Show BALANCE OF HELD BY CHAMBERLAIN Balfour Holds Office by Grace of the Protection Apostle ApostleS S Episodes of Week Presage the Early Downfall of the theS S Conservative Government S 6 I ONDON March continued L existence of the present govern meat after the past eventful seek In parliament creator even among Its mo faithful Premier Balfour kept the cabinet fl power by a of at the expense of what is admItted to be a personal defeat for forthe the premier For the time since the lineal become a iii British politics Joseph lains showed thele strength and intentions No less than members of the house of commons put themselves on record as willing to turn over rather than sacrifice their ad baronet to Mr out protectIonist principles As a re Stilt Mr Balfour has foregone his per policy of retaliation and only by the of those of parliament who openly up uphold hold preferential and duties This section of the party though enough ta decide the fate of the ministry Is not strong enough to effect anything as an vidual unit Split in the Cabinet The complicatIons within the party cam during the week to an 1 moat climax Even the Satir dy which supports tr Bal fours policy holds that he lOst more than he gaIned oy his nar narrow row majority of On all sides It iii admitted that a of par shine can solve the existIng con conditions The cabinet itself so recently has been on the verge of a serIous spilt the week tustin Chamberlain the of the ox chequer Colonial Secretary anti several minor members of the govern meat threatened to resign unless Mr Ba four withdraw his support of the ion which Joseph duties based On the of food Beset thIn Rd wIth wIthout out Mr gave in to the Chain and still further antagonised those free trade unionists the Duke O Devonshire Lord Balfour of T Lard George ton and SIr John Coral eel leagues and their supporters A Pomonal Attack In addition Ie these difficulties in Which the fiscal has involved what is known as lbs strangest of modern Me has been to a which public interest in the proceed I a As announced In these Lord Mr bitterly ka t of the war as eon I i the of hir tee A cartoon In a liberal pa paper per rather the within the cabinet representing Lord Lana and Mr as era across the cabinet table at War See rotary Forster while Mr Balfour hides under the table Explanations Mr Balfour of con conduct duct toward the Duke o Devonshire Lord George Hamilton Mr Is connection with their resignations from the cabinet and his suppression of Mr Chamberlains withdrawal from the government are held by a etre ml organ as the Spectator tt I lv satisfactory This episode I n I need of bitterness jaIte i usual lit politics and to no extent the wonderful V which r Balfour in ii house of commons f part ties Lord hitter atie comparison of Mr Balfour wi I I L i was a striking 0 II fooling To use the f l ti H be friends The t fre quite let himself out pObile The advisability tf such n may be U In Lord Rosebery gave his and the world a glimpse of lIt he privately feels for what ii deems be the decay of th system as by Mr Balfour and bin friends Attack Laid at the sedate nit has not yet to t t which can scarcely be 4 those who how hard fast t r e ethu thu with whitt upp house is Lord L with a heat entirely idea that he ma matter of fact Lord I voiced the bitterness ag Mr I four which among t of those members of the r signed though the f r had supported the tory Mr reply to s expectantly await ed edWinston Winston Spencer with a tenacity t his American Mr In a letter t ants at Oldham lav M Churchill calls to tie inconsistency of his own par M Churchill says the by Mr Wednesday Char policy hut Mr 1 fours retaliation ss dr c chr hr desire of the premier c the connivance If not at S j of the chancellor of th qi cc A Atin tin the irot e rn hers of the same party lug i dictated an to Mr Bulb saying that Mr must be Retreat Face to fac with wrote Mr Churchill Mr atur str rendered The In the afternoon j to port a free trade declaration word and spirit to prof race based on the taxation of jod p in to do f kind and at I t its lowers to meet with a dIrt 1 p to condemn the pIt st eat 1 or protective Balfour had the power to he had not the wilt ht the will he has no longer tb power British opposite a r er s the result of t he a t o t I which is now I he awaited by Tb v agree however that Mr han nor Mr til rs tire planks of protection r alit Is likely to be returned ta er the liberals or a r tnt i with the unionist t ii S secure a sufficient majority to cc without the of th Irish par parIs Is regarded as c u best balanced opinion is that when M Balfour dither ends the tenure of t or it Is ended I hint there will be a series of seesaw p pI I with the Irish parr parrI I the scales |