Another report which may be taken to be well founded
is that Mr. Winston Churchill and Mr. Runciman will enter the Cabinet, and that Colonel Seely will be one of the new members of the Administration. The last of the statements which may be regarded as true is that Mr. McKenna will be promoted to the post of First Lord of the Admiralty. The rumours now become less precise and less likely to prove authentic. We should not be sulprised, however, if the assertion that Mr. Winston Churchill will succeed Mr. Lloyd- George at the Board of Trade is correct. Still vaguer rumours point to Mr. Burns going to the Home Office, and to promo- tion being given to Dr. Macnamara. But in all probability these last are only guesses, though they may nevertheless prove true. The fact is that when the field is so narrow it is quite possible to make a number of happy shots without the possession of one jot or tittle of real information. We shall not, however, join in the guessing game, but content our- selves with what is written above. Next week we shall know the facts, and we therefore reserve our criticism of Mr. Asquith's Cabinet-making till then.
