Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-24
london IN MIDST
Of REJO|CINcs.
..,.,.,', Pluck and Brains Have
Not Passed Away
PRAISE FOR LORD ROBERTS
., !. uardhear'ed - pil''0r'
Sl''' -. war oncs-pceui'ar 'o'
..ph oowen'' Career

Feb. a-speGial .o boha ion
l9udoln s,,er. Copyright 1900 .ne
abe .,s5 Press.-The fierce hgnuns
ls'S -. made the week memorable N
iii' "a, Of Great Britain has IN
y u. Of the heavy casualties Sss' aara
'',~ a,nlsd II, acted as an exnilata ..,a,
@aP1u's1 ,he nation. I'll almost with
sal' s apys that the people Of Great
are taking their punishment
S''a,, ., there is something to show TOT
% r,s,slng contrast to the weeks
ring and suspense that scarcely
So without largely adding 70
HH Is ~ RON and never seemed "
Dc ae ca, Britain's forces nearer 10
,frg Great D''''
N goal ,,,h ,he relief OF Kim
,..,y and the daily expected reii9i -
w .,,mith has come the RELIEF OF Lon
4' a',,h the fate Of those beleaguered
gu IN heir minds, with the nauonal
lsss ~, w once more TO take its chances
wv a. lighting field. London mas
90" ,ssf from the depressing
,',,m that FOR months overhuhg ~;
80 Is now talks Of balls, dinners ana
.,..,,,,slnlng there are brighter LOOKS IN
' 80 al the crowds that throng the
80 and even the women nave
80 go 10 have brought out gayer
rErs .,h,ng ~ a season
Ian and Little Bobs' Is the hero
mo hour, even at this stage OF the
", which can scarcely be considered
- more than initial from the British
-, N view He would be granted
-. .- honor in the peoples power to
n. n only public opinion and graft
"a. became operative. Above every
~, man and every other circum-
r,ses Ne stands out from those grim
sroenIngs in South Africa clothed In
4.hso Of victory Loudly he Is hailed
. living the living lie TO those VINO
al that the pluck and brains that
80 Great Britain victorious In the
r-imsa in India, and In Afghanistan.
Id rassed away from her. The cir
gnssnees Of his hurried departure
,h,n be subordinated the greatest per-
r.,l sorrow 10 the needs OF the coun-
NJ Ms feats on the battlehelds OF old,
| "a remendous personal magnetism and
| n SURPRISING kindllness and SIM
,ssy. are all brought into rapid re-
Nv by means OF conversation or the
vrspapers. before the average Eng
Mnan. until IL is small wonder that
.. hero Of Kandahar has reached that
,ricle where his country would deny
| y nothing.
e.stral Kltchener's automatic way OF
.rI things and his hardness Of heart
" been so much paraded before the
NJ since he first achieved greatness
Ihe has lost much OF his popularity
x while he possesses the national
.zsasnoe 10 an almost unequalled ex-
E Il Is patent that the nation as
rtls would rather that the opportuni-
h .sll 10 "Bobs" than TO his iron
T-h chief OF staff.
curious instance Of the utter lack
egstsm that prevails In the British
NJ Office occurred this week. Imme-
ti,sy after the queens proclamation
r'tallng 10 the patriotism Of her SOL
On and asking them to re-enlist under
pyernments new plan TO strength
q The army. was published. there
ntksd 10 headquarters large numbers
Y men anxious 10 answer the queens
Musst, They were all turned away be-
aus the war Office has not yet issued
ny detailed Instructions regarding the
k'sptanee Of such offers, nor formu-
Alli any specific plan for putting into
tsien the general proposals adopted by
nihment
me criticism current Is that either
Y queens letter was premature or the
" once as dilatory. The latter Is
nasally accepted as correct and not
'thout bitter comment.
!n' death Of Mr. Joseph Cowen, the
"a nine owner member Of parlla-
rsal and proprietor Of the Newcastle
sNohlcle, has removed one OF the most
F1AlAvle figures In English life, and
w u the most extraordinary men In
sIVps HIS whole life and personality
.Tiaea With vivid contrasts. He was q
--a'halre' yet dressed In slouchy
-..,es and as brilliant an orator as
~ eela The house ~ commona' breath
IL sVeilion, yet OF small stature and
vassrd gait and he spoke with a
i..sSnuihoerland burr. A supporter OF
80 beaeonsield in rhis schemes for
~ eFstII expansion, yet Mr.. Cowen was
r,a "snl ol every conspirator from
~ sSs.. ~, 70 Madrid and financed revolu-
s Ma, ION llli MS own pocket as readily as
~ ul'llonaires buy steam yachts. At
S,,.. .sk OF his own life and through
T,".ans OF spies he carried secret in
~, ,'uons 10 agents In Italy from that
y. NJ eohsplrator Mazzlnl. II was al
e,.S Sv"ehs house that 0rsini, who
u, y, oomo al the carriage OF Napo-
\, 80 ana was guillotined for so do
NM ~ weeks prior TO the perpetra-
\ I'm. ~ sne deed. With such an intense
n, a.cratlc tendency, Mr.. Cowen
NJ. .s.ufaily a home ruler, yet none
,rl., mvie potent or often quoted In
:. ss.es furnished in favor OF the nres.
" c q, man the sentences penned by
ma Zen shortly before his death.
n, sa se declared that Great Britain
n hsll'lhg TO prevent men OF Brit
n, 80 IRON being treated as helotsp
~ sars ago he retired from active
s,, ,s owing to his independent ideas
sshg his attention 10 his naner The
,s.sue Chronicle. which Welded
~ as much political influence in The
country as Mr.. Cowen ala when
pointed TO him in the house ~
-0ns as the next liberal nrime min
ne lived as a reclnse vs, a.
~ hls brlckmaking business unt,I
become one OF the most nro,,t'
II "a The country In Noytbpmb"r.
n. mey say Mr. Cowen had evnsv
A.. ana they TINS acoa,,a, s'ps3