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

treas.' as mentioned In theas rocords,
h not rsportsd. Dean Stanley elsO died,
and Lord Cranbrook. summing up his
career. says: -Ons did not look upon
him % . ohurohman. nor would hs have
daHired 10. He aimed at . vague and
dim esthoiicity which hardly admitted
Of dsanition. and an sscts were within
it. Indssd. doubt Il h did not sxts0d
beyond Christianity. Hs was good
converter. shrswd. ohssrvans and gen
orally fair. Hin Imagination In writing
prevailed over. accuracy. and q legend
was offsn dsarsr 70 him than the truth.
He will b missed. for he was . rep
rsssntaslve man. with originality and
courage
vm.
fnfhsg's diary throws much light on tho
events % tho anxious fortnight which
pfScsded tho fan Of 0ladstons. -the
bgsaking up % the 0ladseons antoeracy.'
~ Lord CranhrooS phrases Il. In lsss.
snd that the passages he hives from IL
should bs compared with tho narrative
% Il appears In Lord Morley's book. The
limitations of space forbid the attempt
here. Throughout Lord cranbrOok's
o6acial hfe. 10 should b observed. th@re
Ar0 many discrose references In his diary
20 hia numerous visits 20 Windsor. Hal
moral and Osborne. and confidential
conversafi0ns With the Queen and other
royal psrsonAges. Apparentiy he some
times sets down these conversations In
dstail. for his son, while intimAting that
no refrAins from quoting the Queen's
friendly and frank rcsnArks &C one crisis.
suGeests that some historian = genera
ton hence may perhAps glsAn from his
fathers diary and correspondence NM
tsrisl interesting and then no longer
coufdsntial. In lsss Lord Cranbrook was
offered tho vlcsroyalsy Of Ireland but
declined e On account of hin wifeis health.
3hs had sunscient spirit 10 undertake
the Onsrous duties of tho position had he
permitted the idsa. but he wAs nlwAya
tsndsrly Solicieous for her and when he
was elevated 80 tho rank Of Earl he writes
her that he accepts Il because Of the
pleasure Il gives him 20 Lift her another
step ouswArdly. for you have that within
you. darling. which passes show and which
dignitiss cannot sEAlt" The diary throws
light on the stormy end Of Lord Randolph
oomparison with other accounts OF the
matter. when Lord Randolph became
Chancsllor Of the ExcheQusr he writes In
hin diary: win he do Tor the new place
OF moi He - very aha. but has he
thu balanced mind. the control Of
temper. tho ready Judgment. the lnowi-
edgs Of the House. Of friends. Of foes.
which are requisite In q leadsr?' He
himself having been offered the post OF
Foreign Secretary Refused 10 becauss of
his incapacity 80 . bnguist. hut accepted
the SecretAryship for tho Colonies and
held the ssAls Of the Duchy Of lancaster
In addition. When the Home Rule ques-
tion was unusually active in Isss Lord
crAnbrook mentiOnsd 60 tho Queen (at
BalmoraD how Lord Salisbury had said
he was pumped OUT and she replied.
I'VE all should be- adding that her in
cenaAnt coTrespondence and calls upon
her time prevented hsr getting 20 bed
bsGors A. n. and ahe could hardly keep
her head above water. couple Of
months later Salisbury. who was Foreign
Secretary. wrote To CrAnbrook about the
enormous friction In home and foreign
Affairs. that only his sense Of the danger
% be- Apprchsnded from . COLLAPSE Of their
OoSsrnmsnt had induced him to under
take and continue the task Of leading an
oruheseFA In which the FIRST Addls plays
ono tune and everybody else. including
myself. wishes 60 play another Most
Of the Ministers also felt IL their duty TO
the Quesn. who could not resign 90 20
on a long 90 possible In similar emer-
Rsncies. When nc last Lord Randolph
Churchili suddenly wrote his resignation
on Windsor paper while Visiting the
Queen the latter expressed hersslf a.
reeentfui of such disrespect to herself
and thought she ought not 90 have heard
FIRST through the Timss.
VIM.
Great and constant reliance wns placed
on Lord CrAnbrook's Judgment and
advice by his COLLEAGUES In the Cabinet.
and wnsn his golden wedding arrived.
In isss. they presented him With q mag
nis,ceot silver gilt bowl In addition %
many other gifts from the Queen and an
quarters. -Hts diary Of this year contains
q gem Of an anecdote-it 10 not an ansc-
dOtAl record. be IL noted: Il must really
pFepsrvs q stofT which the Duchess Of
Cleveland told me and the Truth Of which
Salisbury confirmed. Lady Salisbury aaked
a man and his,wtfe % . bali. He accepted
for himssf. informing her that hts wife
had been dad some time Il think eight
monahs) and requesting that Mlas =
miGht be invited 90 her probable sue
cessorf' In this year alaO he met the
King d Sweden at . great banqust nc
Marlborough Houss. and after dinner the
King had q private chat with him. descAnf-
Ing UPON tlse folly Of the -respseaabas aud
h0noEAbls msn' vino woro SUPPORTING
nAtiouAlism In Ireland II they knew"
he maSd. what Norway had been 20 him
they could not act 20. He would have
abdiAssd bus for Shs ankle Of Sweden.
and though he hoped that by using SONS
RadioAAs IN Norway - bad 70 soma DE-
Eros ROt hold h was svident how dan
Rsrous he fslt the position 20 bs.' He
addad that he should have 90 talk 90
Lord 8psacsg and would tell him what hs
Thought, and he svidsnely did it In the
course q ehS Sy0ning and threw more
dntoctkoa into that mistaken mans