19 FEBRUARY 1910, Page 2

The changes in the Cabinet caused by the appointment of

Mr. Herbert Gladstone to the Governorship of South Africa were announced on Tuesday, and proved entirely unsensational. Mr. Winston Churchill, who had been marked out for promotion by his energy, goes to the Home Office, and is succeeded at the _Board of Trade by Mr._ -Sydney Buxton. Mr. Buxton's administration of the Post Office has been marked by progress and efficiency, and his preferment to a more important office is welcomed as a fitting recognition of his services. Mr. Samuel, a hard-working and able official, becomes Postmaster-General, and the vacancy thus created at the Duchy of Lancaster is filled by the inclusion of Mr. J. A. Pease in the Cabinet, the Mader of Elibank succeeding him as Chief Whip.