In addition to the above, who compose the Cabinet, Lord
Aberdeen has been appointed Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Justice Walker becomes Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and Mr. L. V. Harcourt First Commissioner of Works. We have already spoken of the peculiar fitness for their respective posts of Mr. Asquith and Sir Edward Grey, and must now congratulate the new Prime Minister on the wisdom of his selection of so able and fearless a statesman as Mr. Haldane for the War Office. Mr. John Morley's appointment is also a happy one, for, as we point out elsewhere, the new Secretary of State has always paid special attention to Indian affairs. The admission of Mr. John Burns to the Cabinet is extremely popular. People feel with pride that in no other country in the world could a working man who has never been anything else but a working man receive Cabinet rank. The return to office of Sir Henry Fowler materially strengthens the delibera- tive capacity of the Cabinet, and Mr. Sydney Buxton's promo- tion is a well-deserved recognition of his industry and mastery of public finance.
That some of the appointments are experimental we do not deny; but if the Cabinet is to be measured by the ability and force of character of its leading members, there aan be no question as to its strength. A further list of
