The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-08
ny LA MNRQUISE DE FUSrESUi.
LIIlOCGIl Whom The Dukc OF

candidates for commissions are fall
ing further and further below thH
Ii is now seneraliy admitted that
the only way Of restoring confidence
in the army will be b.. doing away
with the Army Council, which has
nra Of The worst failures OF t'oru
iialdnnc's lamontable and disnStrons
administration uf the War Depart
mcni. and I'll. revival in It's stead OF
the former oti,c. OF held marshal
commanding-in chief held i'll turn by
the great Duke OF Wellington, by Lord
Eiardingc, BY the late Duke OF AM
Roberts. OF all these commanders IN
chief the best was undoubtedly that OF
the Duke of Cambridge, whose royal
clal intriguas and manoeuvreS, which
now play so great role in the mat
ter OF appointments and promotions III
TIE army.
THO Duke Of Connaught's rank as
prince OF the blood, and as an unclo
Of King George. viii convey. when
he is commander-in-ch chief the con
vic:!on that There will be no more
favoritism at Whitehall. and that pet,
ticoat intrigues personal spite ana
icalousics. and social manoeuvros VIII
or the ma-ring of tho career OF a
tncritorious soldier. The duke Is uni
versally liked and trusted by the or
/. ficcrs and py the rank and file OF the
able soldier. and as singulariy up
right. high principled soldier, That
he has been ahominably treated py
Lord Haldans merely ,; nad ,,e 10 arms ms
but with all CLASSES of the public
True. tho duke is over sixty, put be
ing a field marshal. the age limit does
not count and he remains on the &C
;tvc list TO the end OF his days
That radical changes arc impending
in connection with tine army. is posi-,
lively known in political and Official Sa
supporter of the government are com
PEELED to admit that the management
of the War Department. and OF the
tn, Cabinet Its chief cause. of UNI
popularity. and its principal source
of weakness.
only two officers are spoken 9, Of In In
chief, namely. the duke, and LORD
Lord Kitchenei is badly needed now
and E w be nor them ISe t te he Is So
masterful that II is pretty we'll
recognized that he would not be able
to get along with any Secretary o,
to aim in everything: whereas tho
duke Is a man of great diplomacy,
OF patience, and of tact. which he
di,ions. until forced by his sense Of
self-rcspect to give up nll Idea OF
military employment. az long as Lord
Haldane remained In office.
session OF Parliament that the condt-
, ton of the army. upon which the safo-
ty not only OF England, but of the en-:
tire british empire depends. will
vital issue superior even to that OF
irish home rule. OF tariff, and OF the
Lloyd-George schemes
f-a1a ti1ar
OF the Duke of Connaught. and who
accompanied the prince on the oo-
easion OF his recent visit to New
placed in mourning shared by his
; brothers, Sir Gerard Lowther. ambas-
sador at Constantinople, and James
hs death hS OF tner
wonderful old father tho Hon. VIII
liam Lowther, at the advanced age OF
nlnety-one.
golden wedding, to tha daughter OF
the first and last Lord Wensleydale.
seven or cigh, years ago, was broth
CT Of the third Lord Lonsdais. an
s safl Of tssFsiH s and "s e'tashe
OF the British embassy at Berlin. rs
far back as In 1871. was first score
tar Of the embassy thers' ar tho
William 10 the throne OF Prussia. and
of the appointment OF the then Herr
Won Bismarck to the Prussian pre-
tertiary at Buenos Ayres just abou.
the time when the Civil War in this
country was brought to, close.
lie left the t.ipiomatic service service In In
represented his native county, of
Westmoreland throughout the FOLLOW
ing quarter OF century, and when
Charming old Wife. to dispense sim
sularly gracious hospitality at Low
,he- Lodge. his picturesque metro
politan home at Kensington Gore oc-
Konsinston resldenc. of the Earl and
Countess of Blessington.
In Lady Blessington's day Kensing
ton Gore was the headquarters OF
entertained. with thS assistance OF
, her Cavaliers Sorvente, Count dor
say. the ha5ttpes OF her salons. in.
Guiding Louis Sapoisson; af = =,
pisraeli, who died as Lord Beacons-
I field. In fact, Lady plessinston, prior
to being overtakGn by financial disas-
ter, was the financial hacker and
DAYS OF his London exile.
When after his accession to the
| throne OF France. she visited Paris.
ne avolded her. n,anifesting singu-
however. he met her. much 10 his dis
may, almost face to face, at a recep-
, ton, and expressed MS surprise at
sesing her in Paris. remarking And
when do you return to London, Lady
BIessinston?" TO which she replied.
with an inquiry OF the same charac-
tor "Et rous. src?" (And when do
you return, sir?) which in view OF
the rrecarious nature OF his tom
ure OF tho throne OF France. aud
the possibility OF being compelled TO
seek refuge IN London once more,
was. to say the least. neat rotort.
The Lowthers have been. prominent
for centuries In Westmorelnnd. Cum
| berland and Yorkshire, taking thoir
name from the many streams Of water
that run through tho woods OF Low
Their Park in Westmoreland. Low
ther" meaning, In Anglo Saxon,
clear running water The Eonsdhle
pearagG was several times created in
favor of tho Lowther family. and as
often became extinct. In the eigh-
teenth century the Viscount I.owther
of tho day was raised TO the Earldom
| OF 1.onsdalc, at the Instance OF Lord
Cyt In ,ip;e