The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-28
new BRITISH
CABINET
ANNOUNCED
Lord Curzon, One Of
the Few Prominent
Coalition Ministers
to Retain Place in
the Cabinet

London, Oct. "a fBy the Associat-
ed Press) Bonar Law to-
night issued list Of the principal
members of his ministry. His own
name is not mentioned in the Off
cial list. which leaves it to be in
ferred that he takes no other Of
flee than that of prime minister
and first lord of the treasury, the
latter being a post without speci-
fed duties beyond those attaching
, to the premiership.
Marquis Curzon retains his post
as secretary for foreign affairs and
will be the leader of he house Of
lords. yiscount Peel retains the
Indian secretaryship. Stanley
Baldwin. as expected. goes to the
excheouer. but it has not yet been
announced whether he will be
leader in the house Of commons.
The Earl of Derby, at the war Of
fee resumes a post which he has
held before The prime minister
/; has the greatest difficulty with the
law Offices. It is noticeable that
Lord Carson's name does not ap-
pear in the new ministry. Wis
! count Cave becoming lord high
chancellor
Douglas McGarel Hogg. the new
attorney general. was formerly
closely associated with Lord Car
son. Hfs wife is the daughter of
! Judge Trimble Brown of Nashville,
Tenn.
The cabinet was officially an
nounced this evening as follows:
Lord president of the council
! Marquis of Salisbury.
Lord high observation-disclosures.
Cave.
chancellor of the excheauer-
Stanley Baldwin.
| Secretary of home affairs-Wil-
! liam c. Bridgeman.
Secretary of foreign affairs
MARQUIS Curzon.
Secretary for the colonies-The
Duke of DeVonshiTe.
Secretary for India-Viscount
! Peel
| Secretary for war-The Earl Of
/ Derby.
First lord of the admiralty
Lieut.. Col. L. C. NJ. S. Amery.
| President of the board of trade
Sir Phillip Lloyd -Greame.
Minister of heal.h-Sir Arthur
/; Griffith Boscawed.
i Minister of agriculture-Sir Rob-
ert A. Sanders.
Secretary for scotland-vis-
count Novar.
| Attorney-general = Douglas Nc.
G. Hogg.
Lord advocate-Hon w A. Wat.
son.
President of the board of edu-
cation-Edward F. L. Wood. NJ.
P. for the Ripon division of York
shire
There are still number Of ap-
pointments to be made. and it is
noticeable that the five Offices held
;; under Premier Lloyd George by
Austen Chamberlain, H. A. l..
Fisher. T. j. MacNamara. Sir
Hamer Greenw ood. and the Earl Of
Crawford and 3alcarres. who all
joined Lloyd George in the wilder
ness. are not yet filed. 1t is ex-
pected the Office of chief secretary
for ireland will be abolished and
that the ministry of labor will be
; merged in.o some other depart
/ ment.
The prime minister held his first
informal cabinet council of the
ministers already appointed at
| dinner given at his residence to-
night to discuss general lines of
policy.
Election canvassing went into
full swing today.
The first and most important
thing is the fear animating the 9TH
er parties of the unknown quantity
in the labor vote of the electorate.
Labor has heen by far the most
! successful of the various parties
in all the bye elections since the
elections of 1918: moreover, it is
i known that the Labor party is bet
F, ter organized for elections than on
any previous occasion and that it
! will have a greater number of can
didates in the field .han any other
party except the Conservatives.
Hence there is considerable justi-
fcation for the apprehension en-
tertained
1t is quite possible that this ap-
prehension accounts for the second
no.abie tendency namely. the de-
sire Of the Conservatives TO do ev-
I erything possible to avoid accen-
tunating the cleavage in their
party There is no doubt that Bo-
mar Law still hopes for eventual
reconciliation with those Con-
servative leaders who remained
faithful to Lvod George and the
real motive for the wish to heal
the split in the party is the hope
of counterins Labor's expected at
tack on property.
Perhaps the most notable event
of the day has been Reginald Nc
kenna'S frank support of the Bonar
Law administration. This must be
| q tremendous disappointment to
the Asquithian Liberals and is at
] the same time an enormous asset
! to the new administration.
Whether Mr.. McKenna will re-
turn to active political life in the