THE NEW BRITISH CABINET

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2470, 25 May 1915, Page 5

THE NEW BRITISH CABINET

FORECAST OF PORTFOLIOS ! i SIR GEORGE REID'S VIEWS j A PRACTICABLE MOVE ' - 1 London, May 23. ] Some of the newspapers forecast the following appointments to the new Cabinet.:— Home Secretary: Mr. Reginald M'Kenna. Colonial Secretary: Mr. 'Austen Chamberlain. Secretary for War: Lord Kitchener. Minister of Munitions: Mr. Bonar taw. Secretary of India; Mr. 'Winston Churchill. ... Minister for Works: Lord Selborne. Attorney-General: Mr. F. E. Smith. Sir George Reld Rejoices. Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, in an interview, said ho hrejoiced in the prospect of a truly national Cabinet. If it was due to friction. all he could say was, "God bless friction." He considered that a national Cabinet was the most- practicable move since the war began, in order to develop the resources to the fullest limit. Ho concluded: "The way in which the Opposition parties in all Parliaments of the Empire have_ supported the respective Governments in furthering military activities is on the same high plane of patriotism as is shown by the Parliament of the Motherland." What the Public Does Not Realise. London, May 23. The Eight Hon. James Lowther (Speaker of the House of Commons) in a speech at Penrith, said that everyone in Germany was doing his share, but the same could not be said of the British. The Government, which so far as the world knew, was carrying on the war efficiently and successfully, had suddenlv found it necessary to reorganise itself. Even now the public did not realise the gravity of the situation. ATTACKS ON LORD KITCHENER. ! PUBLIC FURIOUS WITH THE "DAILY MAIL." (Roc. May 24, 11.30 p.m ) London, May 24. Lord Novtlicliffe (owner of the "Daily Mail" and other Harmsworth publications) is the most abused man in England. Yesterday's leading article in the "Daily Mail," condemning Lord Kitchener, lias caused an immense furore. There was a public demonstration at the Stook Exchango against it. The greater number of the lespons; ible journals have rallied to the side of Lord Kitchener. Somo of those that criticised him in the past, now recall his good services, and hunt through the dictionary for adjectives with which to denounce Lord Northcliffe. Somo demand his head on a charger. As far as can be judged the attacks will have the effect of sending Lord Kitchener's stock higher than ever, and his rentention in the Cabinet is regard- I ed as certain. The "Daily Mail,"' replying to attacks, says: "This fusilade of newspaper shrapnel damages us no more than Lord Kitchener's shrapnel in Flanders damages the German trenches." Provincial newspapers unanimously denounce the attacks of "The Times" and "Daily Mail" on Earl Kitchener. MR. CHURCHILL. MAY GO TO THE FRONT. (Rec. May 25, 1.25 a.m.) London, May 24. Though Mr. Churchill has been formally farewelled at the Admiralty, officially he still controls naval affairs. Mr. Churchill refuses to make a public statement as to his position. He may givo up politics for the present and join his regiment at the front The Liberals continue to make Mi-. Churchill the scapegoat for the wreck of the Cabinet. Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd George will decide ou Monday morning if a coalition is essential. Lord Fisher is now in Scotland. Lord Lansdowne's acceptance of office would probably be as Lord President of the Council. Sir Edward Carson will probably be Attorney-General. Sir John Simon, Attorney-General, declined the Lord Chancellorship, preferring a political position in the House of Commons.

stages of the campaign. His name is associated with that of a Berlin danseuso. One day he was snapshotted while sitting in a window with a woman on his knee, she being in desha/bille. Someone handed a copy of the photograph to the Crown Princess, who immediately visited the Kaiser and complained of the Prince flaunting his profligacy in public. The Kaiser implored her to defer a rupture until the end of the war, but the irate Princess refused. Another report states that she lias left Berlin. The Kaiser wrote a letter rebuking his son, and received a disrespectful reply.