The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-27

or Lord Kitchener has dis
CANNED, and has attended an East An
gllan dinner as an East Anglican. The
blJou Biography says that his faith
er family came from Binstead, in
hampshire. The Times and other pa
pers say that the family belong to
Cosslngton, in Leicestershre The
most general opinion is in favor of
Lakenheath, in Suffolk.
His name, at any rate, is. It might
De supposed, a matter easily to be
ascertalned. Yet for some reason
p" nos Who" has put his first Chris
tlan name, Horatio, in brackets. And
an american paper persistently refers
to him as Kitchener"
There is clear distinction in one
matter between the American and
English students of the Kitchener
problems. Genealogies over here unite
IN saying that Horatio Herbert was
the second son. But on the other side
Lord Kitchener is nearly always in
troduced in biographies as the eldest
son of Col. Kitchener
Truths Little Story.
By the way, it may be mentioned in
connection with Lord Kitchener's an
cestry that at the time when he visit
ed the city in triumph after
dug up beautiful little
story. 1t was a most interesting coin
cidence, we read. that exactly hun
dred years before an ancestor of Lord
Kitchener Capt. E. Berry, had re-
ceived the same honor on bringing
back the news of the battle of Alex
andria. The coincidence would have
been more interesting if Lord Kitch-
ener. had any ancestor named Berry;
but no such name occurs in his genal-
ogy. And it was afterwards denied
that the news was brought from Alex
andria by any one of that name.
The actual events of Lord Kitchen
er's life are wrapt in as much mystic
ry as his birth and antecedents. The
Sketch has told us that he was ed
ucated at home-wherever that may
have been. Other historians say that
his young mind was trained abroad by
private tutors from an early age The
"Bijou Biography" says: 1T has
been stated" that he was at Harrow,
but does not add any opinion as to the
truth of the story. A weekly society
paper, however, went much further
giving stories of his school days and
telling what young Kitchener said to
DR.. Butler, the head master, and what
the head master said to Kitchener.
After ones previous experience it is no
surprise u IBdu Ill the hGNl6W Ol
views" that Lord Kitchener was not
a public school boy"
His Past a Mystery.
Then another story which has had a
great vogue tells us that he fought
for France as volunteer in the
Franco German war. Finding his
commission - the Royal Engineers too
peaceful" wrote IN. A. p" che
x-oI,Intaoy ouoipcf ha
Prussians with Gen. Chanzy's army of
the Loire" But he did not get his
commission in the engineers until 1871
after recovering from an illness which
most chroniclers tell us was contract
ed in a war balloon in the Franco Ger
man war. The Daily Chronicle alleges
that he was twice wounded in that
war. THE flying bullets, found other
bullets than his breast" ('Bijou Bio
graphy.O Does this mean that he was
wounded in the leg or the arm?
Audi alteram partem. The Review
of Reviews asserts that his first figh
was in Egypt when he was Governo
of Suakin. An evening paper stigma
tized the Franco-German story as rid
Jealous, and Mr.. Charles Low, NJ. a.
in the Queen" while explaining why
Kitchener might have fought 70,
France, says that he did not.
After all this, could anyone believe
that he had fought in the Franco-Gcr.
man war? Yes, Mrs. Kitchener. his
mother did, and told an interviewer
that it was quite true.
There are many other things which
I should like to find out about LORD
Kitchener. But 1 have not the cour-
age to pursue the quest. turn with
relief to the simplicity of the Eoneric
question