Evening star., 1911-08-13
NO ONE IS PLEASED
Complaint Over Kitchener's
Appointment to Egypt.
HALDANE PLAN. THEY SAY
War Secretary Accused of Wanting
to Escape Criticism.
ROYAL JOURNEY TO INDIA
Immense Amount Of Jewelry Will
Be Distributed to Favored Ones
at the Durbar.
HALDANE PLAN. THEY SAY
ROYAL JOURNEY TO INDIA
Special CahleSrsm to Tho Star.

tfftNi''AN. RuEbSt i-s--is'Eh fNitNhShCi
appointment as English agent in Egypt
does not seem TO please any one Those
who are most directly interested, the
Egyptians. arc. OF course, not very
pleased to sec the late SIR Eldon Gorst.
man Of liberal ideas. who had granted
them as much relief as ne possibly could.
replaced by stern military discipli-
marian. a creature OF blood and iron, OF
the Risma rckian type. They see nothing
but trouble ahead.
Lord Kitchener himself is said not to be
very pleased. II is rumored he accepted
only because his reputation would have
suffered if he had once more refused an
OFFER from the government. and the
unionist press. which strongly cham
picncd him as the one man In all Eng
land nit tn I'LL the position, now sees in
his appointment only a trick of Mr.. Hal
dane, who anxious to get rid of a
merciless critic of his administration of
the war department..
Attack on Haldane.
A leading unionist political magazine
here whites:
Lord Haldane will now he at liberty
TO go about his beautiful schemes for
destroying the efficacy of the army as
AS long as Lord Kitchener was in Eng
land and without employment the scandal
of his exclusion from ali participation in
the councils of the war office was fragrant
and disquieting. Lord Haldane knew per-
fectly well that II once Lord Kitchener
We're allowed a say in the affairs of the
war office there would be a speedy end
of Haldanism and the Haldane legend.
and as the Haldane legend is of much
more importance 10 Lord Haldane than
the honor and safety of his native land
he has been very careful to keep Lord
Kitchener out All the same he must
have had occasional qualms. and lie no
doubt looks upon the vacancy at the
consulate generate in Egypt a special
Intervention of Providence on his behalf.
Needless TO say. Lord Kitchener Is
splendid man for the place, and If the
eXigencies of Haldanism prevent him
from putting things straight in the war
Office, we can at least rejoice that he will
be able TO undo the mischief which re-
cent weakness has caused In Egypt
Early Work in Egypt.
Lord kitcheners return to Egypt re-
calls many incidents to those who knew
him in his younger days, before he sue
ceeded to the sirdarship. His great serv-
ices in connection with the reorganization
Of the Egyptian army are almost forgot
ten today. but the words of Field Mar
srdar, may be recalled.
Ii is some years now since the incident
happened. Sir Evelyn was asked at din
ner one night how IL had come about
had been got together in such a COM
paratively short space of time.
We'll. II was like this replied the
veteran soldier Il did a bit: Frank
Grenfell mow Field Marshal Lord Gren-
fell, did bit. and Kitchener did a deuce
of a lot
There is considerable friendship be-
tween these three soldiers. They were
photographed together once, in company
with the present sirdar. Sir Reginald
sented TO the khedive and 1t now occu-
pies a prominent position in. the royal
palace in Cairo.
Royal Visit to India.
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. portion of these stores will
be retained at Bombay in readiness tol
be loaded on the special train as soon as
the royal party arrives. The remainder
will be sent on to Delhi. where II will
arrive at the end OF this month.
The royal couple will take with them
very large assortment OF jewelry TO
be distributed as presents among the
favored ones OF Indian society. A large
number of portraits are being made
ready. in oil. water color. photogravure
and photography. together with some
miniatures on ivory and silk. Each OF
the crown jewellers has received COM
mission TO supply some pieces OF special
design. and in certain instances Indian
gold and Indian gems are being used.
In each instance the morocco cases In
which the gifts are to be placed Will
tx.n, -tvNttf in, syaNth Caff frD Hny n
the occasion. These gifts will mostly be
reserved for distribution at their ma jes
tics pleasure after arrival. but In some
instances their destination will be de-
cided upon beforehand.
The king and queen viii take with
them all the national orders for their own
use. As they Will pay no visits to other
roteutates in the course of the voyage
they will not need any foreign orders.
An ample supply of insignia Of the Indian
orders will be taken out. and there will
he an investiture at which the available
members of each order will be present
with all the ensigns OF chivalry. There
IS 10 be very large distribution OF the
Kaisar-i-Hind medal and also Of the
imperial service order. In addition to
all these there will be a special Indian
coronation medal. which will be received
by all and sundry who render any serv-
Queens Favorite Aunt.
Before she leaves for India Queen Mary
will, probably during next month. pay q
visit To her aunt. the Grand Duchess Dow
ager of Mechlenburg-S -Strelitz. either at
Neu- -Streltz or at Hepp Schloss. her beau
tiful place near Dresden. where she gen.
orally spends six or eight weeks in the
summer.
For many years the grand duchess paid
an annual visit TO England, and stayed
either at her own house in Buckingham
Gate or at Kew cottage
who is very musical and artistic and was
formerly great reader. The grand
duchess is also a wonderful llnguist and
tells good story equally we'll in French,
Engl sh o. German. In her early married
LIE ~ the little court of Neu-Strelitz she
encountered many difficulties as her hus-
bands compatriots did not at first under
stand her English ways. and German
etiquette proved very irksome 10 the
princess. who was accustomed to the COM
parative freedom OF the English court
When Queen Mary pays her visit to the
grand duchess she Will take with her sew
eral ivory miniatures that she discovered
at Windsor under rather curious circum-
stances. some two three years ago
Queen Mary was holding one of her IA
vorite Investigations OF the many half
forgotten treasures of the castle when
she unearthed quite large collection OF
these miniatures. mostly of the later
Georgian and early Victorian period II
has heen possible to identify the majority
the state apartments. A few. however
stirl remain unidentified. and the queen
fs taking these with her in the hope that
Tho grand duchess may be able to recog-