The selection of Lord Pembroke as Under-Secretary for War -completes
the list of new appointments of any consequence. The appointment is a curious one, Lord Pembroke being only twenty-four, having no experience of war, and being known chiefly by an indiscreet book about the South Sea Islands, for which, however, Dr. Kingsley may be mainly responsible. He is, however, the eldest son of Sidney Herbert, is said to show marked promise of strength, and is, at all events, as competent as Lord George Hamilton. Mr. Disraeli says that youth is genius, and apparently believes it, for next to his selection of men of business, the most marked feature of his Ministry is his desire to pick out boys of promise. We do not know that we object. After all, England will want governing thirty years hence, and the fashion of looking .on men of fifty as rising youngsters fit for Under-Secretaryships is fatal to the creation of any class of statesmen. If Mr. Disraeli's
new men only succeed, the party will have aids who can work for a generation.
