15 JUNE 1912, Page 2

It was announced on Wednesday that the Attorney-General, Sir Rufus

Isaacs, has been admitted to the Cabinet. The pro- motion—for which we believe there is no precedent—ia alleged to be due to a desire on the part of the Premier to strengthen the legal element in the inner counsels of the Ministry. It must, however, affect the advisory relation of the senior law officer of the Crown to the Cabinet when he is thus admitted to all their meetings, and so becomes a party to inter-Cabinet differences of opinion.