New-York tribune., 1911-01-08


Miss Alice Blight, Of Newport. He
was known in Washington, where ne
was one OF the secretaries Of the British
Embassy, and wa. thought very British.
Now. having been Minister at Morocco
during troubled times, through which
he steered his way cleverly. he Is Am
bassador at Constantinople He took up
that post at a critical moment, when
British influence was even more pow
erful factor than usual in the well-belng
of the Turkish Empire. The old regime
welcomed Sir Gerald and the populace
cbeered him in the streets. But then
came the revolution, and then the coun-
ter revolution. and then the siege and
capture Of Constantinople by the army
from Salonica and the establishment
OF the Young Turks in power. The out
line Of those events was we'll enough
known at the time, but the details have
since been filled i'm by master hand. The
picture painted for us by Nine. Marcelle
Tinayre i'm her Notes dune Voyageuse
en- Turquie' is a photograph taken and
NAAclNTh NN Gli AlSNs hlltts Aho ~
knew what TO observe and how TO make
the rest Of us see It. Her myriad deli
cate touches are true alike to nature
and TO art.
Sir Gerald Lowther has no part in
this drama lie was at that moment
content to keep IN the background, and
ne has not again come TO the front with
the decisive brillisncy Of his first sp-
pearance IL IS conjectured that there
were moments of uncertainty IN his own
mind. or moments when he was dis
posed 10 put his money on the wrong
horse. But he Is a true Briton, with
unabated confidence IN himself and in
hts own judgment which. like his man
ner. may be sometimes a little brusque
The Turks, at any rate, are true diplo-
matists and their diplomacy is Of the
true Oriental kind, with an extraor-
dinary power Of penetrating the mo-
tivcs 81 others. They value good faith
They value sympathy They had both
iu sir Gerald Lowthcr but it was not
enough. There seems 20 have been, and
stiH n he. doubt In the mind of the
Young Turk whether Sir Gerald was
heartily IN sympathy with the reform
movement. and his popularity Is per-
haps less than II was But nobody ques-
tions the popularity Of his American
wife
There has been 50 much 10 say about
tho Lowther family that ] have kept the
present Speakers predecessor waiting
longer than is polite. and he himself was
one of tho politest ~ men, yet firm
enough 10 rule the House He was Mr.
Gully. the third ~ the Speakers I am
writing about. harrister and Liberal
politician. able iu both capacities. but
not snpremelv able in either u was a
surprise 10 tho House when Mr.. Glad
stone chose him az a candidate for the
Speakership. The surprise was not quite
the same az in MIR Peels case, or not for
the same reason. Perhaps the occult
motives Of Mr. Gladstone were never
made public. Mr Gladstone had many
ocruli motives, many which he did not
care 20 expose 10 Tho light of day. I'm
this particular case they do not matter
much Sir Guly's genial personality
may have been one NJ them.
NV acquaintance with him began at
that highly miscellaneous Anglo-German
watering place. HomhurE Won der Hohe
u was = place where p man was more
l,scly 10 he seen I'm his shirt sleeves
moral shirt sleeves s-thsn anywhere else
Mr Gully had few reserves. His ap-
pesrauce sud manner were alike prepos
sessiug IIe had the diplomatic art Of
talking freely and revealing nothing He
was porular and he had popular wife
The Speakers chair ho put FER behind
him. there was mo- room for n IN the
little German town under th" lee ot
Frankfort The Prince - Wales-the
late King liked him. had set every
body an egpmrle I'm such matters, and
NJ. Gully saw no reason Why he should
not follow It nor was there one.
The circumstances IN which he had
come a. the Speakership might tend 10
rrouotc modcst,. There had been 2
contest which was unusual Mr. Gully
had becp elected by n narrow majority
and q party majority AT that. which
was more unusual still The Conserva-
tives had publicly announced that
a rter the election known 20 be Imminent
they came back with q majority they
would turn Mr.. Gully out. or rather
airca the Speaker tenure Of office cx-
pires with the Parliament In which he
has been elected they would not re-clect
bim But h. proved 90 be an Efficient
Speaker. with wide knowledge OF Par
law and o mastery ~ the
rules and traditions Of the House of Com
mons: with quickness, which is indispen-
sa bic. and tact. which Is desirable, and
force when the dissolution came they
attacked him I'm his con-
stituency and tried 10 defeat him and 10
prevent his reelection To the House
which would. Of course, have prevent
cd his reelection as Speaker. That ef-
fort failed, and when the Conservatives
came back with a majority, their hos
tilitN TO Mr.. Gully died away and Mr..
Ralfour. then, az now. leader Of the
proposed Mr. Gully as
Speaker and the House elected him
He reigned ten years,
1895 10 1905 and was a good officer, and
left behind him a good name when, in
1903. ne took better and became Nis-
count Selby. The most inveterate re-
publican may admit that it is better
when he is told that Mr.. Gully chose his
wife's name as that by which he was to
be ennobled. A rare, IL not unique, in