The age-herald., 1901-04-19
Primrose Day.


 Said former diplomat last night;
 The 18th day of April Is the twen- tieth anniversary of the death of Ben jamin Dlsraeli. Earl of Beaconsfield. the greatest Jew of the Nineteenth century and the greatest diplomat England ever produced. When he died, April 19, 1881, all the world rung with his eulogy, for, with the sole exception of Bismarck, Lord Beaconsfield was the greatest statesman and dipiomatist of his time.
 There was this prime distinction be- tween the illustrious English Jew and the great Prussian protestant, that, whereas, the Englishman won his vic tories by the gentle but marvellous skill of statecraft in diplomacy. the illustr'ous Prussian won by sheer force of domineer- ing spirit backed by the most powerful army the world has ever known. Beaconsfield was above all things the gentle man with heroic courage. Bis marck was the rude and rough master of deathless valor, the Man of Blood and Iron
 Yet Beaconsfield outwltted Bismarck and dominated the greatest diplomats and statesmen of Europe, assembled in the Congress of Berlin, which was called Into existence in 1S7s to settle tenn porarily, at least, and peaceably the vital questions that arose out of the Turko- Russian war; questions which gravely threatened general European war, and which were embodied in the generic term of the Eastern Question, which in po- tentcy still survives as spectre of war and will survive until the inevitable con fiict between Great Britain and Russia shall have brought about final settle ment.
 Students of the current events of twenty to five and twenty years ago, and younger students of history, will recall to mind that when the victorious Russian army was within few days march of | Constantinople, Beaconsheld, then prime minister and the militant head of the British government, sent a message to the Russian government eremptorily de- manding that the Russian troops should advance no nearer to the Turkish capital. It was the boldest ultimatum ever issued by one great nation to another, and it won. The Russian army was turned backward and the guns of the irrs sistible British fleet remained silent.
 Tt will be further remembered that Beaconsfeld carried every point, won every demand of Great Britain upon the Congress of Berlin, where he clashed with mighty Bismarck. Present to assist him was the Marquis of Salisbury, now prime minister of Great Britain, who has held that highest office longer than any other Englishman, and the Marquis nephew. Arthur James Balfour, present leader of the House of Commons. and who Is to succeed the uncle as prime minister. Returning to England, Beacons- field hurried to the Queen at Windsor | and kneeling at the foot of the throne he presented the Treaty of Berlin. saying T have brought your Majesty peace with honor,' phrase bat became a part of the common speech of England. He | created the title of Empress of India for the Queen.
 "Beaconsfeld was buried in the c.urcI- yard of Hughenden, on his estate not far from Windsor, and a simple slab marks his grave. according to his own nstruc tions, while his great rival, Gladstone, sleeps in Westminster Abbey But there is noble statue of Beaconsfeld in the palace yard, Westminster, and on the lpsh of April every year it Is covered over with primroses, the great Jews favorite flower and in his honor the 18th of every April is celebrated throughout England and wherever there are conservative Eng lishmen throughout the world IS Pri,n- rose Dayp