Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-24

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| Irish tunnels lie studiously avoid.
political touics and tells his intimat,
| friends that he is out Of politics for
ever Iut he protests too mitch. tlNei
| the opportunity. there is the man an,
| the king knows il. The difficulty is tC
spare Lord Rosebery'S liberal views
With the sChisnls Of the conservative
party. 4 coalition government is not
always workable. and under Lore
Roseberv there would have to be q
coalition cabinet. which would prob
ably be COMPOSED of such divergent
spirits as Mr.. Chamberlain, Mr.
AsGuith. MI Wyndham. Lord Sci
borne and. if he would serve, Mr.. Bal
four. Ii would tax even the great in
gcnuity Of Lord Kosebery in steering
craft worked by this crew. but if il
is ever done tn, country Will have such
Il government as il needs ;luG as ii has
never had before.
THINKERS LOOK To LORD
CROMEE
In Lord Cromcr are conferred the
hopes of the solid mass of thanking
people Here is Il tried and expert
cnced diplomat. who has performed in
valuable services To his country for
many years with wonderful tact anC
discretion. His administra ton of af-
fairs in Egypt has Won him the conf
dence not only Of the English people.
but of the Egyptians rs well. and h,
is regarded in the chancclleries of Eu-
rope as a strong. forocful and untlinch-
cilate than to broWheat.
With Lord Cromer in Downing street
and Lord Kitchener ut the war oiiic,
the country would ut last be served by
two men who know their work and will
hot beat about the bush in doing il.
That Lord Kitchener will eventually
come to the war office | do not doubt
for minute. BY this | do not wish
to imply that Lord Roberts has gone
off in popularity, Dut think the public
has come to the conclusion. slowly but
reluctantly. that he has not been 4
great success as an army reformer and
that he has not improved matters b.!
his presence in Pan Mall. on the con-
traTy. it is certain that affairs al the
war office are i'll WorSy muddle than
before. Ii requires an iron man with
out social pretensions TO rule that mar
velous establishment, ana the only iron
man in the British army today is Lord
Kitchener. Here is an instance " what
occurs to YOU on any day in the week
if you happen 10 call 1T the war office
er:
DEPARTMENT Run BY CLERKS
Il would Ike TO see General X"
Not here today, sir. Gone shoot
ing in scotland
Very we'll then; / wish You would
take me- 10 sne Colonel b.
sorry, sir he, too, is away IN the
North. nut | can take your card to his
clerk
And 50 You are obliged to transact
Your business with civilian clerk
who il generally suparCiHous and stu
pid in the bargain. The only general
officer whom il has been possible to
find at the war office at his desk at any
time is Sir Evelyn Wood, who laid
down the post Of adjutant general yes
tarday t. become chief Of the Second
AIM WI rs IL SALISBURY I OF lllEtt OF
four years this brilliant old soldier has
performed practically all of the real
work OF army administration, and now
that he is gone I imagine things will
muddle along in fine style. Sir Evelyn
is succeeded by General Kelly Kenny.
the captor of Cronje. The obice of ad-
jutant general is stripped d much of
| its power and the post becomes merely
4 perfurctory unr. for the chiefs of the
| five new army corps viii runi their es-
| Establishments Independently of war Of
| flee control.
1t was stated at first that thu Duke
Of connaught. the kings brother.)would
succeed Sir Evelyn Wood in thd post
which Is hitherto been regarded as sec
Cnd to tLat of COMMUNICATIVE hiEf, but
he declined it for two reasons. tlte first
being that the adjutant general u no
longer a person of Importance. arid the
second that he is too poor 10 litc in
London. U}y the late queens Will he
Wds left With Only c150.000. and Nhis.
with lis r3ay as general officer, is not
enough fob u royal duke to keep }up a
proper appearance in the metro polls.
The queen left her money equally di-
vided betVeen her children. Tho duke
has Il large family, and has tt meet
expenditures which are not Required of
an ordinary nobleman. Nor is ID pos
sible for, the king in the present state
t Of his prFty purse to come e his Us
BADLN-ROWEL HAS DROPPED
OUT.
Hero Worship is a capricious thing.
Here is POOR General Baden-Po&ell,
back from the triumphs of Mafelfing.
where his deeds electrified the nation
and made him, the most popular main in
England since the time OF Watet Hoo.
He goes about London praoticallH I'M
| noticed. II ne had come home a year
ago he would have been mobbed Iand
Rugged and feted by delirious crX%ds
of admirers. Baden Powellism WIS a
| fever. an epidemic. 1t has completely
burnt itself out, aid not ONLY n the
gallant general a here memor-y with
the public. but he has also bee, made
to taste the bitterness Of ofiicto and
royal displeasure. The ~ ! was
not overjoyed at lias tn. ed his
theatrical defense e. 1afe nerve Iublic
opinion, however. kiI,eaea,, >, into
making him MAIN the