New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-19
IRAND NAY GO AWAY
,.,,ct of SIR Mortimer's Transfer
- Washington 10 ST. Petersburg.

f'.6 on Die arrival mere lesl l4-i' -'' .''
aaH-ss ling discussed in LONDON IN court poA-i-
49, = -slrle.-atiye circles az destined 20 take
al an- - So Petersburg % Sir Charles scott.
fss p@.1 .,.,se months hence. n che close or
40 - ey,-srs-f Forty years Ia the dlploratio
ars~ e. Mortimer Durand showed On atlose'iei
a''i'. sb.rtv and ncumeu in dealing WIN me
slosl l,., p-ftteh sfi1ister AT Teheran. unanaG-
Elssa-- -of only the respect and admiration
W y - -,r friendship Of bic MuscoF1te COLI
~ -.+ba- rivals in the dolninions % the
- 80 thie as under secretary end as aIt-
ba-A go ~ the Foreign Department al Naieul1a-
fs - % remarkable knowledge % all me net
BE- t So -, diplomacy In ASIA and o. the
zoe ,uesfious ard issues in coInecuon VITA
Fli''@ -..,i-s..t which for some years 10 come
ta&- -. she principal scene of counlcis' 20
VI ri as military. between The various
9 ..~-,-serce OF Sir Mortimer wiz render nm
a. 81 TctcrebUrE. Moreover. ne - one
- trusted agents o. the present 2llIl7'el
80 Analrs IN London, Lore L'-l's-o"l'e,
q s-,e- K.Ieprov ~ India is better acquainted
~, --,-ie with tho peculiar qualifications OF
- for The post o- British Ambassador AZ
--.-.tsfrr I- fact, De as The only man 4l-'l-
- Sir Edwin EEuton the present afl1.-s-
a MADRID and who is a perfect RUSSIAN
80. 4. ,,eIeible Coz the post. owing 10 me lacl
-, p.rsian wife the widow ~ he great
,,,se- hgstan. Sir Edmond Monson ana
- r-~,cis pi..nkett. the one ambassador az rams
- -. tts- al Vienna. retire. believe ms year
~. .-.lod OF age. while SIR Frank A-asceles
-,sys nv virtue CT Ills warm personal l'le'-s--.l
~, n. Eaiser such an altogether ezoepiion"4
..-.-r st Berlin that be Is likely TO remain jn7'e
.r the end q bis d.picmauc career
-. .-fet,.l-r O'Conor. new anbassador al Con-
.,-,-ls whose name has been mentioned az a
-tl, s,orersor O. Sir Charles scott, couio nor
- ery circumstances return 10 81 fetersouIE.
-. ,.ho MT forward bis name in connection
-, t--ts,sa6or a THE court OF che Gar. ana
-. +. u.s. recalled thence a. his Own re
-. after charging the late Count AouIa'leA
r falling % keep faith WITH him. aIla deilo 1l.t=
si-. as a statesman with whom u was "i
"a transact any business, me co-l- o'''e --'
+, ro-eirr Affairs az the umc.
-. ~ cd that Sir Constantine Phlpps, now
,,i-.sts- al Brussels who might possibly nave re-
,..vas Sir CharIes's post has lately olsl-Aii-ie-
r.-srlf for the s.. Petersburg mission by marry
.-ra vsry charming Russian woman, The Woo" OF
a very wealthy Brazilian banker, whose ae+--'--'-
srss be made when envoy 80 Rio.
sr-s vrPrise wife q the Irish soldier az fortune
--so yoash. iu the Boer ranks during the south
African war. and vh0 acquired SO much eeleof-'y
urser her maiden name Of Miss MAUD 1olle ug
+s violence OF her Nationalist iryecuFes against
,,-rfl-- Fr,rllsr has sust become the mother OF
a how "a win De inappropriate. therefore 10 de-
scribe hcr auy longer as ''the lrlsh Joan o. arc
or as The Irish Naid q orleans. Just ABOUT tie
sane time her sisters husband, General FlIInTlef
has been appointed member OF tho new Board OF
control is The new and reformed War Department
"a London Mrs Mcbride. IKE her sister, is
daughter o. a dashiug colonel OF one Of The crack
English lancer regiments.
-o-s ~-ore- universally recognized as one 20
T.nriand's strongest and most successfll states
raar-tIe uucrcvued king, in fact, ol Egypt and
s5r-es-t,I administration, who has extrlcatsl the
laud ~ the Nfc from the lowest depths Of bank
riirtcv ana ruin restored her credit and revived
the name which she eE50yed in ol5en dimes as 'tee
LAND OF plenfy'-takes exception 10 Field AafsiaA
Lord Wolseley's condemnation OF the practice Of
appointing ca man who is not @ soldier, ana VINO
Is entirely Ignorant OF war. 10 be Secretary ~
state for War" This. in ltself IS not of SO much
Interest as the explanation which Lord Cromer
gives IN connection with hts utJeranCes about the
matter concerning the manner In which he. acting
30 Eeypt in the place of the Secretary for War
managed to get along So well with Lord Kitchener
during the lGttc.s operations in the s0udan, which
eliminated in its rec0nqueEt and in the crushing
of che llahdI Omdurmau.
III Lord Cromer's own words. contained in an
article over hIs signature in ''The Nineteenth Cen
sury Review for The current month. he says: 4
Sustained from mschicvous activity and I acted
as a check on she interference OF others. ] had
fau confidence in The abilities or the commander.
vnom had practically myself chosen. and except
when he asked for my assistance left hin en-
trsiy alone
Lord Cromers case. which be thus cites. may
serve q type OF the qualities and the spirit
oalsd n a Secretary % State for War. lie must
30 man of intellectual grasp and Of judgment,
rather than a man Of detailed knowledge. and
sinaE enough 10 hack good subordinate. without
mel5lng un5uIy with Bis work This established.
Lord CrCmer who more than a quarter OF a. CEN
tuy ago was q soldier and star officer. but has
ever since done purely civilian work. declares that
civilian Is preferable as Secretary o. State for
War Though he declines 10 GO so FAR az % urge that
soldiers should be ineligible tor the Office.
Pore Plus x Sc reforuer of icono1lasuc pro
pensidsf who viI tolerate nothing that appears 70
lin &c be ln the least biz doubtful and o-eu 90
eaestion Thus be has just eliminated 20 less than
s1 Fontfs from tle list o. hls predecessors IN the
char Q; ST. Peter. Untn now De has been regarded
% tne ails Bishop ~ Rome in direct succession
ien the Apostle But iu the 'Gerarchia cat
foias o- aTri.' e~~r-' 70 -re HOLY s-e. which
nas ,srt appesred. De is sat down ss tire 2-sth
M olag ule c.os.1g years o. tae rciFn Of
- -.h re rf-s errse and extensive reeearcacs
rsr-' No.F.rr0r Tuonssle director 81 the
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