Show NEW Iw BRITISH CABINET CABNET AROUSES GREAT CRET CRITICISM AS S BEING BElt WEAK London Lond n Nev 1 Queen Victoria has approved the appointment of ot Lord Salisbury as a premier and lord of the privy seal the Marquis of Lansdowne as secretary of state tate for foreign af affairs affairs fairs fain Mr William imam St John Broderick as 88 secretary of state for war the Earl of Selborne as first lord of the ad admiralty admiralty r sod and Mr c T Ritchie RUchie as see sec secretary c celery of state for home borne affairs The new appointments do not excite enthusiasm but with the exception of that of Lord Lansdowne they are generally approved Mr oIl Ritchie is re regarded regarded as an excellent choice Several other changes are mooted in minor of offices offices but on the whole it looks as though h Lord Salisbury did not intend any radical innovations The appointment of Lord Selborne his hi to the admiralty chal dial challenges challenges lenges the most criticism m The earl has a 8 scud reputation but it is 18 felt that a more distinguished man should have been appointed to such an im important important post Ost Among the most probable new ap Is that of George Wyndham Wyndham Wyndham I ham who was parliamentary under undersecretary undersecretary secretary of war to succeed Gerald Balfour as chief secretary for Ireland Sir Matthew is likely to tobe tobe tobe be raised to the peerage The Daily Dall Chronicle says The young men of the conservative party are area taught that sterile docility is ii the only passport to office and so Lord Selborne is IB selected from the waste vate of acquiescence in the wisdom of the treasury bench The Times remarks It would be idle to pretend that th the public demand for a g strong adminis administration administration administration of national defense would be fully satisfied by the appointments I made It is well however to face the fact that the country does not appear at the moment to possess administrators I tors tore who have hae given proof of the some soma somewhat what uncommon abilities required in Jr I Ideal chiefs of our naval and organizations We Ve must roust perforce be contented with untried men hoping I that they possess latent energies equal to the thi task ahead |