NEW MINISTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 October 1922, Page 5

NEW MINISTRY.

BONAR LAW’S CABINESL. APPOINTMENTS MADE. EX-MINISTER S INCLUDED. SEVERAL NEW MEN. By Telecraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, October 24. The King approved the Cabinet as tllows:— Lord President of the Council.— Lord Salisbury. Lord Chancellor.—Lord Cave. Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Mr. Stanley Baldwin. The Home Office.—Mr. W. C. Bridgeman. Foreign Affairs.—Lord Curzon. Secretary for the Colonies. —Duke of Devonshire. Secretary for India.—Lord Peel. Secretary for War.—Lord Derby. First Lord of the Admiralty.—Mr. L. C. Amery. Board of Trade.—Sir P. LloydGreame. Board of Health.—Sir A. GriffithBo sea wen. Board of Agriculture.—Sir R. A. Sanders. Secretary of State for Scotland.— Lord Novar. Attorney-General.—Mr. Hogg. President of the Board of Education. —Mr. F. L. Wood. It is understood that Mr. Bonar Law proposes to abolish the position of Minister of Labor. It will take some days to fill the remaining positions, in the Ministry

COMMENT ON THE CABINET. SOME CHANGES STILL LIKELY. POSITION OF MR. E. S. MONTAGU. Received Oct. 25, 8.5 p.m. London, Oct. 25. One of the biggest surprises in the Ministry is Mr. Bridgeman at the Home Office, nut the appointment was well received politically. He is highly respected and has his own quiet, good sense. As Secretary of Mines he maintained excellent relations with the miners. Lord Selborne refused to join the Government. Lord Londonderry refused the Air Ministry, preferring Sir James Craig’s special request to serve the Ulster Parliament as long as necessary. It is not anticipated Mr. Bonar Law will hurry to fill the minor appointments, possibly awaiting to see who is available after the elections. Under a recent Act, members of the House of Commons accepting paid Crown offices within nine months of a general election do not thereby vacate their seats. There is also a possibility that some Chamberlainites may be persuaded to return to the official Conservative Party, in which case it is conceivable that changes will be made even on the personnel announced. The most recent sensation concerns Mr. E. 8. Montagu, who stated he intends to Stand for his present constituency (Cambridge) as a Conservative. It is recalled that when Mr. Montagu was appointed Secretary for India the Conservative Party protested almost en bloc to Mr. Bonar Law. If Mr. Montagu changes his party or not, he will be opposed by an official Conservative. Lord Reading is expected to vacate the Viceroyship of India. In accordance with arrangement, he will be allowed to return after two years in office.—Aus -N.Z. Cable Jksn.

VISCOUNT GREY’S VIEWS. END OF COALITION WELCOMED. DANGER IN FOREIGN POLICY. Received Oct. 25, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 25. Viscount Grey, speaking at Bradford, said Mr. Lloyd George thought the crisis a crime, and Lord Balfour thought it verged on political insanity. He liked it, and felt relieved that something unwholesome had gone out of the political atmosphere. The Coalition was ended through mistrust, and not owing to personal animus against Mr. Lloyd George. The country needed more quitness and steadiness in political affairs, and if the election produced that, so much the better, whatever quarter it came from. Turning to foreign politics, Viscount Grey said the last crisis saw France and Italy drawing together and Britain becoming isolated. Britain narrowly escaped being separated from other Powers and finding herself l n a war single-handed. The Coalition had manoeuvred itself into a position appearing to be the only antiMoslem Power in the world, and this was a real peril to the Empire. There was no reason why a foreign policy outside party politics should not be returned to, though there would be differences, due to the League of Nations, which should be the dominant note in the foreign policy.

He concluded by declaring that the uprising of goodwill hoped for from the war had not yet come, but there was no reason why it should not come into politics and our whole lives. The country must enter the elections in a loftier spirit, with higher motives than at the last election. If this was done the election would give a Government which would have the country’s re»pect. NEED FOR TRADE STABILITY. VIEWS OF MR. R. McKENNA. SUPPORTER OF BONAR LAW. Received Oct. 25, 5.5 p.m. London, Oct. 25. The fact that a former Chancellor of the Exchequer has changed his politics gave high significance and interest to Mr. Reginald McKenna’s speech in the city yesterday, at a crowded meeting representing all branches of financial and mercantile life. A letter was also read from Sir Robert Perks (Liberal Free Trader and Nonconformist), who wrote: “I am in complete agreement with Mr. McKenna.” Mr. McKenna was loudly cheered when he rose to speak. He said that with industry in a deplorable condition and national expenditure being maintained on a reckless scale, there was a positive danger to the country’s economic stability. “The country needs a period of real peace and strict economy in administration,” he de-

dared. “We need the establishment of commercial confidence, founded upon the wise direction of our financial and foreign policy, which alone can ensure the recovery of our trade. We have had experience of the policy of improvised adventure regardless of cost and reckless of consequence, and we have not prospered.” He added: “I esteem.the courage which led Mr. Bonar Law to take up this heavy burden. They city will welcome Mr. Stanley Baldwin as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The new Government’s policy is one of peace and retrenchment. Ido not believe there is any danger of Bolshevism in England, but the leaders of the Labor Party have announced a programme of capital levy and war on private enterprise. In the present welter of parties, Mr. Bonar Law’s Government alone offers a prospect of stability.” Arrangements are being made to contest the Consett division of Durham on behalf of Mr. Aneurin Williams (Liberal) in his absence in Australia. Mr. J. Astor, as a supporter of Mr. Bonar Law, will contest the Dover seat against Mr. Polson, an Independent Conservative.