New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
LORD LAWRENCE

LORD LAWRENCE. BY Sir Richard Temple iomo'
pp. 203 Macmillan Co.
lord lawrence has certainly as good claim a. aoy
20 be included among English men OF action anu Oh
Richard Temple has written perhaps ~ -,
shetch of his life as could have been copdensod "i"
the Bm,ts prescribed for this scr1es. John Lawrence
combined In himself, and represented In MS 'rsh'he
the blood and eharae terfStcs of England lrcehu anu
scotland. His parents wers Ulstef ooiohlS's' MS
mother being q descendant OF the famous e0o'ou
PREACHER. John Knox. Ho was educa'oa parry ~
FoyIe College, near Londonderry ana party IN Eng
lard, near Bristol. HIS father "s' - ''~ ~ "
came of q fighting family.
uis rise In ohice as q civil servant in India was
moro rapid that usual for he exhibited an administrative
rapaoity which marked him for promotion Aher
four years service he was an acting collector ana
magistrate; that IS be presided over province OF
which no in effect Project. Responsibility ana
se,kreliapce naturally develop IN congenal natures
,ndsy such conditions Lawrence WAS born TO rule
mem and the work came 20 him easily. Throughout
his career he mssterful that he chated under
supervision though he deferred TO u, and even the
high position Of Chief Commissioner OF the Punjab
when he had no one about him but the Governor or
General he felt uneasy at the restraint. though be
had his way almost in everything. He knewthe duty
Of subordnation, however, and fulfilled It scrupuouSy
No really great man perhaps revealed tho extent OF
his capacity more gradually and mcdestly. II was
the popularity Of John Lawrence that he rose by
Allowing himself equal Whatever emergency arrived
At the time Of the Mutiny, the Punjab through bis
great efforts supplied material, provisions, men and
money 10 the force besiegng Delhi, and tAe siege
was kept I'D mainly by his incessant eGerttonS When
after months Of investment the fall OF The city ap-
pesrcd no nearer; whom disease striking down the
flower OF the British troops in the camp; when the
prestige Of the Company's rule began to fade under
This stubborn check and the increasing excitement IN
tho Pmjab showed that the possibility Of rebel sue
tess would probably precipitate rising there Ionh
Lawrence took u great determination
Everything depended upon the capture oil Dehi al
once. Reinforcements on the way nom ENG
land but Il the siege of Delhi failed hey would arrive
100 late to save India which would have 10 % 10
conquered The one ting to be done therefore, "ss
10 stake all upon the success OF an tmmediae assault
ppon Delhi To ensure that means so far as was pos
yible lawrence resolved TO strip the Puulao OF It's
famous Frontier Force The risk was great lhe
departure Of the force might itse DO the signal for
revolt But he considered that the mutnous spirits
would probably await the result Of the hnd assault
upon the city, and he right In his forecast Inc
reinforcement Of the besosers by The Frontier Force
enabled the assault to be delivered at once 1t sue
coded the CITY fell and the back Of the mutiny was
broken. This was Lawrence's greatest decd ana see
ing that in all probability, he was the savior OF INDIA
ths bo,,ors subsequently bestowed on him by his
country were fully earned
One of the Of his suocos as IN tne case OF al
administrators capacity FOR Selecung DIS
ueutenants with unfailng Judgment and for keeping
them I'M to the top Of their speed constantly he
g.,bsred about him o brilliant STAG, and he gave
them an example of steady devotion and conscientious
ness. Lord Lawrence himself not brilliant man.
hut solid. thoroughly informed full Of energy, cautious
m planning and swift and resolute in execution. The
career of such man deserves 70 be studied In detail
and the chief use Of the present monograph though II
n well written and spirited must be to direct the
80 N the full biography in which the deeds Of this
One example of English of action are set forth
without abrdgment