New-York tribune., 1911-03-05
Anglo-.Arnerican Memories
CIX.
nB. WINSTON CHURCHILL THE SOY AND THE MAN
,copyrisht. 1911. George ". smarey,
London. February II.

.,h wear a youthlul
a,r,s,on may denote a1ecuon' OF may
o :, ras not from. affection that the
not allied Bonaparte "Boney." There
bn7''.-d .,,ed motives which underlay the
Wei' Icing ~ the ex-President of the
,.r,,.d states Teddy, to Which Euio-
nations never accustomed theh-
p Mr.. Roosevelt, with his sure IN
ss.s for popularity and what tends to
SUM a. seems 10 have encouraged
t.r,iliarity. though l have seen
uho tried II on in private IN pre-
..,asntisl days, SO i'll received that ne
.AArs II and substituted governor
gladstone was spoken of. but never
90 Mfr. G." Nor was Dizzy used
.,oto his great adversary except in
-, th,rd person. In the case OF Ills
,,,,sstv's principal Secretary Of state
before he attained 10 that great
,,,itv II vas partly a matter OF con-
.i.rce. There were many Churchiils
IA onlv one Winston, unless YOU count
-. American novelist. whom you need
.o,,,. since he lives IN different
hemisphere.
knew this extraordinary man as
81 the age Of ten. | was staying
.,b Lord and Lady Randolph at Great
rorsters. a fine old Elizabethan man
-, ,sar Egham, which they rented for
.ro s,ccessive summers. The boy Win
-, had even at the age Of ten, the
- clear notion Of what he wanted
"a how n get II which has distin-
.r,shsd him ever since He wanted one
r,o-ninz. 10 20 boating on the river he
,rr;tsd his mother. Lady Randolph, MS
,orneer brother Jack and me to go with
-, We took command Of the party tlrst
or land and then on the water. NOBODY
,boueht Of disputing his claim. ! had
,,,sd enough IN boats 20 sec that VIII
.,on though with no great skill in vat
,-roarsbip. knew what he was ABOUT
- though he ran some needless risks
:. r,s never necessary to interfere. The
.-,+;csi moments we're never dangerous
- Ne landed as We had embarked, quite
eofelv I paid him the compliment on
bis containing that was his due, 70 which
be kindly answered. But I see YOU
,.ro,, se much as do about rowing
I, vas during this same visit that !
rsve Winston little present. IT is the
custom in England. and the boy, with
all hi. premature ambitions, was attTac-
tive For years after l never met him
that he did not renew his thanks. That
= not the custom with the English
rbose genius is for repression and re-
serve. II was perhaps the American half
of him which expressed itself in this
vav Nobody. ! think would describe
The American genius as one of repres-
sion and reserve, nor did Miss Jerome
when she married an English husband
cease TO be an American with more than
the usual American exuberance OF nat
IRE. 1t was this clinging to her Ameri-
eapism which was one of the secrets OF
ber popularity in England: and among
the best people in England.
since those pleasant days at Great
rorsters. in 1854 and 1885, 1 have met
MIN in many companies and circun-
stances, and it is only Of what 1 nave
,esn-or almost only--that l snail nave
ANYTHING to say. His career oi nnlli'dly
and ouasi-military service and advent
Ire as soldier and correspondent ue-
serves a book 10 itself, and, indeed ne
has written more books than one anu
very good books they are. BY the tiihe
ha ras twentv-six he had seen and
shared in some ten campaigns, IN Cuod'
in India. in Egypt and in South Africa
In all he was distinctive. and ne wears
know not how many military Ileu"i'
and clasps. But 1 am not "rlIihs "
bioeraphv. and refer 10 none OF lhese
adventures except his escape from d
Boer prison, and to that only IN oruer u
saw that having heard the statements Oh
both sides. including a full one from
himself I think his conduct open 10 "'
rsproacb nor even criticism. ClVH oi
military. his life has been battle ana
most Of his battles have been VICTORIES
When he came 10 America 10 lec'u'e {
On the South African war l met MN d.
Government House, in Ottawa. II as
during Lord Minto's Governor General
shin and Government House was then'
in nuch more than an official SENSE 'li9
social centre OF the Dominion Lazy
Minto carried all before her winston
lecture tour had been organized %
Major Pond. then at the head OF the lecl-
pre business in America, a man WIN
good qualities, but prone TO take Pui'
" business view of matters wnich' al'ei
all depended on something pesiues sOou
business MANAGEMENT for success l.
,..s of common knowledge that between
bi-, .,a tho lecturer there was frlctlon'
Friends were called into council anu '"e
strife was appeased, but there was ono
evening when all ottawa was cro"uins
into tbe theatre. all unaware OIL l'e
oa,,bt whether Mr.. Churchill Woulu aP
near He thought point Of honor IN
yolyed. and that had TO be dispoSeu %
befor, he would consider anything elSo
IN Nav York the frish. whom IN rev
York and elsewhere we have always VIZ
us we're not disposed 10 welcome WI
Churchill AS a lecturer. nor perhaps
even TO allow him 10 be heard Ihes
gathered IN some force in carnegie nan
not having Mr.. Carregie's peace pre-,
cepts in mind bent on disturbance; penn
on silencing the Englishman VINO pre-
sumed to take his country's side ana te'
his country's story Of war which nj
Patrick Ford disopproved They mau'
no demonstration when Mr.. Churchih aP'
peared on the platform. They Kept quie,
III he mentioned the Beers. and at ina
name they broke INTO a storm ol 'p
plause. Mr.. Churchill waited tii j