New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-19

Arthur good humoredly returned Uut 80 !.
am not enviOus or jealous Vi OoN"'
what you mean. ,h, I. within
Aren't you? | should have thought II " ;,
the bounds Of possibility that you migh. oe. ,,or
Her ladyshp then yawned' slgnuu Iar at The
YEARLY and glanced in a marked halIht, at "A
c,oct wberenpon the First Lord Of the Al
miralty rose. , ..vrou Il 10
nearly time for us all to be of Any ci'"n0e -
meeting YOU at Goodwood or Cowes'
He shook his head. ., ,.ool,
mo: must stick to work for another week,
after which | have to address h,eeu'n9 "a O.,
Bristol Then | shall be Tree 10 go n0'''0 ~
rusticate.' ~ t., rro
gramme: but you are no great lover OF eN ' I've
ment are you? one of the many differences w
tween us is that enjoy nothing hair so Hu'm'
That is why | take an interest in Mr.. CoN"el'
whom you neither admire nor envy. lie Is sure
TO provide his seniors with some excitement pe-
fore he has done with them
Mr. C0xwell was indeed pretty sure to 90 thal.
Young. talented. pushing and alert he was uc-
terminod to make his mark and h. knew nat an
Under Secretary who aspres To develop mo a
Cabinet Minister should above all things cultl-
vate notoriety He cultivated other things ana
other peope-incudng Lady Adsham-for ne
was not man to neglect any opportunity Oh
self advancement; but his chief socitude was
ever to keep his name before the public and FUR
nish material for leading articles. 1t was for
instance just like him to favor his constituents,
Immediately after the Propagation, with an ha-
rangue which many supporters OF the con
sentative party to which he belonged, thought
amazingly indscreet Indiscreet it certainly
was unless Mr.. Coxwell might be regarded as
the mouthpiece of the Government-which does
not, rule, make important announcements
through the medium Of its subordinate members.
With regard 10 foreign politics Mr.. CoXwell,
though he limited. not obscurey, at sundry mo-
mentous probabilities affected a certain re-
serve; but what he did assert in so many words
was that substantial addition to the fleet had
become necessary and that an announcement to
that effect might be expected on the reassem-
bling of Parliament. His audience-a very large
one-cheered vOciferOusly, for il happened that
the British public was just then in of its
recurrent fits Of panic. and an impression pre-
vailed in many quarters that our potential fight
ing strength had been suffered to fall perilously
low.
The desired outburst If leading articles
promptly followed. Not all Of them were com
plimentary to the young orator: yet they had
to treat him with some degree of seriousness
since he was. at any rate an official parsonage
and thus il was his privilege to render the open
ing days Of the dull season quite lively The
question. of course. whether Mr. Coxwell
was authorized or not. and the answer could
but be supplied in the forthcoming speech Of the
FIRST Lord al Bristol
Now. whether Sir Arthur Middleton dsap-
pointed his Bristol hearers or not by the pains-
taking, carefully prepared address which he
uuIy ueHNered To them on the appointed date il
rs certain that he administered a somewhat Sc
we're snub to his juvenile colleague whose re-
cent utteranceS he totally ignored Sir Arthur
was an advocate Of retrenchment and he pro-
duced an Imposing array of facts and figures
IN support Of the faith that was in him The
requirements Of the Navy he very reasonably
Pulhtcd OUT. must of necessity depend upon
what our neShbors might deem To be the re-
uulfcfncntS OF theirs. and no one could pretend
10 ioretrH the events even Of the immediate
future but he believed he had said enough TO
show that our actual position was ore of ade-
quate security. He was glad to be able to
add that there was no present indication what
socVer OF "A disturbance Of European peace
h.
sidcred pre-eminently safe man: moreover.
there could be no doubt that he at all events
spoke with the approval and sanction of the
Cabinet Consequently. Mr. CoXWen was
roughly handled by the journalists some of
whom recommended him to bride his tongue
while others went so far as to suggest that his
resignation would he desirable and appropriate
He showed his sense 10y taking the advice Of
the former as for resgnng Office, the Prime
Minister. who CHANGED to he abroad at the time
was the only person who could impose upon
him a step toward which he felt by no means
inclined. The newspapers soon found something
else To talk about. and If the incident was not
forgotten. it ceased to be publicly discussed
Mr.. Coxwell. being blessed with thick skin an
excellent digestion, and good temper proba
bly, saw little to regret or resent in It,
But, although that promising young states
mans withers were unwrung AZ much could
not hc said for Lady Adisham. who was very
angry indeed with her old friend and admirer
and who saw in his contcmptuous disregard of
procurement which had secured so much at
tention a deliberate. preHeiitated design to
T.
CoNWel was To- he regarded Sir Arthur's
rival her ladyship best knew but it was as
such that she lnwardly described him. while
resolving 10 defeat his supposed Intentions.
"Of course. he did il on purpOs., she wrath
fully exclaimed That sort Of thing isn't done
10y mistake and it is always his way to affect
sublime superiority and Indifference He thinks
he can affOrd IT, We-wc shall sec"'
The stalwart handsome. rather rd-looking
man whom she addressed displayed his white
teeth
80 long YOU do me the honor 10 take my
side. Lady Adisham. I shall feel that neither
Middleton nor any body else work me much
injury he CALAMITY declared
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