BRITISH CABINET

Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1931, Page 5

BRITISH CABINET

NEWSPAPER COMMENT

NATIONAL CHARACTER MAINTAINED

HARMONIOUS WORKING

(British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY, November 6

The impression of Mr MacDonald’s new Cabinet expressed in to-day's Press comment is that it constitutes a- strong and well-balanced team, which is calculated to work harmoniously together, that it maintains its national character, and that it is especially well equipped to attack successfully the economic and financial problems, both domestic ■ and international! yvhich will confront it.

While tiiis national team is comprised of men of wide experience the. Prime Minister has evidently striven to give a chance to the younger men, and his endeavour in thi s respect ha s been facilitated by the action of Sir Aust-n Chamberlain, Lord Reading, Lord Cecil and Lord Amulrce, three members of the previous administration standing aside.

The new' Cabinet will consist of twenty members, and thu s reverts to its customary size, for it was found that the Cabinet' of ten, which existed before the dissolution, whs sUfficeiitly large to staff all the committees, which have to be set tip. The last Labour. - Government had twenty-one Cabinet’ 1 Ministers,

The lesser Ministerial appointments will he made known after the Prime Minister has returned to London,

Captain H. D. Margesson will succeed Sir Eyres-Monsell as Chief Whip. Mr Lovd George will leave on November 13th for a health voyage to Ceylon. He will return in January. AN EXPERIENCED TEAM

“The Times” says that the Prime Minister has chosen . “an experienced team, whose acceptance of the ideal of national co-operation is beyond doubt, and who broadly are agreed upon, the nature ! of the tasks to be accomp-hshed, and who have afl agreed to approach them with minds unbiassed by 'the past. The choice may be accepted with general satisfaction by the nation, and with confidence in the honesty and efficiency of the British Government by the world at large.”

The “Morning Post” -says: “It certainly is a Government of great abilities, chosen for the s°le end—the national interest.”

The “Daily Mail” says: “It is one of the strongest Cabinets of modern times, and is rich in capacity.” The “Daily Herald” says: “The Conservatives, with eleven out of the twenty Ministers dominate the Cabinet, which is symbolical of their predominance iil the House of Commons.” tt thinks, that it is this which will necessarily determine the Cabinet's -policy, The ‘'Daily Express” thinks that there is only one blot upon the picture, the presence in the Cabinet of only eleven Conservatives, which constitutes a marked disparity compared with the party’s representation in the House of Commons, The “Manchester Guardian” says: “The Cabinet certainly has a national character, ■ and correspond* to what in Continental would be called ,the Right Centre.” The “Daily Telegraph” says: “The Prime Minister has shown good judgment in a task of exceptional difficulty, both in regard to the men and and in the posts allotted them, and ha s ! produced a really -national Cabinet.”