Show GLANDS AGED PREMIER HAS RESIGNED HIS OFFICE lord Salisbury to ta Be Succeeded by A J JB I Balfour lf ur Speculation As to Personnel of Cabinet Cabin l Miring tiring Prime Ministers Desire For Quiet Life Lif Said to Be Main aln Reason For His Withdrawal jI all t V July 13 The fact tact of the J I of the premiership pr of ot ofT LI L 1 T r t Britain by Salisbury v Ji II ed d In the thO dispatches of or itol Pre was ws j 1 in Iii tiling The prime min mini mm i il 1 i j u the responsibility of his r Jul July II 11 t hours his Ns maj V f I A J 3 Jo Balfour the gov go nien hief f representative in the theof theU thes U s of commons to the position of ot ofir MM jr jt vas fx ted In political and ria a c Teles that Lord Tord Salis Sails r t r ment would be coincident th Ih b 01 of Edward it its s ar UT My looked for prior to that rt i about the only n e as us the news spread ugh uli LWin concerned the date dater ill ai r than 11 the fact of the resignation f rca interest was not so much in arn i tj to t Lord lArd os with witha wit A ii as fl it was s as in the appointment of ot rh l speculation Is rife rICe as to s rmel of the new cabinet The Thet t d a feature of the pending a is I S the position of ot Mr Cham eUin th colonial secretary who In cony tny LIy quarters has been regarded as 1 most mOtt remising candidate for tor the therm rm of ot t tRe e Associated p Ih i I arns that before the acceptance acceptances j JIS s IK office Mr Ir Balfour first had hadI K I with Mr Ir Chamberlain tl Lj th than n counseled with his other cab cabas as lates This is regarded re as taran e that the future relative po pot pons t jons ns of CJ I Balfour and Cham Chain t l tUi lain ln wil be satisfactory to both Mr ni rains s friends say he always las opined the reversion of ot the pre pro to be Mr Ir right rI ht as asI r I eminent leader In the house of com coin C M li Ai k to tt Lord withdrawal wal main maln reason is considered by y all th best Informed persons to toj toa j a 1 o br brn n a desire for a quiet life on one e art of a man advanced in years se 55 a have bave been unusual 5 1 a ho e s t tastes predispose It tn to t study and ind seclusion seclusionS Salisbury S in Poor Health t i retiring premiers health 5 7 fn aliM d 1 to some ome me extent Is I un undeniable y jt t tan t th li n j i kt ot more than Is I v 11 ted in a man man of ot his I ls years i 1 th the iT 1 se so of or the War ar In South Southa SouthIa Ia a and the return of or the command g ral Is ion to be bc i it tt tn t Ic his withdrawal I Hi Hk was practically nr ar gd gf d at an audience of ot Lord Sails 7 y with the th king a month ago to be bei benith i with nith ith his corona t la i but bu th kings Illness interfered t v th h the these plans and compelled Lord tun Lury to wait walt till his majesty was vas recovered to attend to state 1 sine ine I Though alert mentally the ther r nag ring premiers physical condition t f i since the death of his wife wifeL L Lk Lis not ant bien satisfactory That loss lose F to affect ct him greatly and since 4 timp Um he hI has done little entertain g 5 be oud purely pur ly official annual din dint t rr and aol rc i tl ns In a social aspect 11 ur cr r lIr accession is 15 not TT rJ ted to t make much difference nel nei Mr Balfour nor his sister who r is 11 his hostess being very fond of ot otI I t y t h ugh Lord Loid I i 1 jops s nt nut n t involve the re o ot of the cabinet It Is be beth 1 th ro wili be some changes It Itt Ut 11 t i n id red unlikely that some of o I i ministers will be made peers in into l r to make room for new ne blood in t it has been the idea that a Balfour would be elevated to the I Mr Chamberlain to the house boise of commons the notion g that this arrangement would be bee 1 it e best beet to fl t on the divergent in 1 t tree r tb of or the th cabinet abinet but It is under 74 M i l that at any rate for the present I Balfour will HI continue to lead the immon TV Th h A press learns that 1 I d Sa I ury in resigning expressed t 1 t lerp d that no additional honor or ors i Hs s hould be conferred upon him merit of the last great reat states l th Victorian age is universally Sin d as the transition from one v r tn to another r and as marking 1 t close of or an era In the national life lire Official Announcement The 1 ap i e fu hagE In the British premier a P have ha nten officially announced in J curr OUr r and the announce nt ot hi h b Issued from Downing et t a 11 ill be ratified at a meet meetor or f L whole hole conservative party 5 11 art ant ani i convened for to toMi toh Mi h i wound is isme IsIng me Ing In but the doctors will vill en enL ii L fe rest hence he be will vill b bl h I f au nd this meeting At the thella 11 thal lla J 19 i s ast aRt night various arious 55 S i regarding Lord buls retirement