Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-11
NEW BRITISH CABINET
HAS BUT FEW CHANGES
Twcnty-Six Old Members Re-
tanned: Lloyd George
Shifts Eleven of Them.

London, Jan. 1l.--Prime Minister
LLOYD George annouced last night the
composition of bis new Cabinet. In the
main he hiss merely reconstructed bis old
ministry, retaining fifteen principal mem
hers in their present position and some
under secretaries, changing portfolios Of
eleven other former Ministers and in
PRODUCING eight men who may be called
new, although they have had considerable
experience in government work in
different positions.
cEcrLs NAME re MIeeED.
The absence from the list of the name Of
Lord Robert Cecil, who has been so prom
inent in the Government until he went 10
Paris for the peace congress, is III ely TO
strengthen the belief that he is reserved To
succeed lord Reading as British Am
hassador at Washington.
Following is part OF the Cabinet roster
as given out tonight the names Of Ministers
whose portfolios have not bee changed
being marked Try an ::
Premier and First Lord OF the
Trcasury-David Lloyd George"
Lord Privy Seal and Leader in the
House OF Commons Andrew Ronar Law.
President of the Council and Leader in
the House OF Lords-Esrl Cur5on Of
Kedleston.
Ministers without portfolio George
Niooll Barnes and Sir Eric Geddes
Lord High Chancellor Sir r. r Smith
Home ccretary-Fdward Short;
Under-Secretary Hamar Greenwood.
Foreign Secretary Balfour, :
Under-Secretary, Cecil Bishopp Harms
wor fh
Secretary for the Colonies -Vifoount
Miner
Secretary Of War s1d Of the Air Ministry
(which have been combines Winston
Spencer Churchill: Under Seotretay,
Nicotmt Peel
Financial Secretary 10 the War Office
Henry ". Forster.
Secretary for india EDWIN s, Moo
ag,re: Under Secretary-Sir 5. Fl Sinha
First Lord Of the Admiralty alter
Hume Long: Under Secretary-Thorna
j MacNarnara
President Of the Bears Of Trade-SiY
Albert Stanley; Under Secretary-M. e.
Bridgeman.
Department a Overseas Trade Develop
ment and Intelligence SIR Arthur 81, ell
Maitland, also appointed on addIticns
Under Secretary Foreign, and an additiona
Under Foreign Secretary 70 the B<,srd Of
Trade.
LLOYD George, as Is customary, takes
tho portfolio of First Lord ~ the Treasury
the salary Of which is s25, ,Opo, while the
Premiership pays nothing.
Perhaps the most notable change rs
the transferring of Andrew Bonar Law
from the Exchequer Chanv-llorshrp and
81, 900 salary TO the unpaid position
Of Lord Privy Seal Aust~n Chamberlain,
who succeeds him, Was Chancellor, Of the
Exchequer two years, while Arthur Bal
four was Premier
Another Of the Hsrmsvorth family,
the third of The brothers, enters the Cabinet
Lord Northcliffe has never accepted a
portfolio. but his brother, Lord Rockrnere,
was President of the Air Council fors tir~ =.
Sir Frederick Smith, whose visit 20 the
United States will be remembered, IS
transferred from the Attorney GeneraishIp
TO be Lord High Chancellor.
Edward Short, the new Home S~c-
retarv, uiiI be succeeded as Chief Seere-
tary for Ireland by James ian Macpherson
who was Under Secretary for " AZ IN 1915
Chamber Of Commerce records AT
Butte, Mont, SHOW that the majority
OF the &C, 600 inhabitants of the city are