Prime Minister Mr. Asquith Mr. Asquith. Minister without portfolio Lord Lansdowne* ---- Lord Chancellor Sir S. Buckmaster Lord Haldane. President of Council Lord Crewe Lord Beauchamp. Lord Privy Seal Lord Curzon* Lord Crewe. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. McKenna Mr. Lloyd George. Home Secretary Sir J. Simon Mr. McKenna. Foreign Minister Sir E. Grey Sir E. Grey. Colonial Secretary Mr. Bonar Law* Mr. Harcourt. India Office Mr. Chamberlain* Lord Crewe. War Office Lord Kitchener Lord Kitchener. Minister of Munitions (new) Mr. Lloyd George ---- Admiralty Mr. Balfour* Mr. Churchill. Board of Trade Mr. Runciman Mr. Runciman. Local Government Board Mr. Long* Mr. H. Samuel. Duchy of Lancaster Mr. Churchill Hon. E. Montagu. Irish Secretary Mr. Birrell Mr. Birrell. Scottish Office Mr. McKinnon Wood Mr. McKinnon Wood. Agriculture Lord Selborne* Lord Lucas. Works Office Mr. Harcourt Lord Emmott. Education Board Mr. A. Henderson Mr. J.A. Pease. Attorney General Sir E. Carson* Sir John Simon. [Illustration: THE NEW BRITISH COALITION CABINET EARL KITCHENER Secretary of State for War SIR EDWARD GREY Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs BARON BUCKMASTER Lord High Chancellor MARQUESS OF LANSDOWNE Minister Without Portfolio H.H. ASQUITH Prime Minister ARTHUR J. BALFOUR First Lord of the Admiralty WALTER HUME LONG President of the Local Government Board DAVID LLOYD GEORGE Minister of Munitions ANDREW BONAR LAW Secretary for the Colonies WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] [Illustration: THE NEW BRITISH COALITION CABINET AUGUSTINE BIRRELL Chief Secretary for Ireland SIR EDWARD CARSON Attorney General THOMAS McK. WOOD Secretary for Scotland REGINALD McKENNA Chancellor of the Exchequer AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN Secretary for India LEWIS HARCOURT First Commissioner of Works WALTER RUNCIMAN President of the Board of Trade EARL OF SELBORNE President of the Board of Agriculture MARQUESS OF CREWE Lord President of the Council SIR JOHN SIMON Secretary of State for Home Affairs ARTHUR HENDERSON President of the Board of Education EARL CURZON Lord Privy Seal] _The reconstruction of the Liberal Ministry that had ruled the British Empire for ten years was announced by Prime Minister Asquith in the following statement in the House of Commons on May 19:_