Tt is significant that no provision has been made in the new Govern. ment appointments for the minis tries of Transport and Pensions oF for the Department of Overseas Trade, assumed that these offices will be absorbed by other depart Aug. swith the announcement that" the The, political crisis ended to-day
Prime. Mintster had tendered his Ferignation to the King, who asked Himéto form a new national ad-
Mr, Ramsay MacDonald accept- bee ed and Kissed hands on his appoint ent as the head of a nationali Government.
"A. series of national conferences preceded this announcement, These Conferences began with the visit to Buckingham Palace, " early this morning, of the. Prime Minister, Bir. Stanley Baldwin, the leader of the Conservative Party, and Sir Herbert Samuel, the acting leader fof the Liberal Party, at the invite-Hon-of the King, and at its conelasion the first offclal intimation was given of the formation of a nation-
On, returning to Downing-street the Prime Minister conferred with haig Cabinet colleagues of the outgoing "administration whose mem-Kiera" placed' their' resignations in ails hands, Boldero of the minor posts in the late Government tendered thole resignation later.
The first task of the new Government will be to devise Measures to justify him other political parties to support. the Government. It was in these elt-Jeumstances that the proposal arose for meeting the emergency by some form of national Government, with the full support of the Conservative party.
'That the new Government would not be a coalition in the usual sense but a Government of c0- operation for the single purpose of Jdealing with the present national; Jemergency, was made clear in _a communique issued from No, 10} Downing' Street to-night, communique states that since undertaking the task of form: ug. the new "Government Bt. Hamsay. MacDonald hasbeen consultation" with Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Siz Herbert Samael and names of the new. Ministers" and ft. Philip Snowden regarding the
that' considerable progress has added that when, the new Government's purpose has been achieved wil resetne positions communique anticipates that Parliament will meet on Septem: ber 8 in order to correct, without clay, excess expenditure' over Te: fron, and itis stated: that ro: Pesals wil be. submitted.
House of Commons for a" very large' reduction in expenditure and fers theoroviin, San equitable balance the Budget.) ST" ana, of further funds, rede
communes concludes _by stating that as' commerce and. the waleing not any of th Bri tation but of " large att of i civilised world have been haile up rest on a well-founded: cout fence Im sterling the, new. Covers ent il take Whatever steps may) Bedoemed necesanry to justly the mai
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