Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-31
FOREIGN CHAT.
Some Unfortunate Breaks by
the Hero Of Mafeking.
woman With Past to Have First
Place at Coronation.
H.. Bankrupt Lord Queensbury- Interesting
Gossip from English Shores.

T., viav Of the Amusement which mas
hoan created. particularly abroad ny
,na apparent neglect of Crown an"
,.o,.arnment TO adequately reward Gen.
n,dar- powell FOR his services as cniet
in command of the defense OF Male
,;rg-one of the most brilliant ana
ron,,Ior episodeS of the war III South
,frca-it is necessary To explain mat
,,bile the general in question i z COM
,,,pder of no mean skill and resource,
i like so many other people Of
-, hrilliancy. deficient in tact and
likewise in modest!.
II tho late Queen Victoria abstained
frnm according any recognition for ms
.arvices on the relief of Mafekins, and
II king Edward allowed weeks to
alapse after the return of the general
q England without taking any notice
y, !, and then merely conferred upon
,i,n !, companionShip Of the Bath. thc
,b;,d and lowest class of the order. in
.fead of knighting him. as every one
mad anticipated. it is because the gen
aral bv his lanientablc indiscreti"nS
md bv his mania Tor Self-adNertlSe-
ment mas completely alienated the
GOOD viii not merely Of his superior Of
ticers. but likewise Of his sovereign
and of the royal family.
While In command If Maf-king ii be
came necessary IL print postage stamps
ana instead ri causing the etflGy az
Queen Victoria TO he portrayed there
IN. he allowed his own picture u II"
substituted in its stead. X is said that
HE late queen after reading deScglp-
lion OF the stamps expressed desire
10 see ono. ana having examined ii
with great interest turned away with
he quiet remark: For sixty years
my head has been thought good
enough Tor postage stamps. Evidently
col Baden Powell does not think 30
now"
This postage stamp business was
only one of a number Of similar mis-
takes, or rather breaches of tact. Of
which the hero Of Mafokin@ rendered
himself guilty. ana il is 10 this that
must be ascribed the fact that he re
mains without handle to his name
whose services have been far less bril-
liant ana conspicuous. have been
kniGhtcd ana received the higher
GRADES OF the order of which he has
received the lowest Step.
There Is bad blood between the reign
ms families nf Hess aud the car
s.. ~
tween the grand duke and Emperor
Nicholas as it i between the Czar;na
and her Sistcr-iA-laW. the Grand
Duchess Of HcsSe. The latter is a
'Hlod beauty. who i constantly quar-
rtlng with her relatives. ana espec-
ANY with her husband. whom she has
aHeahy lett on two occasions. rach
time yowiEg that shr would never I'M
Der an! circumstances live with him
"saA. Ths sympathi-S OF th,. en-
press arc. Of course. all with her unlv-
surviving brother the grand duke.
pnGIns the last stay III the Hessian
couple IN Russia the empress was re-.
@ateDlly ofenGed by the tone ana AZ
HtnG" OF tn" grand duchess toward tn.
1u-rS husband. Indeed the visit was
d. last cut short. ana 50 serious il ill.,.
Fedk that whom the car and CZarina
III fr"nr" the other day they nass..l
'''!'h an hours distance of tn. grand
luke ard grand duchess Of Hassn
without maxim" Tho slightest attemp,
70 see them. Meanwhile. ptiuc. onJ
'ilcrSS Henry Of Prussia are III
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