19 JULY 1902, page 4

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LORD SALISBURY'S RESIGNATION. LMOST in silence, without a jar, with no uproar in Parliament and no popular demonstration, the com- mand of that huge barque, the British' Empire,......

Mr. Balfoitr.

W E are heartily glad that Mr. Balfour should be the - successor of Lord Salisbury in the Premiership. Few men have contrived to attain to supreme power in the State with such......