New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-19
aLITTLE BOBS, BOBs, BoBss
KILLINGS TRIBUTE DISPLEASES ropr
ROBERTS'S FASTIDI0US FRIENDS
PROSPECTS OF DIssoLUTION-DEATH OF Inn
BEcTIvE-CoUNT LEHNDoRFF's CAREER
ZEBEHR PACHNS sUIT-DYy.
ANTE SCARES
(sy CABLE TO THE TRIBrSE.)


hoard OF Lord Roberts that he will much appreciate
tho doegerel eulogy which Mr.. Rudyard Kip,,.
r,ssed upon him in the Christmas number Of ''rh~
| Pail Mall Magazine" That II was intended to bs
fattering is plain enough. but what may pass for
! n compliment in the slang OF the canteen wears a
different aspect when printed In a popular periodical
| and the refrain of Little Bobs, Bobs" must rns
| somewhat harshy in the ears Of who wsa
recently commander-n- chief in India, and has DOS.
| sibly higher position in store. Moreover In Mr.
Kiplings rhyme cxtolling the qualities OF his hero
there is line to the effect that he does not adver.
tise which is brought into prominence by the use
Of italic type and whct is an obvious, uncallcd-
for and ungenerous sheer at another distinguished
| English general This IL the first time Mr.
I<ipling has been guilty of this coarse nnuendo Il
| is to be found in palmer words In the mouth q
| Mulvaney the hero of many of his shorter tales
TIE QUEEN TO SPEND EASTER IN FLORENCE.
The Queen will arrive at Florence on March
or % in order that she may be settled before
Easter The Queen Is to reside at the villa Fab
bricotti a large and we-arranged house In ex.
tensive and beautiful grounds near Fiesoe. which
Her Majesty and Princess Beatrice inspected last
April when staying at the villa PalmerL The
Queen will visit the Duke and Duchess OF Sake
Coburg-Cotha at CCburg, when on the way home
from Italy toward the end Of April
PREFERRED sHORTHORNs TO STATESMEN.
rive-and-twenty years ago the late Lord Beehive
world of politics After one or two telling speeches,
however he allowed himself TO drift gradually into
the positon of a successful breeder OF shorthorn
cattle and he preferred the prizes OF our great agr.
cultural shows to the laurels he could easily have
won at Westminster If he lad so wied 1t, for on
certain topics he almost specialist lie fnaily
gave up Parliament altogether and retired 10 MS
picturesque seat in Westnoreand. where he passed
away last week, after long Illness His half
brother still in his teens, becomes LORD Headforts
heir but the greater par. Of the Thompson prop
erty. which to Lord Beehive through his
mother goes to his beautiful daughter, Lady Olivia,
/ who short time ago married the brother or the
| Duke of Portland.
DISSOLUTION NOT PROBABLE.
There Is no doubt that the prospect OF an early
! dissolution became more imminent within the last
/ few days. but this is one Of those cases in which
! the Ministry s much influenced by what people
are saying as 1t IL by its own decsion-if anything
SO positive can be predicated OF combination
headed by Mr. Gladstone-and there are excellent
reasons for doubling whether what would be
natural exit from impasse. were any one but the
present Premier in command. will be chosen. In
the first place the Prime Minister'S greed for once
! must be taken into account. He boasts TO MS
friends that he will end his political life In power
and that it look like an appeal to the country
except in a dilemma even more desperate than the
present one Then the nature of his following must
he reckoned with. II is freely admitted on both
sides that for the present at all events, the Con-
servatves are best prepared for struggle IN 'he
constituencies As ! have already SAID they say
they could win without the Liberal-r nionlsts, ana
in London alone IL Is stated that the latter nave m
creased by 80 per cent since the election OF ie'S'
Nov, the Gladstonian cidues convinced that they
have only one chance. and that is to keep the old
Man" as they elegantly phrase IT, where he Is In
n word, they prepared at all costs 10 hahs W
gethe'
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS WITH HORSES.
Count George Lehndorn Master OF the Horse IN
Germany who has the supreme control over AK
the breeding studs OF the Empire, has just cele'
bro,ed his silver wedding with the Graditz stud'
where the thoroughbreds running as the property
of the state trained. During ina, period 'he
Gralitz stud has 22 horses which won Ss9 races
worth over sliOO0 while they have been second ior
s75 others Tho back and white stripes OF Gradits
have not often been seen in England, though now
and again Count Lehndorff has sent horses over
10 be- trained for Newmarket, and has won seven
or eight races with them
ZEErER PACIA HAS GOOD CASE.
Zebehr Pacha is fortunate in having secured tho
services of Sir william Marriott Not only mas s'r
William an intimate acquaintance with the East
but he has in addition a combination OF qualties'
sound judgement good common sense. tact and great
tenacity OF purpose. which will go far to bring
good case 10 a successful issue. Tnat IeDehr mas
such a case there can be no doubt. Among thoss
acquainted with Egyptian and Soudanese history
there is but one opinion and that IL that no
has been very unjustly and unfairly treated
Had il not been for certain amount or
British prejudice and want OF criticism on
the acts OF the British officials in CAIRO
his wrongs would long have been redresseu
The prejudice against him because when ne was
formerly Sultan OF the Soudan he was an owner
OF and dealer in slaves Is certainly unreasonable
and savors OF that hypocrisy which our Foreign
neighbors consider of our chief characteristics.
In the Soudan slav.-owning was the custom ana
according to the prevailing standard OF morahy'
there was nothing against It, II was the sans
in the West Indian colonies sixty years ago. ana
it is we'll known that the father OF the present
Prime Minister a large slave-owner, anu tnas
when the law compelled him to emancipate 'hem
Mr. Gladstone himself warmly defended the priI-
ciple Of compensation As for impartial mteiii-
gent criticism of the dongs Of British oihcias IN
Egypt there Is practically none. The Arab papers
are not read by Europeans and the Frehch papers
are so uniformly adverse that their remarks ioss
weight. Only the English paper Is OF any i"po'-
lance. The Egyptian Gazette adopts almost W
necessity a neutral attitude. The absence OF criu-
clsu Is doubtless misfortune. tuder Lore
Cromer fortunately the dongs or the oinciais ha'e
been on the whole satisfactory but had there zee"
sound public opinion many acts OF the I iha"eo
Department, where justice has been sacrlnceu %
ecohomy would have occurred ana Heoenrs
demand for trial would long ago have been ae'
coded to.
DYNAMITE MORE FEARED THAN DISEASE
The dynamite scare in Dublin is casting o'her
scares such as typhoid and influenza, into the shade'
and every possible precaution is being taken al INC
various barracks. To show the extreme teisio" "
feeling prevalent During Lady Wolseley's concert IN
the ROYAL Hospital on December IA an officer fell
down heavily In an epileptic fit wnen there was gem
eral uprising as everybody who did not see the oc-
currence fancied bomb had been thrown INTO
the room.
MR. BENNETT HAS ANOTHER OPERATION.
Mr. James Gordon Bennett who had been moved
10 Nice where he would, IL was hoped regain M
strength. has been compelled to return to Paris 70
undergo a third operation for the removal Of splin-