The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-17

nulu. EtTBe. enM8 No 0u@D1 wonlu NO
hsar 10 his leaving tn War 0a,oe. - Oh
had morO eonndsacS IN him than IN any
prSvioas Minister. "This h D.s report
what does hs wish himsslff- Mr.. Hardy
nOass In parentheaia. Andin the SECOND
place. that the Chancsllor of the Ex'
choqnss. having had no haavy department
TO ongroas him, had bssn placed by ths
miscsllAnsouB charactsr Of his duties IN
moro frOquenG commumlcatiom win tbs
members - e. AAlalAAry. slnoommandina
SlOaUsnce.' wrOes Disrasll. your supsri-
Ority b quite askn0wlSdGsd-' Mr.. Hardy
spohs directly 10 NOgthooaN % the matter,
telling him that 10 did not give 40 hia
claims without reluoeAno@ mogo on
account % Oehsrs than himsslf. To pisrasal
hs wr0es: Il win not dlagaise from y0o
/ that I feel q certain pang a diaApp0lne-
nent &C thin practical limit 20 my oaFssr.
bua am sufncisntly doubtful Of my fitness
for tho post and 90 sAtiHned with ths
selsctioa % NorthOoes that am preparod
60 work under him a. loyalty ~ have
always done with yourself A. the
same time hS announced % Disrasli that
hs would probably aeon ask 10 b 70
loved from an once for which ha
bad no prsdilecsi0a and follow him TO
. more tranquil sphers'-ehS HOUSE %
Lords. HAs comment IN his summary
written I'm lsss b this: Il an TAR frum
dispufing the wisdom of selectinG North
cote for the post which he lDiaraelil lefe.
but h changed my position alsoesther.
I can truly say that served ~ steadily
and faithfully 20 the nsw leader a. had
done 20 the old. No doubt wss disAp-
pointed. but only for tho moment. and
thoueh possibly ambition han not been
% grati6sd a. e might have hssn. happi-
neas and homo have gained by my moro
humble position.- In these phrases thu
man b summed mp. 90 hin caresr proves.
Absolute loyalty and truth. tender love
for homo and every mambsr % his largo
family. Of whioh ws ore allowed brief bis
convinclng Giimppss by the eelsotions-
these wore the ksynOeo OF his no. COM
btned with dsvout bat unoseeneseious
religious Convictions. Hin comment In
hin diary % 60 the impending departure
Of Disrasli b: For me Il changes hope
noa. hope. 60 disounesns hut 90 apathy.
and shall not look forward 60 the House
a. Commons - I have DONE Undsr
such circumstances Il h not surprising
that hs soon began 90 fssl that Il was
-bscoming IN tntolsrAhao life.' with sss-
siOns lasting untEl long afesr midnight
and &C times vel into the NEXT nsoming.
Hs might have become Firss Lord Of tho
Admiralty had no cAossn. and Lord
BsAconsRsld (As Disrash had nov bs-
coms) told him that In any change he was
60 remember THAI no had tho frse oiBsr az
everything. % great had his services been
90 the. party and 90 him.
For four months the great iasuss Of
peace and war trsmbled In the balance.
and upon Hardy % SECRETARY for War
dsvolved the burden Of makiag prspnrA-
t,ons for possible. lndeed probable. mill
tary operations. addsd 90 the strain of
constant and Anxiosa delIhsrasion I'm
the Cabinet, Il was his unshaksn convio-
ton 20 the day Of his death that the 90
called jingo policy. In which he cordially
supported his chief. was inatrumsntAl
In preserving the peace % Europe. and
that q policy 0f drift would have ~
suited In a repetition Of the svsnts Of
lass and q second war with RuasiA. He
agreed with Lord Lyons. who was strongly
% opinion that IL Russia were allowed
to enter ConstAneinopBe abe would not
leave %: "ah0 would celSbrafs mass in
Sc. Sofa and u would become i'm
po@aible.' Accordingly. when the ersAty
% San StefAno wAs signed On March ..
1878. England ineistsd upon its being
submitted to . European congress. and on
March - 10 was dstsrminsd % call out
the reserves. Thereupon Lord Derby
resigned. vas succeeded by Lord Salis-
bury At the Forsign Once. and Mr.. Hardy
took HIS place &C the India 0fiice. In this
same meath the second Of his sons 20
become member OF Parliament was
elected: 90 THAI for the remainder Of hin
time in tho Commons he had two soma
- his COLLEAGUES.
He had already spoken On Dis
rAeli two years previously on the
subject Of the HOUSE Of Lords. and now
while Accepting the India once az
a duty he REQUIRED 10 the matter, saying
that whatever honors he might rsceivo
the wished TO share with one who had
made his life 90 happy and 20 go more
% homo than no could possibly do In
the House Of Commons. whan this
elevation to the upper house vas decided
upon there was much woe and grisf in
the House OF Commons and many s6orts
we're made TO induce him Af least 70 dafer
his departure. including . memorial
signed by $50 mombers. But he fels him.
sslf In false position In tho second plAcs.
though having accepted u he was deter
mined Co afford no opportunity for in
trigle or disloyalty 70 his new chief:
and 80 he insisted upon resigning a.
member for Oxford. He &C first intended
TO commemorate his membership for
the University. Of which he was in
tenseiy proud. by becoming Wis.,
count Oxford. but As IL was found Co be
the title OF an extinct peerRgs he de-
ctded Co take his title from CrAnbrook, a
llttls country town on the borders Of the
estate he had purchased many years be-
fore for tho family sat In Kent. He eddsd
his mothers family name Of 0ashorns
TO that Of Hardy &C the desire Of his wife
and family with the consent % the sur
vivinG head Of his mothers family, and
on May >. 1878. his career In the HOUSE Of
Commons cams 10 class whsu his essva-
tiSn 90 the pserAes a. viscount Cranbrook
va snpounced In the 0assffs.
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