BRITISH PREMIER RESIGNS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 92, 7 April 1908, Page 2

BRITISH PREMIER RESIGNS.

CLIENT RECOMMENDATION OF UIS DOCTORS, liT. iiu:, 11. U. AHij-Uri'li SUMMONED 10 THE PREAIIEIiSWP. SUJ PATHETIC AND APPKECI- - t'KLS,-. COMMENTS.

Keceived litll, 1().:;3 js.m. London, April (i. A Court circular announces that P Sir Henry Campbell-Rnnucrinan, at the urgent recommendation of Ida medical advisers, lias resigned the position of Premier. King Edward received the communication with much regret and accepted, the resign .itiou. Renter's Biarritz correspondent reports that the acceptance was accompanied by expressions of esteem and best whiles for Sir Henry's recovery. ■K.ng Edward has" summoned the lit Hon. ti. 11, As.juitil, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to the Premiership. The resignation caused inure regret than surprise in the London clubs. Appreciatory and sympathetic coiuinuiius appear in all the newspapers. The iJaily Mail emphasises Mr. Asiiuith's moderation, aim expects further purging of tin; Liberal programme. Keceived (ith, 10-13 p.m. London, April 0. The Chronicle says that Mr. Asquith has iiiiincnsc ability and an unswerving devotion to principle. It remains to bo ■seen if Ik; has the art of managing men. The paper adds that owing largely to .Sir Henry CampbelWJamicrmnn's illness tne Covernnicni for some little time. lately .-.ccnis to have lost a grip over • the country. Mr. Asquith might be ; able, by the infusion of new blood iu ' the Cabinet, to invigorate the Party ami , win back the n.aion's conlidenco.

The Morning Post relets to the change in friendly terms. -hie 'Junes lolccilsls lit. Hon. LioydGtorge as Chancellor oi' the Exchequer. licccivod Uth, U p.m. London, March 4i. The Daily News, alter eulogising' Mr. A'-quilh's loyalty to the Party and to his great eil'orts in tlie cause of free trade, says he has sometimes railed to awaken th.it ardent enthusiasm without which reform is impossible. "He fights in ihe cold, dry light of intellectual reason, but the brusquenesa of his utterances sometimes oll'endeil." His numinous to the Premiership for the moment transcended the interest shown when politics were ill the melting pot, and future parties and causes were more uncertain now than over. The News adds that the enduring reputation of his statesmanship will depend upon hi s accurate judgment of things necessary for the country's welfare and his courageous and successful determination to realise .such as were realisable. The Times heartily congratulates Mr. Asqwth's promotion, and says that he ■to discharged the duties of Premiership tins session with remarkable energy and conspicuous ability, under unusual difficulties. . The lit. lion. 11. If. Asquith was born m 18j2. He had a brilliant career as a scholar and lawyer. Entering the House of Commons i u 188 Cas member for life he made his mark in the Home Kule debates, rising rapidly to the first i-ink in the House. He wa .s one of the most eileetive speakers on the Liberal side during 1903 on the education question and the War Commission's report, ami during the next three years in onposition to Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal poicy. On the Liberals being returned to power m 1005, he joined the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer, und «lii'-i..K the illness of the Premier has led the Government.