The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-03-22
TH8 RDOK1Rss sKonnL1FF.

TH8 RDOK116s 6KOB1L1FF.
Personal Oharacteristice Of the Man
Whose Speech Created 50
oreata Sensation.
New York Herald.
Our st. Petersburg correspondent
sends the following: "Gen. SkObeleff' q
speech was not delivered seriously. The
gallant young soldier loves champagne,
perhaps too sell, and it was under its
influence he made his silly speech. II
We went to the root Of matters, how Of
ten should we fluid Europe up in arms
and exchanges panic-struck iOr causes
not much more serious! Exaggerated
importance having been given the Sko-
belief incident by the comments of the
German and English press, think it as
we'll to reduce the affair to its original
and insignificant PrOpOrti':ns. No one
WIS more axtOnisi,ed at the comun"tion
caused by the Generals loose. a:Ier-din-
ner rant than the Russian statesmen
were. Gen. Skol,eletf is not weigl.ty
politician. He i. u soldier only thirty
eight years old, who has not had time
yet to understand that the commander
Of an army has more responsibilities
than mere sub-licutenant. The day
after the famous banquet. the affair Wa,
dismissed here with the comment that
sense again. Knowing the Young hero
the hy, than hcrOi1.-I lsa;d no attention
at all to his toast. Nor aid he give much
heed TO it himself, Two days later he
went abroad with the insouc:;lnce Of u
school boy who runs off after playing Il
practical Joke on some one. The Russian
Government has ascribed the speech to
it's proper s0urce-sparkling Koedercr.
Count Kalnoky, Austrian Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, knowing 1t. Peters
burg well: cannot have t,ceu alarmed Dy
it. The moral o, the whole story is that
it II mistake to promote men, how
ever brilliant, too rapidly. Gen. Skobe-
left IL brilliant soldier, but he has new
er heen regarded ~ q statesman. Count
KalpOky and Gen. Schweinitz gauge
SkObeleff's importance very exactly,
and you need not attach much weight
to the rumors afl0at of diplomatic
ruptures."
HI CDUUeCVlNDU WIFI \1cuSs CAUtSOscIl tSSc
Pail A0N Gazette reprOduce@ some in
teresting "reminiscences Of his career.
The story of his exploits In the Bulga-.
rian campaign includes all that was
most exciting IN the war which brought
the Russian army within sight Of the
minarets Of 6tamb0ul. From the day
when, Ito show what he was made Of"
he swan his horse acrOse the Danube,
HrNrr1
the passaga ut Simnitza, tn the time
when he could with difficulty be re-
strained from marching into COnstanti-
nOple rs soon a. the British fleet entered
the Sea of MarrlOra, he was the most
prominent actor in the drama He be-
came the legendary hero of the CAM
raign, and in the minds Of the common
people he almest monopOlizetl its glOries.
He was always in the forefront Of the
hottest hattie; four horses were shot un-
der him in ten days, but he was only
once. and after being in con-
slant expectation of death for months,
he returned home safe and sound. His
white uniform was to his soldiers as the
white plume Of Henri Quatre ut the hat
tie Of Ivry. ~ have heard the soldiers
speak of him." says Lieut.. Greene, "as
q General under whom they would
rather fight and die than fight and live
under another. They had often to die
fifty per cent. Of his com
mand perished; but he spared no excr-
ton to minister to their wants and to
supply their needs. His division was
the best fed, and hest clothed, and hest
armed In the army. He Vas always
with them in the most exposed positions
In the fight, sleeping with them In the
and looking after all their ne
ressities In the camp. In Short" says
Greene, The succeeded 90
in making himself one with
his division, that his men responded to
his thoughts az readily ~ the muscles
,bey the will. doubt IL . more thor
)u9hly ideal relation between General
md his men has existed since the day Of
His custom Of wearing white, az II to
court the bullets of his enemies, his
reckless personal bravery, and the
strange custom of his always ''gOing in
% hattie in his cleanest uniform and
fresh under-clOthing, covered with per
tune. and wearing q diamOnd-htlted
,wOr(l. in order that, a. he said, he
might die with his best clothes on"
yained him the reputation of q wild
daredevil, which somewhat obscured
,is real capacity ~ General: In real
ty, they only showed how thoroughly |
I've had OWNED that secret of power |
which lies in fascinating the imagina- |
ion ~ well as If appealing to the reason
" men. When he was sent to take |
3e0k Tepe and subdue the Tekkes many
,hOOk their heads and predicted that bis |
would he his ruin. So far
rom that being the case, he displayed
he utmost caution. acted with the great |
ut ,leliberati0n, refused to move from
July to December, until he had made all |
MS preparations. and after he had car
led on camels to the trenches no fewer !
han l. 575, mo rounds Of ammunition, tn
ay nothing Of several thousands Of
,eavy shot and slell, he lay seige to
3eok Tepe. and captured that hitherto
stronghold. He had N, ono
rOops against 4O,OM Aslatic, and he |
the conquest Of the Akhal
Tekke county with loss Of :87 men:
Only one in that campaign did Skole!eff
lisDlav his usual rtcklexsNcss. After |