The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-03-07

Y oNDON March 6.-The necessity for nurses for the territorials A-< has, of course, arisen side by side with the swift development of the scheme and everyb ody that is mobil- ized will be accompanied by body Of nurses, and efforts are being made to encourage this phase of the work.
 Nothing has been more faulty in our military system than the organization of the nurses, who have often been made to suffer untold hardships by the stupid red tape in which they are too often entangled. and the way in which old methods are not revised, until in the very press of active work their incongruity and ahsurdity become obvi- ous.
 Tn ere can be little doubt that re- sponsibility is one of the very best factors for calling out all that is great and worthy in man or woman.
 Lord Dudley has recently been ap- pointed as governor general in Aus tralia. He has already occupied the position of viceroy of Ireland, and his reputation for the love of magnificence and the employment of outriders and powdered footmen, reached Australia before they realized that the man had genuine qualities which were not ex- pressed in these undemocratic access sories.
 When the governor general landed in Australia. they found man Who was strong and friendly, and deter mined to move about among the peo- nle. understand their conditions and respect their prejudiees.
 A short time ago Lord Dudley was to arrive at a mining city 10 attend a review The car in which the gov ernor-eeneral rodo broke down, and tb., chauffeur was unable to effect re- nairs so that thero seemed but little prospect of the appointment belng kept. ,., Ca, a farmers cart, bat the country was lonely and none was to be round. ffes- emily he heard the whistle Of the ap- proaching engine on the tram pound TOT Ballarat The whole party repaired 10 inc line. and by waving sticks and hand lsarchiefs the train was stopped, and, clinging to the footplate of the ballast engine. the governor general and his pri- vate secretary and aide-de-camp were finally conveyed to their destination.
 A band of navies were on board the ballast train, and on reaching Baiiarat' the platform resounded with the ringing cheers of the men who received the gov ernor general for the first tune under these strange conditions.
 It Is this free spirit and boysh enjoy ment of life which will endear Lord Dudley to the people of that new world, and the responsible position will call out, in one who has the capacity of fulfilling it. all. that is best and finest in his own nature.
 The welcome which pr. Sven Hedin re- ceived from the great audience at Queens hall this week. among whom was the secretary of state for India, Lord Merely must have. brought cheer to that most enterprising traveller whose experi- ences read like one of the stories in the Arabian Nights.
 His Journey through the forbidden country, the great unknown territory was tale of thrilling interest, given in fluent although somewhat broken Eng fish, in the most picturesque manner.
 The wildness and the desolation of the country were well examplifed by the lecturer. when he told story of the frozen snow fields and the lonely raven which followed the band of travellers for a month waiting patiently for the pos sibility of some one being left behind.
 The meeting between the explorer and the father of all the Tibetan robbers was delightful in It's simplicity and human touches He described the New Years festivities in Brama-Putra and the Holy Lakes which had their source in the three tremendous glaciers, "a dream of frost and snow" and the Holy Ice moun- tain round which the pilgrims walk 1S