London, Apr, 4.
In spite of the eleven changes made by the British Prime Minister in his Cabinet, Parliamentary lobbies foresee no radical modifications in the general policies or make-up.
Mr. Chamberlain obviously had no wish greatly to reduce the size of his War Cabinet—now eight, reduced from nine—and was inspired by the formula used by French Premier Paul Rey-nand: "enough for deliberation and not too many for decisions," informed circles point out.
Two salient facts stand out in the shake-up, these same quarters declare. The first is the elevation of Winston Churchill to the presidency of the committee charged with taking the decision touching directly on the conduct of the war.
This promotion of Mr. Churchill is received with enthusiasm and approval by both the British public and Parliamentary opinion, and is interpreted as further evidence of the intention of the Allies to pursue the war with all possible vigour.
The second outstanding feature of the reshuffle is Mr. Chamberlain's patent desire to establish maximum collaboration -between the different administrative departments.
The switch of Sir Samuel Hoare theless, the Premier expressed his a cee Chaitali coun-skilful handling of matters, had been of the utmost as-
(Continued on page 8, col. 2) from his post as Lord Privy Seal to that of Air Minister, replacing Sir Kingsley Wood, is also expected to still those critics of the Air administration. Sir Samuel, it is emphasized, has already served twice as Air Minister, and can be trusted to avoid any of the mistakes his predecessor might have made.—Havas.
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