The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-13
MURRAY KITCHENER
TO THE PYRAMIDS
English General Too Severe
a Critic of the Secre-
tary of War.
BY HERBERT TEMPLE
Especial Cable from the Internationa
News Service)

Especial Cable from the international
News Service.)
eY HERBERT TEMPLE
London, Aug. 12-Lord Kitchener's
appointment as English agent in Egypt
has been the cause of much comment.
Those who are most directly interest
ed, the Egyptians, are Of course not
very pleased to see the late Sir Eldon
Gorst, a man of liberal ideas, who
had granted them as much relief as
he possibly could, replaced by stern
military disciuplinarian, a creature OF
blood and iron of the Bismarckian
type. They see nothing but trouble
ahead.
Lord Kitchener himself Is said not
TO be very pleased. 1t Is rumored he
accepted only because his reputation
would have suffered. If he had once
more refused an offer from the gov
eminent, and the Unionist press which
strongly championed him as the one in
all England fit to fill the position,
now sees in his appointment only a
trick of Mr.. Haldene, who Is anxious
to get rid of merciless critic Of his
administration of the war department.
A leading Unionist political maya
zine here writes:
Lord Haldene will now be at lib
erty to go about his beautiful scheme
for destroying the efficacy of the army
as a fighting machine, in almost entire
peace. AS long as Lord Kitchener was
in England and without employment,
the scandal OF his exclusion from all
participation Of the councils of the
war office was fragrant and disquiet-
Ing. Lord Haldene knew perfectly
well that II once Lord Kitchener were
allowed a say in the affairs of the War
office there would be a speedy end of
Haldanism and the Haldene legend
Z and as the Haldene legend is of much
more importance to Lord Haldane
than the honor and safety of his ma
tive land he has been very careful to
keep Lord Kitchener out. All the same
he must have had occasional qualms,
and he no doubt looks upon the va
cancy at the Consulate-Generale in
Egypt as q special Intervention of
Providence on his behalf.
Needless to say, Lord Kitchener is a
splendid man for the place. and II the
exigencies of Haldanism prevent him
from putting things straight at the
far office, we can at least rejoice that
he will be able to undo the mischief
which recent weakness has caused in
Egypt.
Lord Kitchener's return to Egypt
recalls many incidents to thos who
knew him In his younger days. before
he succeeded to the Sirdership. His
great services in connection with the
reorganization Of the Egyptian army
are almost forgotten today, but the
words OF Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn
Wood, Y. c., the first Sirdar. may be
recalled.
It 10 some years now since the Incl
dent happened. Sir Eveylon was ask
ed at dinner one night how 1t had come
about that such smart and intelli-
gent force had been got together in
such comparatively short space OF
time.
"Well, 1t was like this replied the
veteran soldier. II did bit; Frank
Grenfell (Now Field Marshal Lord
Grenfell) did bit; and Kitchener did
. deuce OF lot"
There is considerable friendship be-
tween these three soldier. They were
photographed together once, In com.
pany with the present Sirdar, Sir. Reg
inald Wingate. An enlarged copy was
presented to the Khedive and 1t now
occupies q prominent position In the
Royal palac in Cairo.
The whole equipment to be used by
King George and Queen Mary in India
during the Durbar in December. has
now been dispatched East from the
port of London A portion Of these
stores will be retained at Bombay in
readiness to be loaded on the special
train AZ soon as the Royal party ar
rives. The remainder will be sent on
to Delhi, where 1t will arrive at the
end Of this month.
The Royal couple will take with
them q very large assortment Of jewel
ry to be distributed as presents among
the favored ones on Indian society. A
large number Of PORTRAITS are being
made ready. In oil, water-color, photo
gravure. and photography. together
with some miniatures on ivory and
silk. Each of the Crown jewellers has
received commission to supply some