The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-20
DON'T LIKE
MR.. BRODRlCK
Engldnd's War Secretary May
Be Retired.
HAS STRONG OPPOSITION
Prominent Army Officers % Not Speak
to Him-Lord Halsbury, Noted Or
ator and Statesman Celebrates
Seyenty-eighth Birthday.
Special Gable to The Times-Dspatch,
Copyright, 1903.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

LONDON, September 19.-Probably the
most unpopular man in England just now
is Mr.. ST. John Brodrick, Secretary OF
state for War. At his door has been laid
all the blame for the blunderings and
muddlings of the late war in South At,
RIGA, a war entered upon without prepa-
ration and with no knowledge OF the ult-
mate cost. nor OF the strength and re-
sources Of the enemy.
Mr.. Brodrick is detested not only by the
military officers. but by the man in
tn estreet.,' 1t is OF record that he and
Lord Woolseley, commander in chief OF
the army. were not on speaking terms for
months before President Kruger ultima
tum startled the world Lord Wolseley was
snubbed right and left by Brodrick, and
his advice unheeded
/ Sir Redvers Butler. another doughty
warrior, also is at odds with Brodrick. Sir
RedveIs, 1t Is believed, will try to GUST
Brodrick from his place in the House Of
Commons. To that end he Will run as u
candidate for Parliament from Guildford.
in opposition to Brodrick. II the soldier
beats the secretary. the latter will be rele-
gated to obscurity. Meanwhile efforts
are being made to induce Sir Redyers to
stand for Parliament from another con-
stituency, leaving the field clear for Brod-
rick.
Brodrick IL defeated by Sir Redvers.
will not be missed from public life, for
the report of the war Investigating COM
mittee, Just published, proves him to have
no tnc n n sighted.
laundering and expensive Secretary OF
War that England or any other country
ever has had.
The Lord Chancellor OF England. Lord
Halsbury. the great "law lord" has been
celebrating his seyenty-eighth birthday.
with a broad, smooth shayen face and
merry eyes. He looks like Sir John Fal-
staff In tabloid form.
Like most Of Ensland's officials in high
places. Lord Halsbury is not a youth, He
governments In which the late Lord Sails
bury was Prime Minister. and II the
Tories continue in power his lordshlp w.ll
remain at his post despite his advanced
dinner orator and a great deal Of q wit.
He and Ambassador Choate are always
depended upon at public dinners In Lon
don to say something amusing ana they
y lIn. the United States. but he is nc-
uualnted with all the famous Americans
who come to London every summer. Sem
ator Depew included His lordship Is an
erudlte lawyer, an INDEPENDENT Judge ana
very popular with members OF the bar,
Lord Miner, the autocrat Of South Az
RIGA. is returning to England for q vaca-
ton He Is the unpopular governor OF
the Transvaal and Orange river colonies.
His autocratic rule has made nearly all
~ enemies.
is said to be the luckiest man In the
peerage. He started out In life as a
newspaper man, but by series Of lucky
stroke made his way into public life and
ultimately into the peerage, He has abll,
good fortune has found for him place
Lord Miner Is an Industrious man where.
in he differs from the average British Of
fetal The Dutch In South Africa do not
Henry Y. Esmond, the playwright. au-
thor of "Bllys Little Love Affair.". Which
was produced for the first time in Lon
don the other night though 1t was famil,
"Imprudence," is a slender. SANDY" lit.
The actor type He has been an actor
and his practical knowledge of the stage
has been invaluable to him as 9 drama
list, Mr. Esmond Was as, expected tS to nx N
London drama, but he has not found thai
profitable, and so now produces only
plays that will be commercially success
full, Like many other men, he has sac,
wont nrodnre the na'arce MT the bank
so perhaps Mr. Esmond Is not to b,
blamed for floating with the dramatic
turn up his nose at
The Duke Of Fife, the Kings son-ln