lloyd George at the war office to discuss the matter.
 There is a consensus of opinion among political correspondents that the principal Unionist statesmen will be willing to help the new prime min- iSter but that he cannot expect any assistance from his old liberal col leagues, who, according to the Times, are resolved to support Asquith through thick and thin. The attitude of labor is much canvassed by Lloyd :. Georges friends and the press say 7 that reports of labor's hostilities are exa ggerated. Some go so far as to say that the position that the Labor ties will finally adopt toward the new premier is yet unknown outside their own caucus and may not yet have been decided upon.
 Stiffest Task in Career.
 The London morning papers refrain from predicting or even specuIating on the composition of Lloyd Georges cabinet and there is nothing to indi- cate that the suggestions made by
 minority leaders have any special weight. That Lloyd George has per- haps the stiffest task of his political career before him is generally admit ted, and even some of his staunch- est supporters, which include all the Tory press, abstain from phophesying g his process while some indicate doubt as to whether he will triumph over the great obstacles confronting him.
 As The Times, which halls Lloyd (4eorge's nomination to the premier ship as ''the only practical and
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