and Mr Ir Bal BaI BalL BaIr r s II a v sion on oni G i 1 H i als J L and aud nationalists general generali i PS i relief f to find that Mr lr ar wi l not nt lr Ir Chamberlain was lo to 0 Premier ireni but a small section of r I and r In no O way reconciled to the a of f th perpetuation of the Hotel r j I ts the change hange from Lord Salts v to o Mi Mr 11 Balfour is h called and nd that Mr rr Chamber ChamberT v T hari had ti nt t been appointed or a com corn n mis found f In m the appointment of oft e t DUk buk uk nf r Devonshire lord president th mn c th fh bulk of or the th party parl as also alson hi n papers paper satisfaction Is 1 upon learning that Mr lr Bal 1 r is j tr tn hf Op h the new premier and the r nu f opinion is that there no nor non noer n pr er r j an thing in Great 1111 fl ri to cause ause the slightest tt li lt at Lord dropping r ms ins or nr power Opinions of Press in an editorial article on hang says sa 8 Jur ur with all powers great 7 man are ae excellent ex and seem to tC toT f T ni H us ij the enjoyment of ed abroad Lord Salisbury S th lb h roud gratification of ot Reeling eeling j t s n j 1 his kinsman as his hist t tt M that In no fitting or more ti T l Lands could power be placed I Reviewing Lord ord S ry s life life work the Times says sas Another precious achievement has been the steady building up In cir circumstances cIrcumstances of no small difficulty ot or orthe the excellent understanding that now exists between Great Britain and the th United States That has been b n the chief work of his las last t years in pace pIce It is a Sitting fitting crown for a life lire of f suc sue successful and honorable service devot devoted ed to the highest interests of ot the Brit ish lab people The Standard In an editorial article on the subject ct says it thinks Lord Salisbury will be deemed no unworthy successor su cessor to a line of ot illustrious prem lers and that his loss TV will ill be felt abroad as much as at home for lila His prestige and unique authority have long been regarded as aSa a stable force in international politics Then re ferring erring to the absence of or intrigue or orI friction in the change the Standard I says Mr tIr Chamberlain has generously and patriotically effaced his own aspirations aspirations I when he be c might almost have been I I I excused for tor declining to rest satisfied I with any place than the highest and has thus shown not for the first I time that he can prefer national in interest Interest interest terest to the gratification of personal aims alms All the morning papers are filled with sketches of ot careers of the states statesmen statesmen statesmen men concerned and with speculations I as to the future the liberal organs ex ox expressing I pressing doubt as to whether Mr lIr Chamberlain Is likely to t remain con content content content tent to act under Mr Ir Balfour Refused Kings gs Offer The Times states that Lord SaIls Salis burys resignation was not pot caused by byan byan an any political differences with his col colleagues colleagues colleagues leagues in n the cabinet and says We understand that the king was very anxious to mark Iq in some special manner his high hl h sense of the great service Lord Salisbury has rendered to the state and expressed a desire to bestow upon the retiring minister some conspicuous promotion or decoration but Lord Salisbury begged to be al at allowed allowed lowed to decline the proposed honor There Is reason to believe that the king sought Lord advice as asto asto asto to his successor and that the retiring prime minister ter suggested ted Mr Balfour BalfourA A message was s thereupon sent from the palace to the house Of commons comm That it was im urn b rep to the kings wishes with ith success s without having secured the concurrence and support of ot Mr Chamberlain Mr Balfour immediately drove to the colonial house and saw him in his sick room We are In a position to state that he was met metin metin in I 1 the most cordial manner and that Mr Ir Chamberlain recognized that Mr Balfour was the natural successor to the premiership and assured him of ot his entire support The change in the premiership will certainly nl involve volve In ultimately other ministerial changes but as the king is jg leaving town It IS i possible that none I will be announced for some weeks As Asno Asno Asno no office Is vacant except that of ot keeper of o the privy seal the present cabinet tet can carry on work as long Ions as necessary necessary sary sno and as Mr Balfour has accepted no new office he will not have to pre present present present sent himself to his constituents for re reelection reelection reelection election It may be taken for tor granted that the Duke of or Devonshire will lead in the house hous of or lords I |