New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-01
SALISBURY STANLEY
discrimination at Westminster Be-
t1ceen Statesman and Explorer.

Lord Salisbury is by the vote of the two Houses
OF Parliament to have a national monument
erected at the cost of the Treasury in Westminster
Abbey, and the fact is worthy OF particular note
In connection with the recent refusal of the dean
ana the chapter Of the Abbey, and Of the govern
ment. to permit the entombment there of the late
sir Henry Stanley, who had made the dying re-
quest that he might be laid to rest there near
Livingston, with whom his name will be forever
associated. Stanleys request rejected on the
plea that he not sufficiently great although
there are many who will hold that in opening up
the interior of the Dark Continent he had achieved
sufficient need of grandeur to entitle him to a
conspicuous place in the inches of history. Proba-
bly, what was meant that his services to the
British Empire were not sufficiently great TO
qualify him for a tomb in Westminster Abbey,
since the person who has derived the most benefit
from his African explorations has undoubtedly been
King Leopold of Belgium.
Lord Salisbury, on the other hand, devoted his
whole life exclusively the service of his country,
and. although his nephew. Premier Balfour.
very justly remarked. that the greatness Of a
Minister of Foreign Affairs never be fully APP
preciated by his contemporaries because much
of it remains undisclosed until the period when
the archives of his country and of the prnci-
pal foreign powers give forth their contents for
the information OF historians" yet 1t felt
both at home and abroad that a statesman he
was cast in larger mould than any of his col
legues in England and than most OF his contem
poraries abroad and all the world over he was
looked upon really great Englishman, the
impression OF his grandeur being strengthened
rather than weakened by his retirement and soon
following death.
General Sir John Mcneil. whose death has just
taken place at st. Jamess Palace. and who received
the fateful farewell visit of his sovereign few
hours before he breathed his last not merely
a carpet knight. as the fact that he had spent so
many years in the service of the royal household,
especially in that Of the late Queen Victoria might
have led people TO believe. He of the
Victoria Cross heroes. having that highly
priced distinction during the Indian Mutny, where
he took part in the historic defence of Lucknow.
lie likewise served in the New-Zealand and Ashanti
wars. IN the Red River expedition in the Egyptian
campaign of 1852. and again. years later. at
Suakim, the Red Sea
In fact his fighting and his personal services TO
royalty were sandwiched together that his life
may be said to have been divided between court
and camp He frequently in this country at
tended Prince Leopold TO Canada in 1880. and
likewise there with the Duchess of Argyll, when
her husband Marquis OF Lorne at ottawa
as Governor General. Indeed he saved Princess
Louise from almost certain death when her sleigh
was overturned at Montreal. and neither Queen
Victoria nor her children ever forgot this
Sir John was the owner OF the twin islands Of
Colonsay and Oronsay, the coast of Scotland.
where COLUMBIA landed from his coracle when in
expiation OF the sin Of his blood feud he ban
ished from Ireland, and of which a glimpse can
be obtained a fine day far down on the horizon
monks OF the earliest Christian ages had settle
ment there. and there interesting ruins Of
chapes and priories, with certain scultpured
cross that is considered one OF the most precious
archaeological treasures Of Scotland.
Sir John who never married and who lost his
parents and two Of his sisters in the wreck OF
the orion at Port Patrick in tho summer Of
1870 descended from the chiefs Of Castle Sween.
who shared with the MacIeans. OF Coll. the lord-
ship Of the Inner Hebrides. His home on
he % islands
was situated Killoran a weather beaten low stone
house. standing four square against the gales
which swept in from the ocean.
one of the features Of the place. familiar TO all
those who were entertained by him there. was
lis famous docanters. which ended points so
that the wine started around the table could
never rest until it again reached tho gallant old
host. repose for instant in the socket holes
cut into the solid mahogany at his end OF the
table almost black with age.
II IS hts sister. but his cousins a
Bed Chamber Woman to the late Queen who mar
ried the late Duke of Argyll lis third wife much
10 the annoyance OF his family.
Announcement is made OF the impending marriage
OF the khedives sister. Princess Naamat TO Prince
Kamel Eddin Pacha. OF that Prince Husseir
who the favorito OF old Khedive IsnaH |
and who would have been his heir on the throne
IN lieu OF the late Khedive Tewhk II the old gen |
tleman could have had his way. Prince Hussein |
is familiar figure to every American who has |
visited Egypt during the last ve-and- twenty years
Educated in England and graduated from oxford |
with his fair hair and mustachc his blue eyes
and his perfectly fitting frock coat. built by Poole
there nothing in his appearance or language 10
distinguish him from well bred Engshman save
the red fez or tarboush. which he invariably wore |
when in Egypt. He danced well. and had one ex- |
travagant and erratic wife. whose shortcomings |
both regards her hirtatIons and her expendI- |
lures no wont to bewail with an altogether I'M
Oriental freedom while promenading among those |
magnificent roses that rendered his gardens at |
Cairo so famous
Tewfk, his elder brother. tho father Of the pres
ent Khedive. was the Of fellaheen or peas |
ant woman, and Khedve IsmaIl, whereas Hussein |
was the offspring Of princess who remained to |
the end one of the favorite wives of her husband
Indeed had 1t not been for the interference of Eng
land, Khedive Ismail would have set aside his |
eldest Tewhk and proclaimed the infinitely |
more brilliant Hussein heir to his crown.
The princess who is about to become his daugh- |
ter-in-law, created sensation about year or so
ago by suddenly deserving her stupid husband |
Prince Djemil Toussoun who was filling the place |
OF Secretary OF tho Turkish Embassy at Vienna /
The princess declared have lost her heart |
to q young Austrian nOoleman and the matter ere |
ated such scandal that the prince forced &c |
resign his post Eventually the princess returned |
to Egypt. where she placed under temporary |
arrest in her palace by her brother. the Ihedve |
while Prince Toussoun. spite OF all the pressure
brought to bear upon him. insisted getting |
divorce from her. Ks she is very rich and ex. |
tremely good looking, and as her future husband |
has little fortune. he may be congratulated |
the match.
Lord Wlnchilsea's brother the Hon. Harold |
Finch-HattOn. whose death has Just taken place |
IN England enjoyed the distinction OF being the |
only white man who had ever succeeded in master
ing the Australian native art Of throwing the |