22 OCTOBER 1927, Page 2

Mr. Ronald McNeil has been appointed to the Chancel- lorship

of the Duchy of Lancaster in succession to Lord Cecil, and will join the Cabinet. We are glad to read in the Times a strong leading article complaining that the opportunity has not been seized for a considerable recon- stitution of the Administration. How is youth being served ? The appeal of Unionism must _be to youth or it will perish._ Yet youth receives scant recognition and little official training in the Government.