The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-15
CHANGES IN PLANS CAUSED BY
CORONATION ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The "RuSTICATED" CADETS
Nations Absorbing Interest in Gener-
al Lord kitchener-Air Of Nerv-
Pervades War Office

ward will probably occur between
August 8 and IL has caused a hasty
Encouragement Of plans in all direc-
tons. Visits to the country and to
the continent have been cancelled and
the season has been automatically
heightened to the middle ct August.
While on all sides there is deep
qualification that the king is well
enough to 60 through the ceremonies,
it is generally accompanied by an ex-
preston of feeling that it will be a
relief when it is all over. Everything
except society functions is still at a
%standstill. These continue to- be OK
c%eptionally brillian and in them Amer
leans have never played such a promi-
nent part
To the dismay of the government,
the agitation on the subject of .'rusti-
cation of the Sandhurst cadets who
were suspected by their superiors Of
being concerned in the recent incen-
diary fires at the military college daily
gathers more influential supporters.
Winston Spencer Churchill and Lord
Hugh Cecil have now enlisted Lord
Rosebery, the Duke of Northumber-
land and hundreds of other prominent
men regardless of party, in their en-
deavors to see that justice is done to
the 20 "rusticated" cadets.
The entire ministry is in a df1em-
ma and Lord Roberts has lost
of his waning popularity. Next week
the question is to be the subject of a
heated debate in the house of com
mons. The underlying motive in the
movement in behalf of the cadets is
the universal desire to- probe the war
office ~ineficiency and to make Sand
hurst a fit place to train British SOL
diers, or, as it is frequently said here,
to put it on a par with West Point,
whose system, the army. reformers de-
clare, is without equal. "
Even the renewed anticipation caus-
ed by the announcement that the cor
onation of King Edward will occur in
August fails to detract from the ma
tons absorbing interest in it's idol
and it's puzzle. Columns of alleged an
ecdotes concerning the general and
voluminous descriptions of his life
and especially Of his recent campaign
in South Africa m~onopolize the news
papers. The coronation arches which
were previously torn down are now
| ~redecorated in his honor.
A striking description of, the new
~viscount. doubtless founded on init
| mate knowledge of the general, APP
pears in the London Times today. 1t
concludes a three column review by
it's special wal correspondent Of Kitch-
ener's work in South Africa.
"For some reason" says the CORE
spondent, "after the Soudan campaign,
Kitchener was represented as a cold,
exacting man, hard and unbending
in his dealings with other men-a tru-
ly exaggerated portrait. He possesses
indeed, a character which is firm, de-
termined and steadfast. When he
/ faces a difficult problem all c%onsidera-
tons foreign to solving that problem
are brushed aside, but those who have
been in contact with him can never
say he is inhuman or unreasonable
Doubtless, he has faults. Perhaps, the
greatest of these is his desire to sad
die himself with the responsibility for
everything under his control and to
be intimately connected with more
detail than a human mind can con
viently embrace.
s"That he is feared by his subordi
mates is true; but he certainly is low
ed by those who have worked success
fully fof him. Though he may have
made mistakes in judging the quality
of some men, in the main, it will be
found that these mistakes are few and
while he may not possess the mag
netic influence of some leaders in win
ming the hearts of his subordinates
he will always preserve his ascend
ency both as a soldier and as a states
man."
The Spectator, voices public opln
ion in characterizing Kitchener as {
"great imperial asset"
Before long the man who ended tn
South African war is likely to appear
in a new role. the one less pleasan
to the popular taste. The royal com
mission to investigate the conduct o
the wal is being formed and Lore
Kitchener will doubtless be examined
at length.
An air OF nervousness already per
vades the war Office regarding thu