South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-09-19
CHURCHILL MAY
BECOME LEADER
WHEN WAR ENDS
IT Allies Win Present Head of
Admiralty May be HOnOred
With Prime MiniSterShip-
Is of American Blood.

WINSTON CnurChlIl, urst lord OF the +
British admiralty. s. ambitious To
head the government. II England's
navy is victorious over the Germans
in this war. Churchill might well be-
come a popular hero. the last boost
needed 10 lift him over the barrier
and into the prime ministry.
When the British fleet moved into
battle the other day and sunk several
German fighting craft off Hehgoland.
its efficiency was the expression Of a
very real American contribution 10
Great Britain. lAOr il has been re-
created and perfected into its present
shape by man Of genius whose
blood is as American as il is English
Winston Spencer Churchill is the
son OF Jennie Jerome Of New York,
who first married Lord Randolph
Churchill and subsequently married
and then divorced George CORVALLIS
West. There have been many Amer
lean brides i'm the family Of the
dukes OF Marlborough To whom the
Churchills are related. Not the least
OF these in beauty and brains is Win
ston Churchill's mother. She created
veritable sensation with her good
looks and personal charm Immedi-
ately she took premier place in So
ciety, which unfortunately her sec
ond marriage and its disasters did not
maintain. But she did much 10 ad-
Randolph ChurchiH and her work
then has borne fruit i'm the achieve
ments Of her son
Has Great Record.
Only 80 years old. Winston Spencer
Churchin already has an enviable
record. equalled by that of few En-
glishmen. lie has been through five
wars. written seven books and now
still young. is political leader. and
at the head OF the British navy i'm
time of war. which circumstances
ought 10 enable him to obtain any
political pereferment on which he
may set his mind. provided the En-
ghsh forces are successful
II is a singular coincidence that the
two men now at the head of the
British war Office and admiralty were
once bitter enemies i'm the Soudan.
Lord Kitchener of khartoum. score
tary OF state for war. incurred the
w:ien the younger man was a war
correspondent Churchill wrote such
bitter criticism of Kitchener for
the Graphic. because the commander
RACED a certain tomb. that the matter
was taken mp in the house Of com
mons. Kitchener for years did not
forgive Churchill. but now that they
are in such correlated responsible po-
sitions and Churchill has laid down
the pen. Kitchener probably has
buried the hatchet
The key TO Churchill's character is /
that he is a soldier. He is a natural I
born fighting man He is true
Churchill. very different from his 4
cousin the present duke of Marl- I
borough. whose heir TO the dukedOm 1
ne was until the birth of the two sons .
10 the present duchess still remem-
bered as COnsuelO Vanderbilt of New
York.
Situation Unusual.
Aside from their ancient antipathy /
IL is a strange thing that Kitchener I
should be in the war Office and .
Churchill in the admiralty at a time ,
when England is at war. Ii is curl .
Gus because England was far more I
likely 20 have had lawyer presiding .
over the army and professor at the I
head OF the navy department For T
England was never ready with her
lighting machines at the beginning OF /
"a war in ell her history
She would always prefer To blum f
der through than To plan ahead But
this time both her army and her fleet F
were ready. both under the direction .
of the best fighting men in the en-
pire
Churchill has been at the admiralty .
for about three and a half years. and /
the other day his old enemy. Admiral /
Lord Charles Beresford walked /
across the floor of the house OF com /
mons and shook hands with him.
saving he was proud of Churchfll's /
work and wanted their feud dead .
The Churchill Beresford quarrel was .
a long. one. growing out of differ
ences over naval policies IL waXed I
bitter because Churchill always got .
the better OF Beresford on the floor
OF the commons. thereby getting .
Beresford laughed at
During his long quarrel with f.
Beresford himself picturesque
lighting figure. Lord Charles and he
had many an assault I'm debate but il /
was an occasion early this year that
caused Beresford TO retire. a very
battered wreck. Among other things .
Churchill said.
The noble lord is one of those fig
ures OF whom IL might be said that
when he rises 10 speak. he doesn't /
know what he is going TO say while .
he is speaking he does not know .
what he is saying and when he sits
down he does not know what he has
said"
Fought i'm Wars.
ChurchiIrs physical courage is of
n high type. His most famous battle
was at Omdurman. where he took
part IN the famous cavalry charge.
although nominally only a CORE
spondent During the Boer war he
fought when an armOred train was
captured. leading a forlorn hope
again and again after all the officers
were killed. until az last some one
without authority hoisted the white
flag. He was captured by the Beers
hut escaped in remarkable fashion. 10
take his chances I'm hostile. country +
% reaching the British troops He
succeeded and fought again although
there was "a price ON his head for re-
capture. and a firing squad for his
punishment.
He has always struggled since the
beginning OF his career. as he is a
man who has raised in his march 20
success. a very full crop of enemies
when ne began his career. i'm the
army he was So hated that practical
Is he had 10 resign. The fact was
that ne knew too much for his
brother officers 10 appreciate and had 4
the habit. while only "A junior sub
altern OF telling everybody from the