New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-17
London. sentemher p.

n LAAoE OF themselves. lneN would
=, 60 beyond that limited panegyric. The re-
-.rk was made by a German officer high in
-. not long after the Beer war and it was
p.a-seberg which ranked in his German mind
80 would not suffer him TO award 20 the English
-s,srsl E great power Of leadership in the field.
MT believe German opinion on that battle has
Enee undergone revision. Whether & has or
sa LOrd Kitchener's military renown can
.sy take care OF itself; is il his soldiership
rhioh I am going 70 discuss. ] happen TO have
MT him row and then. and what else I have
q Ey about him is personal. I hope not too
ssrs0nal.
Il was or q journey from London TO Alder
s.ook Nj. Ralli's beautiful place in Sussex, that
isEst saw Lord Kitchener We were q week
81 party and went down together in a saloon
sr.Ege. The figure which next 10 Lord Kitch-
,asFs stands out clearest is the late Lord
slsnesks. stin in the vigor OF his versatile pow
ss and accomplishments and attractions The
oseasion was the more interesting because Lord
Uichsner had then lately returned from Egypt.
,sd from that victorious campaign which he.
sn6 be alone. had planned and carried through
from beginning 70 end ia strict fulhlment OF
he scheme framed before the actual prepara-
toas FOR il had been begun. This also might in
1soe our German military friend TO reconsider
aat ctief q star opinion above quoted.
It was known that this second hero Of Khar-
t5um-Gordon being the frst-was to travel by
MS train. II was al express, and there was no
SOP before Guildford. But consider the en-
AEsiasm q tie British people when they have
Q real hero The stations through which the
Hzih Numbered AZ forty miles an hour were
soWded with people. They could not get so
inch as glimpse OF their idol. but they stood
nd cheereo and waved their hats 10 the train
-
Haehee GuildtoEd six OF seven thousand people
'hrongeo that station. They hurrahed for
Kitchener" and as the cries for Kitchener"
net Win no response, they were raised again
and again. LORD Kitchener sat IN 2 corner
auriea in rough gray overcoat, silent and
bored. Re had no taste for "ovatioas" and
=.uEphal greetings. Lord Glenesk told him he
nAlly must show himself and acknowledge these
ssUtauons- So LORD Kitchener rose with an i'll
grace, walked 10 one Of the open doors OF the
aloon. raised his hand with q swift military
l.fk 70 his bowler and retreated The tumult
increased, but ne would not show himself
second time The cneers rolled on. without ef-
sst- The IDOL would not be idoEzed. Il was not
z temper. but indifference. He was in multi
nc Il was the soldier the multitude demanded
see. In truth. Lord Kitoheners appearance
Z the moment was not military. It was re-
little advantage in his gray clothes. none TOO
vel fitting. When evening came he was an
otAsr man. Just as unmisrakably the soldier
Is If IN fun uniform.
&c was az that time brooding over his Gordon
c6lege scheme for Khartoum He wanted $780,
90 ana he doubted whether he should get it. In
rziz hs friends urged hiEa TO make his appeal
No" said Lord Kitchener. nothing less than
l0eeoo viii be OF any use. It is a large sum
should not like 10 fail and if they gave me
e-ly part Of the amount would have to return
= He was told that his name would be
enough II was the psychological moment De-
Ay would only in!nre his chances. Lord Glen
esk offered him $1,000 across the dinner table,
and other sums were offered there and then, and
iH support OF TWO powerful newspapers was
FEomised- stin he hesitated. and stin he re-
pa'ed, 4 should not like 70 fail" At last one
q the company said:
We'll Lord Kitchener, if you had doubted
about your campaign as you Go about this you
would never have got 70 Khartoum"
Ais face hardened. and HIS reply was char
aetsristc o. The man:
-Perhsps not: but then could depend on my
eL ano nov have 20 depend on the British
public"
Sui be dc ask for the money. and got all and
more than all he wanted with no difficulty what
ever Il appeared that the British public also
sas 70 be depended on.
me United States government was at this
'as IL some perplezity about the Philippines,
mere matters were not going well. Lord
AHehener asked what we were going to do
s~ai il and how We meant 20 govern the 200
SANDS he seemed 10 think they were giving us
L'ie trouble than they ought ! explained that
= business OF annexing territory on the other
q the globe was new cu.. n ms that doxvv,
within few years the American Republic
4aA sef-contained that we had therefore no
-aoAinery for the purpose. no civil or military
'1'iee intended trained for distant duties.
II 1'acitoas, no experience OF any kind. and no
- whoever went 70 the Philippines had TO
- Ris business from the beginning, and the
~sness was very difficult one
Nofo Kitchener listened to all this thought
moment looked across the table. and said: L
.''ia IKE 10 govern them for you" And al
-'-gh i was not said seriously and could not
= +" was evident that Lord Kitchener would
y vel have liked 20 take over job Of thar
-lo had IL been possible His mind turned
-oig - executive. administrative and Gre
- work The task of reducing eight or nine
-iaons q Tlipinos and other races 20 order
on to- which he was fitted.
." long efter that al American who had
lady once been Civil Governor Of the Philips
- iof short time resumed that post ana
Il - Il ioT two years he won the confidence OF
fsopie out u chaos he brought order He
" an administrative system. He treated the
a'A 9ustly He brought them TO cooperate
4" ueii rulers. when lie left. he left behind
II E2ferHmeuJ incomparably better than
- 'a'ai'os had ever known. Life, liberty. prop
-. az civil and personal rights were protect
u, frog less had begun. Trade and commerce
II "sgln u flourish, and have continued 10
.safish 50 Tar as tariff conditions permit. 10y
'li sentiment meyer hef0re l,,ov-n fbou9t q