New-York tribune., 1901-10-23
CIR REDVERS BULLERsOUT.
liking GENERAL RELIEvEDgoF COM.
MAND. &
.vprAcE OF LORD cRoMER AND LADY
KATHERINE THYME AN AFFAIR !

KATHERINE THYME AN AFFAIR
OF GREAT INTEREST. =
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,,ndon. Oct. %. / a. m.-The King has taken
:, interest in the controversy about the
..,vsrnith heograms. which has been carried
usthout intermission since Sir Redvers Butler
.ss his unfortunate speech a fortnight ago.
- prodrick was summoned to Balmoral TO give
=, majesty the War Office view Of the affair,
"a the return OF the court to London is now
.-tad by the official announcement that Sir
layers has been relieved OF the command Of
.hs First Army Corps. TO which he was so re-
Gently appointed.
This decision, though not entirely unexpected
Sc created great sensation and, though there
=, some sympathy with Butler. the feeling is
.,.,tv general that he ought to have anticipated
.,s dismissal by resigning. The appointment of
ro,sral French to succeed Butler meets with
.r.nirous approval, and. pending his return
.-or South Africa. General Hilyard will make
csnable commander at Aldershot.
This mornings papers almost without excep-
son synpathize with Sir Redvers Butler In
,sct they express so much appreciation of his
they wish Mr. Brodrick and Lord Roberts had
mi terminated his professional career. They
exuress, however. the opinion that other
course was possible if public confidence in the
administration of the army was not TO receive
q very severe shock THE News" stands alone
IN its outspoken condemnation Of the official de-
eisou and urges Buffers friends not TO rest
until they have got Mr.. Brodrick out of the
War Office Admittedly the only pleasant feat
ure in the whole case is the fact that General
French's work in South Africa has at last met
with rroper recognition. Mr.. Brodrick is re-
deeu1ng his pledge that the army corps should
be controlled in peace by the generals who
would have 10 nd them in war Generals
French and Hildyard owe their elevation over
the heads Of many officers Of superior rank TO
tried capacity and not TO social influence.
II Is an i'll wind that blows nobody good.
While most South African ventures have been
temporarily crushed by the war. the South
African Cold Storage Company has been making
immense profits out OF supplying meat 10 the
British soldiers. The amount now available for
distribution as the result Of years trading, is
about s550O000 The preponderating interest in
the company is. curiously enough. Dutch and
Boer.
II is stated that as the result OF family con-
ference yesterday IL was arranged that Mr..
Zimmerman should furnish $4,000 and Consuelo.
Duchess of Manchester. $4,000 to pay the Duke
Of Manchesters private debts.
The marriage Of Lord Cromer and Lady
Katherine Thyme, at st. Thomass Church Or
oE-rd-st, yesterday. a diplomatic event Of
exceptional interest. The church crowded
with society people, and there a noticeable
hum Of admiration as the bride passed up the
aisle leaning on the arm Of her brother. the
Marquis Of Bath, and followed by a small and
prettily dressed niece. Lord Cromer, who is
sixty years of age. has since 1877 been. with one
brief interval, continuously employed in dis
entangling the finances of Egypt. He has puri-
fed its judicial tribunals. reorganized it's ad-
nnistration, reformed the old methods OF tax
collection, and has inaugurated vast works OF
irrigation, OF which the Nile dam is the cul-