Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-25
"Who in the Dickens Is Lord Esher?"
British Army Has Discovered That He That
He Mostly Runs the Navy Rest
That Too and Now Everybody Wants Know Who This Mani

himself with questions OF high politics
Lord Esther could hardly get back at
the kaiser but he punished the kaiser's
friend. Lord Tweedmouth. by throwing
him out Of the admiralty.
Another man who tried 10 snub him
was General Smith Dorrieu who was
then nder-in-chlef at Aldershot.
one day General Smith Dorrien re-
CciVed telegram signed "Esher,
which read something Ike this. Come
up 10 town az once and see me" Gen
eral smith Dorrien replied. sorry !
DON'T know you" The next day the
general received peremptory order
from the war Office 20 report 10 See
rotary Haldane. and when he arrived
i'm Whitehall. Mr.. Haldane presented
him with "a smile TO Lord Esher and
told him that he was 70 give his lord
ship any information which ne desired
This incident became known i'm some
mysterious way throughout the army
and since then the officers Of either
service have been chary OF getting at
loggerheads with Lord Esher.
ANOTHER CASE.
Another case Of a man who tried To-
snub Lord Esher and lived 60 be sorry
for il was Sir Charles Hardinge, per
manont secretary az the foreign Office.
NlNHN were ldlNfl NAidilltu at Ailt
time between England and Russia, and
one day Sir Charles received a note
from Lord Esther asking for some pa
Ders bearing on the situation. and say
ing that the king wanted To see them
Sir Charles replied that II his majesty
wanted the papers and would ask for
them they would De- furnished without
delay Tho same day he received
personal order from the king for The
papers, and a few days later they were
returned In person by Lord Esher This
incident made the officials Of the Vari-
Gus branches OF the clvil service think
that Lord lcshcr was "A man whose
commands had better b. obeyed With
the exception of the kaiser story these
incidents have never appeared bon print
before. There are many reasons why
They could not be printed On England,
but I have them on mimpeachabll
authority -.,-
ROYAL RIVAL.
Just now Lord Eshcr is engaged 10
the fight OF his life with the Duke of
Connaught, King Edward brother,
and for the first time the fight seems
90 bee "a fairly even one. lie succeeded
iu getting tho duke out Of the post OF
Inspector general OF the forces 90 make
q place for his friend Gen Sir John
French lie sent the duke 10 Malta
NEAlIMA Nus rs IIN 10 OAAAHN a. NnflfHn
appointment, and when the duke Tee
hellcd and came home he ousted him
from the selection board 81 the army
as "a punishment. and now he BIS moving
heaven and earth 10 get him sent
abroad again Tho gossip say that
Lord Fisher does not want tho duke in
England because he alone OF am the
officers in the army is strong enough
to resist his influence, and lf ncCcs-
IN oil a afanMEfIIf re
that as IL may Lord Esher is trying
90 persuade the king 10 send the duke
"a another foreign post
is NOT Az ENTERTAINER.
Lord Esher has a nice place in
Windsor forest called Orchard Lea. but
by no stretch OF tho Imagination could
II boz called "a great house. His town
residence is "a modest little place lG
Tilucy street. Mayfair. just round the
corner from Dorchester House the re-i-
denoe OF WhitelaW Reid. the American
ambassador Ina fact 10 might almost
bee said 60 be- Boo the back yard o,
Dorchester House. He seldom goes into
society and his own entertainments are
small and lUfrequeut, but there ls n0
house boz London where a larger NUM-
ber of really important people can be
met
HARMswORTH HIS CHUM.
venture % suggest "a solution OF
at least part % the mystery of Lord
Eshers power Ills particular Crony
Do certain young man of ~ who used
10 draw 81 "a week on "a 2-Oeut weekly
PAPER called Tit Bits made up OF para
graphs cut from other publications.
and who concluded al tine axe of %
Gao start rival paper uf his own
which be called Answer. That young
man now controls some 3o periodicals.
one OF which happens to Doe the most
powerful influence among tho masses
of ans newspaper in England Tho
Daily Maitland another of which o.
the most powerful influence among ths
"class oa The London TImesi
That young man Of course is Lord
Northclme formerly Alfred Hamf-
worth Northcllme and Esher think eR-
antly alike apparently ON every possi-
bile subject III you can guess which 70
is that thinks drst II may be- that you
can guess which r. the taI that Wags
the British bulldog
JOHN SCOTT