As had been expected, Mr. MacDonald himself doubles the posts
of Prime Minister and Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Mr. J. R. Clynes is Lord Privy Seal and Deputy Leader of the Commons. Lord Parmoor is Lord President of the Council, :Lord Haldane Lord Chancellor, Mr. Philip Snowden Chancellor of the Exchequer; Mr. Arthur Henderson Home Secretary, and Mr. J. H. Thomas Colonial, Secretary. The real surprise of the list is the appointment of Lord Chelmsford as First Lord of the Admiralty. As Viceroy of India, as a Governor of two ,States in Australia, as a member of the old School Board and of the Education Committee of the London County Council, and as a Member of the House of Commons, he .has, had much administrative experience which will be most useful to the new Government. Mr, Stephen Walsh, "the new 'Secretary for War, was not expected to fill that post, but he is likely to do it as well as anybody else who might have been chosen. He is a miners' representative, and it is said that it was he who convinced Mr. Asquith during the' War that conscription could safely be applied. He is a genial and popular Member of the House.
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