The sun., 1919-01-11

LEAD IN CABINET
New Ministry of Lloyd George
Dominated by the Land
owning Interests.
MAY PREVENT REFORMS
Brother of Lord NOrthcliffe
Becomes Under Secretary
for Foreign Affairs.

LONDON, Jan. 10.-The new Cabinet
OF Premier Lloyd George was an
nounced tonight. 1t presents few
surprises. The question the British
newspapers are asking is whether
Lloyd George will rule his Cabinet or
whether his Conservative advisers will
dominate him.
The ma jority OF the members OF the
Cabinet in high places arc Conserva-
tives, notably Andrew Bonar Law, Earl
Curzon. Arthur j. Balfour and Nis-
count Miner. Only four years ago
their party regarded Lloyd George as
the Conservatives to-day regard the
Bolsheviki
The Premier is pledged by his cam
pagning speeches to a sweeping pro-
gramms of liberal reforms. particularly
the giving Of land and houses TO work
ingmen and discharged soldiers. His
principal advisers are regarded as rep
resentatives Of the landowning inter
ests. who. following tradition. would
place barriers In the way of such re-
forms
The Ministers without portfolios,
George Ncoil Barnes and Sir Eric
Cieddes, have important duties for which
there are no Cabinet places Mr.. Barnes
will represent labor at the Paris peace
conference. while Sir Eric has under
taken the management. of defnobilization.
one innovation 10 the selection for tho
! arst time of an Indian as 2 member OF
the Government. Sir s. II. Snha having
the place OF Under Sc 'retary for India.
Another Is the appointment OF Cecil
Bisshopp Harmsworth, brother OF Lord
! Northclfre, to succeed Lord Robert Cecil
as Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Tie new Cabinet as officially an
nounced tonight follows:
LORD pRvy SEAL AND LEADER IN
HOUSE OF coMMoNs-Andrew Donar
; Law.
, PRESIDENT OF TIE COUNCIL. AND
LEADER IN THE HOUSE or LORDS
Ear! Curzon Of ked.eston
! MINISTER'S WITHOUT PORTFOLIO
George Aico!l Barnes and Sir Eric Ged
LORD CHANCELLOR-s!r Frederick F.
; Smith.
HOME sEORETAEY-Ed Short.
UNDER sEcRETARY-Iamsr Green
wood
FOREIGN sEcRETARY--Arthur. J.; Ra!,
! shopp Harmsworth.
s.cRETARY FOR THE COLONIES
! Viscount Miner.
AIR 'MlHGSIsrRr witch M @ saro been s dom. amr
hinedl Winston Spencer Churchiii
! UNDER sECRETARY-vi Peel.
F1NANc1AL Nts,5r rn.sGI sEcRETAFY E1-1 TO THE WAR
MoHtasa. UNDER sEcRETHRY-sn
rIRsT lord OF THE ADMIRALTY
Walter Hume Long. pARLIAMEN.
TARY sEcRETARY~Thoma, j, Ma.
pHTsiBENE 4RaBEsr OF Aoe FHE s,ansg BOARD rSpn nF
sEcRETARy-W;; r; nridssman,
DEVELOPMENT AND INTELLIdENCE
Sir Arthur steci. Meitisnd twho alsc
is appointed an additional Under See
di;ional Parliamentary Secretary to thu
rREsIpEHT nSSGp g 7 'od' SF THE LOCAL GOVERN.
olson olson PHRLIAMENTARY sEcRE
rARY--Stephen Walsh, t.aborite.
MINISTER OF EDUcATloN-H. A. L
sEcRETARY OF THE MINISTRY on
MUNITIONS (Which is to beoom,
eventually the Ministry OF supplyl--An
FOOD CoNTRoLLER--Georg II Rob
MINisrER OF sHIrPrNG-sir Joseph p
MINISTER OF LABon--sir Rober, stew
HOME MINISTER FOR PENsIoNs-si
Laming Worthington Evans.
ANb hEcoSsTRucTIoN--sir Hacklant
cHANcELLoR or THE pucHy OIL
LANCAsTERA-The Earl of Crawford.
FIRST COMMISSIONER OF WORKS
ATTORNEY -GENERAL-sir Gordon Hew
SOLICITOR -GENERAL-sir Earnest 20!
rosTMAsrER-GENE Holde,
PAYMAsTER GENERAL Sir Josep,
| Compton -Rickett,
Austen Chamberlain.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND
General viscount French.
CHEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND
, Sir James Ian Macpherson.
SECRETARY FOR sCorLAND-Roser
Munro.
Both Mr.. Prothero and Andrew Wei
were raised to the Peerage on accept
ing their new Offices.
. It Is announced that until there ha
been more time to make permanen
; peace arrangements the existing Wa
Cabinet will be continued.
The Government intends to submit &
: Parliament proposals for the establish
ment of Ministry OF Ways and Com
, munications. IL these are adopted 81
! Eric Geddes will be invited to head tn
new. department.