The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-19
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| r piNp M l1tl EN- .It is Il silent man,
and not given 20 clouucnce on
4 the subject of his prejudicas.
But IL Is no secret that If he has
one bete noir more than any other.
1t is winston Churchill. now Secretary
of state for tho Home Department.
! His feelings with regard 10 Winston
date back 10 tho time when tho latter
was acting az war correspondent Tor
one of the London newspapers, dur
when illuminated in the battles OF
Atpafa and of Omdurman, and in tho
| recapturc OF Khartoum.
kitchener has always had q pretu-
dice against newspaper correspondents,
) and in the various campaigns which
1 he has commanded. instituted very
conduct. and 70 their places on the
! battlefield. Winston Churchill. on the
| strength OF his being an officer on the
| reserve list OF the army. and also,
! with the ducai house of Spencer
/ Churchill. regarded himself as entitled
| To disregard these regulations. 10 1,
degree that cNuSpCratcd Kitchener OK
three occasions on tho point OF ship
| ping him back u the base OF the mil
itary operations for disobedience ano
/ gross presumption J. WAS intolerab,D
| to Kitchener that a newspaper CORE
spondcnt should coolly take part In
cavalry charges. and the fact that
! W lnStON CNhtCnlil was SUI carried on
the list OF officers of tho army merely
served. In his eyes, TO render HIN more
objectionable as ncwsparcr scribe
Matters became worse whom. after
! the close OF the war. Winston Churchill
| published book abont the campaign,
| in which he alternately patronizcd aud
criticized Kitchener especially the
lattcr's conduct OF the campaign aud
his remarks In arl!ament and on the
| platform, since then. have not been OF
nature 10 Improve the relations be-
tween the two men.
| The persistent report. therefore, that
| Winston Churchill Is about to take the
place Of Richard liaidanc. as Secre-
tary of state FOR War bodies Ill for
that Lord Kitchener's appointment TO
| the inspector generalship Of the forces
Ian office carrying with II that OF
| seneralissimo in. the cvont of var
has already been omcnlly announced,
anG Is to come into operation shortly
! after Easter. As Secretary of war.
! Winston Churchill would be LORD
| kitchcner's chief, and IL Is inconceiv-
able the two working in harmonN
| especially with Churchill in position
! OF superiority.
| g longing for the Secretnryship Of
State for War, probably because OF
! the fact that he was formerly 4 SUP
altern Of Hussars. who gave no. end
| whose chief he would in that event
I become. y year or 50 ago he was IN
terfcring so much in tec affairs OF the
| War Department that questions and
criticisms were offered about the mat
ter In the House Of Commons. nsti-
gated. II is said, BY Secretary Ha!dane
mand by Churchill. then president OF
! the Board Of Trade. FOR papers and
documents from the War Department.
| IL Churchill. in spite OF his absurd
| conduct the other day IN calling upon
the military. including infantry, Maxim
| guns, and even . battery OF horse ar.
tllcry. TO assist the 1000 policemen
under his orders 10 subdue couple
of Anarchists. in lioundsditch, never
thcless becomes Secretary for War, IL
! Is on the cards That Kitchener may
Withdraw his acceptance OF the in.
| spector- G Stewardship of the Forces II
he does accept II. the two men VIII
certainly come TO break. and then
the English people Will he called upon
organization OF their lamentable mill.
tary defcnses to be coniided to Lord
| Kitchener. field marshal and recog +.
nizcd by military experts all ,he wor5o
over as one OF the greatest command
I crs and military administrators or
rho day, or TO Winston Chnrchili, VINO
lcf; the army with the rank or lleu,
tenant OF Hussars, and whose principai
campaigning has been done as news
! paper correspondent. 1t is not neces-
sary TO predict here what the English
people would decide decide II sneh an Issue
Richard Haldancs transfer 10 me
House OF Lords is to be accompanied
By promotion 10 the woolsack. INC
present Lord High Chancellor is un.
Dopl,lnr with the bulk of the Liberal
party. AID his abandonment OF the
nos; has frequently been discussed.
liIaldanc realizes that he failed TO iui-
III his own expectations, or those OF
his friends and adherents, with re-
gard to the reorganization OF the army
| which (save for the Indian branch, pn'
into proper shape by Lord I<itchener)
is now In Il more chaotic and unsatiS-
factory condition than ever. More
over. his health is no longer as strong
lawyer, the Lord High Chanccllorsiiip
tho Hottest dignity ard distinction oi
The profession OF itw has always bccr
an object of his ambition
Five British peers como of age dur
ing the present year. one OF them Is
Lord I1Nmouth, whose arrival in Ne"
York l announced In these letters las
weak, calling attention AT the Same
time 10 the fact that the two mex
heirs 20 his honors make their home III
this country. one being PROF essor Pe ,.
lew, of Columbia University, New York
The other peers attaining their ma
lorIty between now and Christmas arc
Lord Pctrc. who has strong strain OF
American blood In his veins, through
Ills mother; Lord ConGleton. head oil
the house of Parnell, 10 which tho
great Irish Nationalist leader belonged
Lord Hawarden. and Lord st. I.cOnards
whose peeragc was first created ii
favor of tho eminent jurlst and Lord
Thigh Chancellor, Sir Edward Sugdcn
Six eldest sons OF peers also come ol
age In 1ail, namely, Victor Spencer, cid
est son of Lord Churchill; Alan Doug
las Pennant. nrst-bOrn OF Lord PEN
rhyn; Lord Eliot, son and heir OF Lore
ST. Germans: Lord Dangan. son ant
heir of the Earl Cowley: Wentworth
Canning. Of Lord Allcndalc, ant
Gerald Ilcarley son of Lord Davenport
, The lattcr's pcerage being only few
months old. created In favor OF Iiud
, rival, for his unpaid services as nrs
chairman of the BOARD of Governors Of
tho Port of London tho now admin.