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Lord Derby told the members of the Junior Carlton Club

on Friday, March 17th, that he had declined the India Office because he thought that he could serve his party best by remain- ing outside the Government. He denied that he refused the offer because he did not want to go on board a sinking ship ;

he denied that he disapproved of the Coalition. He admitted, however, that he differed from the Government's foreign policy in certain respects. The Duke of Devonshire found himself unable to accept the post. Lord Peel, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was therefore induced to become Mr. Montagu's successor in a post of groat difficulty. On Monday Lord Winterton was appointed Under-Secretary for India, filling the vacancy caused by Lord Lytton's departure for Bengal.

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