The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-26

aimself BY mis- intense anlmosity 70
Lord Kitchener and Is popularity re-
sarded AZ sharing half. II no, three
quarters OF the responsibility OF Lard
li2ldanc. Tor declining 10 allow Lord
Kitchener any voice III the military az
tdifs OF tns nation. and for depriving
is in keeping with his rank and his
record.
Lord Kitchener. IT may be remem-
5ercd. spent seven long and weary
years In India. engaged In the com
military forces there. white and native.
SowAere did his work In this connec-
ton excite greater admiration than
Berlin. Indeed, the leading stan Of
tcers of the great military powers OF
the Old World have been unanimous in
declaring that Kitchener. oy his work
OF REORGANIZATION in India. had with
out any additional men, contrlved to
double. II not treble. the military
strength OF that Oriental Empire. The
importance attached TO his work by
King Edward. and the last Unionist
administration. !s perhaps best shown
by the fact that when the mcmorahl e
break occurred between Kitchener and
Curzon, and the necessity arose OF &C
ceptlnE the resignation OF either one
or tho other. CurZoH was sacrificed de-
spite MS splendid record as governor
general. rather than Interfere with the
marvellous work which Kitchener was
accomplishing.
Perhaps the best thing that he did
there was to render the British army,
white and native. In India absolutely
Independent OF the home government
In the matter of arms. ordnance, equip
ment. supplies, SIC. SO that in the
IN the communications between Eng
land and India, the latter would be
able 10 hold her own. This is one OF
ths things which Field Marshal sir
v Ir ..s-..
commission At. Calcutta propose to
modify, ono Of the objects being to
bring the Indian army into greater
and more Intimate subsection 10 The
War Department ri Whitehall.
In one word, ii is Lord Haldanc who
did not rest satisfied until he had end
ed by eliminating such Nnc soldiers
as Kitchener and the Duke OF CON
naught from any voice whatsoever in
the military affairs of the nation, and
mad induced them to seek what is, af
bent on undoing All the great work
which Kitchener did IN India and who
has selected, of all people In the world.
kttcheners most Jealous rival for the
Nicholson's principal tile to fame is
that he Is the particular chum and
crony Of Lord Haldanc. to whom lie
owes. indeed. his baton OF field mar
shall. The latter. both IN Great Brit
ain and abroad. has usually been re-
served TO- royal pcrsonagcs and to
SSncrilS VINO nave communicative hi cf
victorious armies in the field IT was
for services or this character that IT
was granted to Lord Kitchener. to Lord
Grenfell, to Lord Roberts. to Lord
Wolsclny, and TO Sir Evelyn Wood;
while Sir George White received 1t for
his gallant and successful defense of
Ladysmith. which had the result OF
turning the fortunes or tho South Afri-
can War in favor OF the English. Sir
William Nicholson never commanded
any army In the Held. either victorious
or otherwise, mis- nearest approach
thereto having been when he yeas mill
tary secretary to Lord Roberts dur
inS the early part Of the Bocr War.
Sir William is very opinonated and
rancorous. and has, like so many cngi.
ncer officers. an extra ordinary belief In
the superiority of his own knowledge
TO that of everybody else. He cannot
understand why anybody should pre-
fer Kitchener to himself. and dcfcrs TO
no one, excepting 10 Lord fTaldane.
whose ignorance of military matters
Is such that he is able to lead him
around by the nose wherever they
arc concerned. In fact. Sir william Is
ono OF the most unpopular officers In
the army, and as former chief OF the
general stair, and first member of the
army council, has been the principal
factor In assisting Lord HnIdanc to
reduce Englands military dcfcnses to