New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
XIV1Ir.
London. December %


become AT most he was known as a
naval officer Of promise. He had not
then taken the Condor. a mere gunboat,
past the forts of Alexandria TO earn Sir
Beauchanp Seymour's signalled We'll
done, Condor But he was a figure in
The outer world, by which l mean the
world outside the navy, and in that So
clety which q, inks itself, and for some
purposes is, the inner world. He spent
week at Invercauld-a week which he
enlivened by Irish wit and by stories,
Irish and other, Of which his repertory
was ineKhaUstible. and by 4 genial,
sparkling good hunor. also ineXhausti-
bic. There was IN those DAYS a tolera-
ton OF practical jokes, and it is possible
Lord Charles played one now and then.
but always without malice. He was, at
sny rate, the life Of the party. He was
never tired, his talk never grew stale,
his wit was the cause Of wit in others,
his good spirits put everybody else in
good spirits
4 week Is a long time. Most men with
seven days in front OF them in country
house economic their resources. But
vElat Irishman ever stopped to so poor Il
virtue as economy? No, Lord Charles,
certainly. He squandered his possessions
IS if there Were no bottom to his purse,
nor was there. Whether he lived on
capital or income mattered not. An
Irishman knows no difference between
the two Lady Charles was with him.
and she, though not an Irish woman, had
much Of the Irish quickness and clever
ness Wh,l they departed. it was amid
tears and fireworks. The whole COM
pany q guests came to the door-which
is unusual-to see them off. You know
said Lord Charles, I am not really go
ing, but my wife is. and / ike her to
think am going with her" He added
EraveIy, you have all behaved very
well end have amused US, though I don't
suppose you knew it Thank you, very
much
There was in this group at the door
IN Englishman whose English mind
seemed disconnected by this speech. He
asked me.
DO you think Lord Charles is making
fun Of u.s."
Nothing more likely"
But how can I have amused him.
I think you had better ask him"
There is. there always has been, and
there always viii be, an tncompatibility
of temper between the Irishman and the
Englishnan Neither Of them under
stands the other. An appreciation, to be
If value. must be a sympathetic appre-
citation. If l. be sympathetic it does not
matter how critical it is. In 2 dim way
the Engiishman IS conscious of this He
knows that whether he rules Ireland by
The law Of blood and iron, or scatters
plenty Ger a smiling land-though the
land may smile the tenant OF the land
does not. There Is not a rule of political
economy or an axiom Of property which
the English Parliament has not during
the last forty years, broken in favor Of
the Irish tenant. But England and the
English. after spending and pledging
scores Of millions Of their own money,
and many other scores of millions of tho
Irish landlords money, are as much
hated by the irish as ever. l do not
think the Englishman particularly cares
whether he is hated or not. He does
what he thinks right and goes his way.
He does net understand that the Irish
man cares not only what is done but
how il is done, or that he wants kind
word with the gift.
Lord Charles Beresford is a proof that
something IS deficient on the Irish side
as well as On the English. He has car
RED on his fight with the Admiralty as
f il we're . shindy in ireland. Since
those days at Invercauld he has become
= great figure in the nay and in the
general public life Of England. The Eng
Ssh naturally expect him TO conform TO
the traditions Of public life in England.
But Il IS idle TO expect him to conform
to anything but his own ideas He is too
strong a personality to accept the con-
ventions Of an alien society. He has done
-egrera bIe things. Impelled by con-
zicrion that the navy was suffering at
The hands Of the Admiralty, he has at
lacked the --lmiralty and the First
Sea Lord in g manner subversive Of dis
cipline and injurious 70 the service. He
has split the navy into two parties. He
hae . great following. He is beloved by
officers and men who have served under
MIN He complains that officers known
g be his friends suffer because they are
his friends The Admiralty deny it.
He asked for commission 10 investi
gate the whole body of his criticisms
upon naval administration. lie got it
: commission including the Prime Minis
ter and some Of his colleagu which
Lord Charles himself described as a
commission SO good that it could not be
better They decided unanimously that
lord Charles had not made out his case.
Did he accept that verdict and suppress
MS complaints? Not at all He con-
finues them in one form or another. He
x az Irishman, and in an Irishman the
feminine element IS always strong.
Facts, reasons, arguments, are not to
the Irishman or to The woman convinc-
irg The Irish and feminine intellects
are emotional
II was really duel between Admiral
Lord Charles and Sir John Fisher, the
First Sea Lord. AS things stand to-day,
ne First Sea Lord has beaten the Ad-
rnirsL Lord Charles had to resign the
command OF the feet at the end of two
vears. though holding himself entitled 10
three years He has appealed TO the
public. but the public, on the whole,
though Lord Charles is personally an