Arizona republican., 1900-10-29

tired major of Prussian cavalry, and his knighthood of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
 It his younger brother. Charles. who is at the present moment German aan- bassador at Rome, after having had the position of governor of Berlin. and general A. D. C. to the Kaiser. He IS married to an immensely wealthy Swe- dish widow. by birth a member of the Scandinavian branch of the Scotch ducal house Of Hamilton Another member of this house Of Wedei is grand master of the horse to the kali ser. a fourth is grand master of she household to the reigning grand duke of Saxe-Weinlar. a fifth is grand cup bearer and grand master of the horse to the reigning grand duke of Olden- burg. a sixth is the minister of the household of Emperor William, while a seventh occupied a leading position in the household of the late king of Hanover until having had the misfor- tune to kill the kings favorite nephew. Prince Solms. in duel into which he had been forced by the young prince, he was obliged to quit not only his post. but likewise Europe. in order to make his home in this country.
 
 It is no secret that the British cab inet views the election of Winston Churchill to parliament with dissatis- faction rather than with pleasure. It is anticipate ted that he will prove to the leaders of the ministerial party quite as brilliantly troublesome as was hisl father. Lord Randolph Churchill. He has pledged himself 70 demand all sorts of things that the government is by no means inclined to grant right away, in cluding a very radical reform of the war department
 No one therefore need be astonished if even before the meeting of parlia- ment some attempt is made by the gov ernnent to muzzle the young man, pre- cisely in the same manner that Lord Londonderry and Sir William Carson. the two most rebelliOus members of the unfonist party. and the most discon- certing critics of the latter were mug z.ed last sess.on by the gift of office Lord Salisbury. by giving Winston Churchill d junior lordship of the treasury or of the admiralty or any such minor official berth. would effect uaIly close at any rate for time, the mouth of a youth who gives indlca- tion of possessing the same amount Of brilIlancy, of extraordinary assurance, and of restless aggressiveness as his father. Indeed. he threatens to become quite as much of an 'enfant terrible to the unionist administration es was Lord Randolph.
 If Winston Churchill. however, IS wise. he will decline any such offer of office, the more so as he can always, by means of his facile pen, earn in liter ature and in journalism treble ard quadruple the amount of the emolu- ments which the office in question would carry with 1t.
 Assurance Is, indeed, the feature of character which seems to pay the best in these modern times, modesty having gone out of fashion since the public seems to take it for granted that if a man is not convinced of his own mer- 1 its he cannot possibly expect any one l else to be thus convinced.
 Lord Curzon is a case in point. Next to the late Lord Randolph Churchill. there has certainly been no one in par liament who ever possessed such a bril- liant degree of assurance. It looks very much ac the present moment as If he were about To obtain another step ] in his wonderfully successful career. for after holding the viceroyalty of India for two years and making dur ing that relatively short time a greater p,ace for himself In the history of India than any governor general since the days of the great Lord Peterborough. . he is now, according to we'll authenti- i cated rumors in London, about to re- sign that office and to return to Eng land in order to enter the cabinet. eith- CT as secretary of state for India or, more probably, as minister of foreign affairs
 In either event he would resume h-s position in the house of commons. the Irish peerage. for which he expressly asked in preference to an English one on his appointment as governor gen. eral of India, giving him the privilege of sitting in the house of commons, if ! he can find a constituency willing to elect him as its representative. The pretext on which he is giving up the | viceroyalty of India is the i'll effect of the Indian climate upon the health of Lady CurzOn and her young children. ! But il is curious that nothing has been heard about this ill health until just now. when Lord Salisbury is in the act of recognizing his administration. i Lord CurZOn would not resign the vice ! royalty unless for something better, ' which could only be one of the princi- pal secretaryships of state in the cabi- {. de FOntenoy in Wash | ington Post