17 FEBRUARY 1923, Page 10

THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD.

BY EVELYN WRENCH.

R. BRUCE, the new Prime Minister of Australia, LV-I- has finished the somewhat difficult task of Cabinet-making. The new Ministry is a coalition, con- sisting of representatives of the Nationalist Party—that a Mr. Hughes—and the Country Party. Dr. Page, the leader of the Country Party, is to be Treasurer and will act as Prime Minister in the absence of Mr. Bruce. One of the best-known members of the new Cabinet is Senator G. F. Pearce, Nationalist, who as Minister of Defence fifteen years ago was largely instrumental in bringing universal training into Australia. Senator Pearce was a member of the first Federal Parliament in 1901 and represented Australia at the Washington Conference.