New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-28

Grated by his own people and they claim that
while they cannot approve Of ell his public and pri-
vate acts. yet that as monarch he has been OF In
esumable advantage 20 his country: that he has
contributed in small measure TO the develop
ment OF its resources: that By his statecraft and
diplomacy he has acquired FOR Il a far larger place
and more Important role IN the concert OF powers
than warranted by It's size that ne has had na-
tonal interests at heart and that in one word. he
has been most useful king.
In fact. the worthy Belsians. led by the attacks
rom abroad upon their sovereign 20 champion his
cause. are positively beginning to admire him. and
TO appreciate in their true light the qualities which
he possesses. and which atone IN a measure for his
faults, and he IS actually becoming popular in his
dominions FOR the first time since his accession to
the throne
HIS subjects however are right in declaring that
the suit ought 70 have been avoided no matter at
what cost. the more so as the King could have
easily compromised Il by the payment Of rela-
lively small sum Of money and by the continuation
Of his daughter StepLanies allowance. He is. how
ever. terribly ohstinate-more So in fact than any
other Old World monarch since the DAYS Of King
George III os EnEland-and IN this instance. it IS
not a question OF sparing money that has in
nCenced him. but the animosity aroused in his
breast by the resistance OF his daughter stephanie
to his viii.
No wonder that people predict the early downfall
OF the Balfour administration. For Il Is house
divided against itself. and at the present moment
one 7nds each week IN The London Saturday Re-
view admittedly owned inspired and even edited
by Lord Hardwtcie, Under Secretary Of State for
India violently attacking the army reforms begun
at the War Department under the direction OF Ar
mold Forster. Secretary Of State FOR War OF course
81 must not be FORGOTTEN that Lord HardwicSe's
present chief at the India Office St John Brodrick
preceded Arnold Forster at the War Department
and that the latter is undong all Brodrick's
work and abolishing his reforms impractical BILE
Still Il seems strange, to say the least 70 md one
member Of the administration availinK himself OF
his ownership OF a newspaper to attack one Of his
colleagues N the pages thereof and Il does not
vey any impression Of that unity OF purpose on the
part OF the Cabinet which is indispensable TO the
success Of its policy.
Reginald Ward. the younger brother Of Lord
Dudley, who died the other day. so universally re-
GREETED, was sportsman IN the best sense OF the
word, for he not only bred and trained racehorses
but likewise rode them himself both IN steeple and
nat races. That IS the sport OF horse-acing in It's
highest form He was well known as a race
horse owner and gentleman rider on the Continent
as in England. and came in a winner in several
steeplechases at AuteuI. When here, 10 act as
best man to the Duke Of Roxburghe on the occa-
sion Of the latter's wedding fall. he made many
friends, and typical specimen OF the high
bred English gentleman. whose gentle courtesy OF
manner was the natural accompaniment OF a brave
heart OF which latter he gave abundant evidence
during his gallant service in the South African
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.