Show LORD SALISBURY RESIGNS PREMIER OF GREAT BRITAIN STEPS DOWN AND OUT farat bord odthe treasury an t government beader in house of commons A J lial four appointed lo 10 succeed tl e maraule the s of sal abury has re signed tl e grerr bersi ip of great britain and R gethon A J balfour first lord of the treasury and government leader in tl e house of commons has been appointed to succeed h the marquis of sal abury tendered 1 is resignation it an aud ence which he had with ting edward last friday saturday Satu iday mr balfour visited the king and accepted theorem enship while it was expected in oolitic al and commercial circles that lord sails bury s retirement would be coincident with tl e coronal on of king edward it was scarcely looked for prior to that event consequently about the only surprise exp essed as the news spread through london conceited conce ined the date rather than tl e fact of the resignation the real interest was not so much in reference to lord sal abury s withdrawal as it was in the appointment of his successor lie liveliest specula t on is rife as to the personnel of the new cab net the most discussed tea ture of the pend ng changes is the posit on of mr chamberlain the colonial secretary who in many quarters has been regarded as the most promising cand date for the prem ersh p his ret rement was practically arranged at an aud ence of lord balls bury with the k ng a month ago to be nc dent with h s majesty s corona lion but the k ng s illness interfered with 11 ese plans and compelled lord salisbury to wa 11 II 11 h s majesty waa baffic antly recovered to attend to state business though illert mentally the retiring prem er s pi ys cal condition especially since the death of bis wife has not been sat it is said that loid ba lisbury in resigning expressed the dea re that no addia addit onal honor or titles should be conferred upon him ti e retirement of the last great statesman of the victorian age is universally regarded as he transition aiom one generation to another as marking the close of an era of national life |