Tuesday's papers contained the announcement of some considerable changes in
the Ministry. The greater number, id not the most interesting, of the new appointments are due
to the long-expected alterations at the Board of Agriculture. Lord Carrington, the President, becomes Lord Privy Seal (a post held hitherto by Lord Crewe in conjunction with the Indian Secretaryship) ; Runciman becomes President of the Board of Agriculture; Mr. Pease becomes President of the Board of Education ; Mr. C. E. Hobhouse becomes Chancellor of the Duchy, with a seat in the Cabinet; Mr. McKinnon Wood becomes Financial Secretary to the Treasury ; Mr. F. D. A eland becomes Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs; Mr. H. J. Tennant becomes Financial Secretary to the War Office ; and Mr. J. M. Robertson becomes Parliamentary Secretary to the Beard of Trade. Sir Edward Strachey has accepted a peerage, and is succeeded as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture by Lord Lucas. Mr. Emmett (who also becomes a peer) succeeds to the post of Under-Secretary for the Colonies, while Mr. Whitley becomes Chairman of Committees. The Deputy Chairmanship has been filled by Mr. Donald Maclean. Independent of this series of alterations is the unexpected announcement that Mr. Churchill and Mr. McKenna have exchanged their posts as Home Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty. We have attempted elsewhere to define the grounds on which these curious changes have been carried out.
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