New-York tribune., 1911-03-26
CXtT.
London. March 4.

:, -. simmer Of 1907. at Devoushirc
,,,,ss had met him just before at +
,.oot and he had begun discussing an
,~ternational matter Of Importance
,nsr few sentences he stopped. saying
with q lsush:
..rbis is hardly the place for talk
suc1 p question. Look in some
,,orninr next week and then We can go
aver the whole business"
when | looked in. he was IN his room at
,ho northwest angle Of Devonshirc House,
commanding the gardens and grounds.
,,,,ch are perhaps the finest in London,
sr5 ali the finer because the grounds
about Lsnsdovne House seem 10 be part
-, ,hern. which they arc not. The room
,s one Of the largest. IL not the largest
,- Devopshire House O palace which It's
srehitoct chose 10 subdivide in q way
,rst diminishes the sense Of spacious
,sss Won expect i'm house OF TINS kind
Ills writing table faced tho north win
5o,.s some Of the best pictures arc
re-s There arc books. theN' Is. all over
,ba roonl the air of beiug lived m To
Tho night Of the large desk was table
covered with cigar and ciEare'u cases
perbars thirty i'm all; mossly gifts
s,otl5 guess. arranged with precision
of which only \ servant Wonld DC cara
ble. and presumably not ina dsi. use
The clear north lisht-fcr cNe2 IN Lon
don the air is sometimes csar-fell on
,is face. The Cavendishes ave of d type
which is their own. The present duke
: son Of the late dukes brocher. LORD
Edward Cayendish. is the ltser image
Of bj, uncle as he was earlier III life Al
.sventv-thrse or seventy-foUr after nail
, century Of responsibilities ard labors'
.bs l3te duke had look ri power. ana
those. lines Of patient thought which be-
lo1ge8 u his age. But the features were
not much changed The rather high
,Unlike forehead, the bh1 eyes. tired
f-en, overuse. the straight nose. largelH
r,oulded the mouth with tho Bourbon
,.rdsr lip the square angle Of the chin
,,.re very much what they had been.
,-ith all its regularities al feature ana
p-orortion. the face VA. noe bea''-tul'
I- vas something much bettHr II han
.trengtn end faith and the stamp OF
,bat commences which penetrated ana
,.turated MS whole nature 1t mir
,o-ea his mind. Wheu struggling with
= -baught he could not eXrress as 'e
,,--rsd the lips from which the words
arebt 10 have 1cwed grew twisted ana
ri-i6. He looked at you as II 10 give
him tbo missing word. bUr ne would not
have il unless it fitted eXacslN. He had
rayo~ been fluent. }eIt bis lack ot tusncy
mover embarrassed him. as the Ia" le-
,oiliar story of his yawliug in the mid
die or one Of his own speeches ~ tests.
lie had Away been in the habit ol
re.diug ia.bed az all hours of the night'
whether from SCOPE sSncsa or caprice
Whom 1,, doctor told him il would .nJure
-1. ewes. lac said. yes. bu1 ! can't lie
awake and 90 nothing" And "heh
s.ked +, the eyes did not pain him he
soair eaid. Yes. nut il Is q choice OF
.-ue" Ills was. Jan truth STUBBORN
nature. self-willed. impatient Of advice
.ysD when ii camc from his doctor. Ills
hair and tuU ciosc-cut beard he"'
brown 20 begin with. had turned gray
~ late ears. and tho hair .umbled about
bi, forehc.G. II always saamcd to those
,ho,.- hin, that as the end drew near ne
faced death with tranQril. almost de-
fam, courage with a fortirlde that never
esre5 He had lived his life, the Vhoic
of i,..snd on all sides. That morning
he uttered one sentence. and one oliIE .
which sounded like an a-usion to the
near future. We weu spes king Of what
was likely 10 be the end Of certain con-
froyersv. Yes" ne said, but SHa"
not see it," Nor did he.
Concerning the subject We d'scusseu'
Re said
II thnk IL viii be convenient j you
vii state your whole case from your
american point cf view. As YOU Know "
las never come before me officially.
8. 1be subject was IMPORTANT he put
his mind TO it, lie aslud questions as /
,rar,.en Sometimes I uad 10 repeat D.
statement. Sometimes he made com
mont. brief weighty, penetrating no
question Of high policy could DC "ho49
strange 10 him after forty years OF eN-
rorience in statecraft. Now, as bcfore' II
struck me that he never, like Bos"eh
Johnson. talked Tor victory. he Wanteo
II get - the truth and TO convince hiln-
self hat was best for his own country.
He had been .rougit UP in "A school GER
tain N hold view adverse 10 our
American view on This topic. That 10
him vas only q reason for takinr the
more spains 10 understand the unfamiliar
view. and to make out 81 he could no"
the two hostile views were 30 be recon
cled or whether there was basis for
compromise. Never contentious, he had
mmoyable convictions, safeguard
against contention.
Mr.. Lowe or somebody else said oi
Lord Harrington that what nc ikeo
shout him was his "you- be-damnedness.
The phrase IS expressive. but conveys
wrong impression All Mr.. Lowe meant
vas Ilat Lord Harrington had an un-
compromising independence or nature
aud a mind ~ such fibre that IL yicided
70 assont-stnl less obedience-to mere
authority His attitude TO other men or
other opinions was not All atutuoe oi
contempt Contempt comes cheap. and Is
worth no more than II costs. What he
really had was patience Of NINA. lie
listened with patieNce 10 opinions he
could not possibly share. lie had not
o~.y the politeness which goes with long
descent and great place, but real de-
sire 20 find out what were the reasons
which induced a man ia hold such Opln-