New-York tribune., 1908-05-03

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and we gather from numerous entries in n.
lanes diary that he felt his position at ,bi,
time to be a precari0us one" Thus his bio,
rapher upon an early page. but Deane va,
not long in feeling himself firm fixed in IA.
saddle, and thenceforth his career vas m
cIouded by anxiety
This book wildly brings out his unwaverin,
devotion TO the paper. Its fortunes constitutes
in a peculiar sense. his chief interest in life N
1861 Lord Palmerston offered him the Cnder
secretaryship for War Both the character of u
man and his passion for his work are illustrated
in the letter on the subject which he wrote % h.
proprietor. 1t runs in part as follows:
Tbi- Mace is one which. without vanity. beisva
am 6d G2inRe[snt p 1 sggeste 81 that il might sZ. q;
evcs I said at once that IL would BE- most base %
me- me 70 bad risen 10 Hndeserred erni6ence va
told take time to CONSIDER ana gave the SAM
SG,c T,sntioning the matter % you lest you should
iLGII TON IL MS Trim 10 build I'D a claim FOR ps3
paper-I must either work for II OF n2- az al
T, his work FOR it ne had. to begin with an
;,stf,ctfve faculty for large affairs. fair fo-
weighing great issues and coming quickly u
n decision that was apt to be the right one
Ono of his colleagues. MoWbray Morris, is
quoted as saying Of him, It IS these flashes
Of sure intuition which save him Il ne were
in the habit of hesitatins he would often 90
urone Rut. being what he IS, even when taken
entirely by surprise. he rarely makes a mis-
take" KingIake. who was his intimate. has
left this portrait Of him in his Invasion of the
Crimea":
A man Of great ardour. great easerneSs. ard ons
nassionateIy imbued with the spirit or journalism
His society was beyond measure interesting
the world He used sene1dIly - D-.- go. ,Sl..la
i'm such a way 70 avoid coming lnt9 flSpute q "a
his comrades. and liked best % reinforce VIA,
,bay said by conveying in aneCdOte some fragments
Of that rare knowledge concerning IIri ana th-.r
He had the outward cor-posure. rae air q
power rot vet put forth. tEaf 5eeoz 5s s,77zs r
energies were rather conpre~sed J5aI .4.,sd-J.l.
tbe furnace IL may sp@tE- Htl is h-ss
"banked up ready TO blaze INTO acl-'i-
rr,u nractfcalIv. dfd he use the resources
that were in his own naturee H." d-i ne ed-
.,rbe Times" so as 70 MAKE II rcSp-.- I'd al houa
and abroad. an organ Of opinion valued and
e,>..n feared in the highest quarters We have
oIro,dy indicated the policy he followed in tn
forr7ation of his staff \ % much socll.
charm. he fraqueuted all OF the really significant
circles Of his time and. suppleneHt.HS the -
nort5 of his agents with what b. earned il
conversation. he sought % make himself What
his biographer maintains that he became. tha
best informed man in England he mad a gen
orally impeCcabIe tact. L Viii not NIX Up DIS
ness y,-frh Measure" h.. said. When I leave
SerieantS Inn I know nothing about 1Ths
Times" and his frnumerabie friends rec0gniZed
the distinction that IL drew between his puhiic
and private functions. Thy knew also tha-
they could trust his good faith up to the hit
and the vOIurninOus correspondent printed IN
these volumes forms a rnagnifcen- testimonial
to the confidence reposed in him b. al manner
of MN. He was welcome in all the great houses
of England and his hosts were never any The
less cordial because they knew that Tia
Times of the following day might very possibly
contain an editorial bitterly opposing some pol
Prime ministers and other officials. people about
the court or statesmen temporarily II retire
rnent wrote to him with the utmost freedom.
sometimes no doubt. desiring to influence his
Judgment but always with a consciousness that
mis- ultimate aCtion-if he took any action at al
would be settled according 70 his Own opinion
They knew that his decision would be gov
erned by a high seriousness and by a rigid
Iicitude for the public interest At the sam4
time he was ever alert for the interests Of his
paper He did not always like 70 have poIt-
fcaI secret given TO him. in confidence. by tha
politician most closely concerned He felt that
the possession of it would erlbarrass him as i
journalist IT, before the man WE0 gave i
him authorized him 70 Il. il was -evedled -
him from another source. Just where he found
release from his sense Of responsibility -oWarl
the original owners Of a secret IS delicate
question. on which his biographer does not