New-York tribune., 1901-05-26

the people the correct thing about it," and
wound up by declaring the origin of the war
To have been "a put up job
Even General Sir Ian Hamilton. who has
just been appointed a knight of the Order of
the Bath and military secretary to Lord Rob
erts 1T the War Department. took upon himself
TO deliver two weeks ago a public speech at
Hythe. not in connection with any political
meeting. hut at "A reception given in honor of
his return from South Africa. In the course
r il he criticised the conduct of the governmen mt
with regard To the campaign Well in con
nec;ion with the events that had led up 10 the
war So extravagant Were his utterances as
published in the press that they were made the
suject Of a political discussion in the House Of
Commons where the Secretary of stat for War
was good enough To inform Parliament that the
speech lin some respects Inaccurate and
uI on political matters"
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford showed him
self So fierce and dangerous IA critic of the naval
department while in the House of Commons
that the government appointed him TO the Of
fcc OF second in command OF the Mediterranean
Squadron for the sole purpose of getting him
away from England and beyond the temptation
II lvorirg political addresses.
CAUSE oF TROUBLE IN SPAIN
In France. as in England. and in many other
Continental countries. finds generals and
admirals, well naval and military officers
If minor rank. sitting in one the other house
Il the legislature and assans the administra-
ton while on full pay. This is particularly
the case in Spain. where more than the
Minister of War has proceeded to the length of
ordering into military arrest generals and
cocnels who formed part of the opposition
and who had gone too far in their abuse of the
government. Neither in Germany nor in Aus
tria DO otiicers the active list of the army
occupy seats in Parliament Yet there too. are
the regulations prohibiting political utterances
on the part of naval and military men frequently
disregarded with impunity
At the very moment when Emperor William
professed To be deeply shocked by the lack of
discipline displayed by Captain Coghlan in
permitting himself such liberty of comment"
as that contained in his memorable speech at
the Union League Club dinner in New York de-
claring any such breach of regulations would
he summarily punished if perpetrated here but
such an occurrence would be a thing unheard of
the act of explaining away and denying a news
paper interview given at Paris by General
Prince Radziwill. when representing the Kaiser
as his chief aite-de-camp at the obseouies of
President Faure and in which he denounced the
United states with so much hostility that his
remarks excited Indignation even on the part
OF the more sensible of the German newspapers
only few weeks ago General Dragomironf
one Oh the most distinguished commanders Of
the cars forces. publicly inveighed in the most
vehement fashion against his government for
compulsoriy enrolling insubordinate underyrad
yates OF the various universities in the army de-
ciarinS that the latter was not a penal in
stitution Field Marshal Gourko, about a wear
before he resigned the governor -generalshin ~,
Poland and the military command In CHIEF os