Premier Baldwin took himself solemnly to his study in No. 10 Downing St., sat down, puffed his pipe, thought over selecting a successor to the late Lord Curzon as Lord President of the Privy Council.
He thought of Lord Balfour, the eldest of Britain's Elder Statesmen; Lord Derby, a popular figure in politics ; the Duke of Devonshire, austere, rotund. He thought of slightly reshuffling the Cabinet by making Lord Cecil, who is Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, or Lord Salisbury, who is Lord Privy Seal, Lord President of the Council. But he...
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