New-York tribune., 1907-10-26

complished by gentle means he would ATTEMPT 10
accomplish with brusqueness. Her protests wers
of no avail Dispatches We're forwarded without
the notifications they were certain to receive
If submitted 70 her in time and the explanations
she would then demand would never be satis-
factory. In Spain. in France. in Italy. wherever
the Queens political relations required. in her
opinion, to be handled in one way, Palmerston
was sure to handle them in another. The letter
10 Lord John Russell in which. at one particu-
larly strained moment. she summarized her de-
mards upon the Foreign Office. is so interesting
as showing her view of the interdependence OF
the Crown and The Cabinet that it must be
quoted here:
With reference 70 the conversation about Lord
Palrerston which the Queen had with Lord John
Russell the other day. and Lord PaImerston's disa-
by the various ueglects of which she had so long
and SO often 10 complain she thinks II right In
70 explain Ctrt u is she expects from her Foreiga
SccTstcry Sh. requires: - That he viii dis
yrhat she has given her R5ya sanction 1s9 Eayin
once giren her sanction 70 "a measure that il be nor
arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister;
such act she must consider failing IN sincerity
exercise OF hex Constitutional right OF disnlissing
what passes between him and the Foreign Ministers
before IMPORTANT decisions are taken. based upon
In go0u time, and To have the drafts for her ap-
acquainted with thcir contents before they be
sent of. The Queen thinks II best that Lord John
Russell should show this letter to Lord PalmerstOn-
Lord Palmerston's defeat is an old story and
the many steps leading up TO it need not be re-
capitulated here. What is important for the
readers of these letters is the disclosure they
make of the Queens steadiness Of poiss
throughout the affair. She burns with indisla-
tion. but she proceeds with a calm patience very
different from the qualities shown in her first
skirmsh with Peel and her nl-advlsed persist
ence in the correspondence with Melbourne.
ThenCeforth she is in fun possession Of herself
both as q woman and a ruler. and there IS a
kind of impersoual strength shining through the
rest OF the record which King Edward has
given 10 the world.
That record presents the Queen. We have
noted, as a supporter Of peace. She never lost
an opportunity To do what she could. through
her private correspondence with foreign powers
as well as through diplomatic channels. to
strengthen peace everywhere Yet she was. from
her earliest days proud OF being a soldiers
daughter. and whenever questions OF war are
touched upon in her letters. in those re-
ferring TO military operations in India or in the
Crimea this fact comes vivdly 10 the surface
The British forces are always my troops" She
IS quick 10 reward her officers and as quick to
sympathize with the men. and there are some,
touching passages here relating 10 her bestowai
Of medals upon returned soldiers. Apropos OK
this subject We must quote the following;
The Queen returns the drawings FOR the he VIC.
toria Cross The motto would be beCterl
For VaIour" than For the Brave" this would
lead 10 the inference that only those deemed
brave who have got the Victoria Cross.
How generous she could be- too. TO the fallen.
is shown by several letters touching on losers In
her Indian campaigns. Lord Clarendon wrote 70
her in 1857, saying that he was sorry % learn