The Washington herald., 1908-09-06

an effort to encourage the development oi
its resources and industries As IL the
case Of most Of the other important vice
/ regents. NorthcOte's wife hes beer a
( great help 10 him She was fhe feadel
/ in The movement to get Australian women
I to patronize home -dressmakiug. 10 The
/ exclusion Of London and prris shops. An
other Of her hobbies has been h=r propa-
ganda in behalf Of native jewels. and
she planned and carried through alone 20
I a successful climax "A wGI1ols exhibition
that appreeiably increased Sh= output Of
! various native industries
1 Prior 10 going 10 Australia Lord North
cote was governor of Bombay Hc has
4 been absent from home for nearly q dec
ade. and the Earl Of Dudley was sent ogt
20 relieve him. as he Io1eei 10 sac Eng
/ hand once more Australia has devcl5-cd
I Northcote in one thing. u none other
When IN Parliament he very rarely open
ed his mouth in speech As governor gen
eral he was -orced TO peak frequently.
and as a result has become a very fair
off-hand talker. with somewhat of a repI-
tation for saying humorous things at the
I psychological moment
Vice Regents Who Worked Way Up.
Lord William Lee Pluakett. governor of
I
OF our feet when It was in Auckland
Harbcr recently. is another Of the en-
pire's vice regents who has served as
private secretary This post he held 10
the lord lieutenant OF Ireland Just prior
TO his appointment 10 the New Zealand
honor. and so he comes in tEe rather
long list Of British proconsuls Of the pres
ent day who have received at least a part
Of their training in governing in the En-
erald Isle. Plunket is only forty-fou- and
among the youngest OF the colonial rep
resentatlves Of the throne
Lord Cromer's successor in Egypt. SIR
Eldon Gorst. began his diplomatic career
IN Egypt as an attacLe when he was
twenty-siN years old Excepting only his
immediate successor he Is the worlds
best posted authority on Egypt and its
divers problems. and this intricate kn0wl-
edge DE has obtained by working himself
Up step by step in the Egyptian service
Johnnie Gorst- as he is famiHarIy
known in the land 0f the Pharaohs. was
Crvmer's right hand man for years and
because Liberal government could find
no one IN its party skilled enough 10 han
de Egyptian affairs it perf0rce gave
Cromers position 90 G0rsr- thorough
Conservative in sentiment and in deeds
Physically. GorSt looks more Ike a
sErewd Yankee than q son Of Britannia
Unlike most Of the British pT0CouSuIs.
Johnnie" Gurs- cannot boast Of pos
.-zssing diplomatic helpmeet- The daugn-
Ser Of former partner Of Cecil Rhodes
she brought q fortune TO her husband but
the advantages derived from this have
been couuterbalau-ed in large part uv
Lady t4Grsts s delight in commenting vii
tly and sharply on persons and things
Which does not 80 in EEypt any more
than IN less ancient quarters OF the globe
Sir Sydney Olivier. who succeeded SWEET
fenha-n. OF earthquake uoro-ietv. in Ja-
maica. got into the colonial service over
quarter Of century $50 by heading
the open competition for entrance He
has seen Tot Of service IN this country.
where he IS extremely popular. and in the
West Indies He writes but evidently
does not take his literary work serious
~ for he declares that his recrearions
are normal forms Of l1afng and diet
tanisn-"
In Sir William MacGregor. OF New
foundland- the empire has a proco1-
sui who has his gold medal for saving
life at sea He also has the distinction
- having proclaimed British sovereignty
over a rather large. though stiI consiI-
erably uDeNplored possession of the
crown. British New Guinea. Sir Williams
specially IS governing Islands az various
periods Of his life having been In charge
Of quite few OF Bri1ain's Pacific pos
sessions before being transferred 70 the
Atlantic
The Earl of SeIborue. who is keeping
an anxious eve on Britains interests in
south Africa where he is known as hseb
commissioner is the same chap who sew
eral years ego stirred Up the old fossils
in the admiralty by co-ordinating the diff
ferent branches of the service. so chat
now an officer Of the British navy is able
% sail a ship. fght a ship. ana run its
mechanism He side-traCzeG the figure
head admirals. hastened promotions. and
otherwise turned the admiralty upside
down In reforming IT, When he was made
nrSt lord Of the admiralty by SALISBURY.
MS father-i1-iaw. a great many people de-
cared II another case OF rank uepotism.
especially as the cabinet already contain