Lord Salisbury Retires

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 23, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 30.

Lord Salisbury Retires

After a long and successful career as a member of the official family of the British Government, the premier, Lord Salisbury, retired on July 13, and Arthur J. Balfour, leader of the House of Commons, was appointed to the place. The retirement of this last great statesman of the Victorian age is universally regarded as the transition from one generation to another, and as marking the close of an era in national life. No one since the Earl of Liverpool has been prime minister as long as Lord Salisbury, and only two have held this high office longer than he. He had served on many important missions before being appointed to the premiership of Great Britain.