Cabinet reconstruction, as seen from this "distance, are dimoult to. gauge, Reuter's well-informed correspondent suggests that of the present Cabinet, Viscount Halifax and Viscount Sankey will retire, Lord Sankey's disappearance has been foreseen for some time, Lord Halifax was at one time thought to be a possible sue-leesser to Sir John Simon, but the Jachlevements of Mr. Anthony Eden have probably been the main cause jot the abandonment of that idea, the forecast of the future of the [present Lord Privy Seal is accurate, /Mr. Malcolm MacDonald's. accession to Cabinet rank will call to mind the opportunity which came the way of Mr. (now Sir) Austen Chamberlain, }when his famous father voluntarily went out into the "wilds" in pursuit jof the Tariff Reform ideal," Lord Hailsham''s return to" the - Woolsack which he adorned in 1925-29 will be of interest to his friends in China, It has long been foretold, although, at one time, Sir John Simon's claims were discussed. Sir John Simon's Jown position will be of special Interest. He seems destined to join the present Prime Minister rt of "elder statesman", in the Cabinet and a guarantee of its national complexion' to an important section of Liberal opinion. Yet the informa ti 9 far lo does not greatly port the view that Mr. Lloyd George's wings have been clipped. Mr. Winston Churchill is another factor of whom Mir. Baldwin will have to take ae-count, "Moreover, Sir Herbert Samuers following atin special significance with a General Blection the offing.
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