The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-07

6A I'lliiNt shtce"uF IKE sue
~ cess Is % popular cpigram
Y and it ts wen illustrated ia
the lives 81 many great men in tho
r~ii.t"rtuues aud humiliH,.ou tho nave
ftil, we'd unproNchtahle failure. " "a
great soldier wins he receives the
pltudits Of uso world. and equally th,
condemnation Do he loses, and MOI in
frequently circumstances initiated
against his chances t. win. This Is
Illustrated In the career OF : miraI
Byng. % the English navy.
Byng was esteemed by the British
nation as an ESPECIALLY able seaman
aud as a brave man, hut he was ruin-
cd oy partisan unimosity, lie WIS
executed In 1853 for his failure In his
attempt 20 relieve Monorca two years
before. but after party fury had sub
sided and his conduct had becn dts
p~assionatoly examined, his intentions
were allowed Co have been good. he
courage ~iudisputabiu. and his death
the consequences of rancurous mis-
representation from personal dislike.
ON the FIRST news OF BynE's failure
in the Mediterranean he was hurried
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reached r'nsiand and was placed on
trial Ia November, 1865, by court
martial This trial vas continued un-
Mediterranean. and. although he was
convicted Of criminal neglect. Lord
Arson had appointed Byng 10 the po-
sitiun as admiral Of the feet in the
Mediterranean. and, although ne was
equally responsible with him In tho
failure. there Is nothing 10 show that
AnsOh did not fully agree with the
finding of the court and the Justice OF
the sentence.
Before leavinp England Hyng show
ed thnt the force he was taking ont
was inadequate for the service re-
quircd Of him. but his objections were
oVcrruled. and he was assured that
when he was Joined by the ships al
ready lac the Mediterranean he would
have a force ~ his disposal equal. u
not superior, to that OF the enemy.
lie also complained that his shops
were badly managed and were short
of complement.
But in spite Of the representations
Bvng made to his government he was
compelled TO follow orders. and nc-
cause he failed. he lost his life. The
courtmartial OF Byng was the most
celebrated cvcr held I'm England. u
brought out stormy debates and die
cussions In tho british house u COM
before She approached him. II she
had been away for any length of time
she was required To wash her hair 70
a weak solution OF carbolic acid be-
fore seeing her charge.
Of course. he has always had a
special car. but nevertheless il was
always fumigated thoroughly before
he was allowed 20 enter Il. And a
guard watched TO sec that no one
who hadn't been fumigated and stcr-
ilizcd and yacuum-cleancd even go
much AS stuck his head inside his
medicatcd car. IT'S temperature was
kept az IS deErces, and % "a Journey
was ever taicen IN the summer time
a special cooling apparatus wa in
stalled.
\ Whole steamer I'nmIgatcd.
When he went To- Europe several
years 10 "a said at the time that
the whole teamct WAS iumigdted.
lie bad the bridal suite an Go him
self. & tetlnuo Of fumigatcd servants
Kept anyone from going near him
when hc appeared ON dcCk.
in Juls of 1896 there were rumors
of a plan to kidnap John Nicholas.
and 10 was said that his mother had
rcCc we'd several threatening letters.
a squad uf detectives. detailed 10
guard him. mover let him out OF their
sight And 90 night he slept behind
iron barred doors and windows
- with ull his millions John Nlch-
olas Brown Grandson of the founder
of Brown university. has never en-
ioNcd ac much liberty as the child Of
a tenement dwcller Ia the most suua-
I'd parts of Ncw York. To the aver
age boy ueh a life as no has led
would have been almost u~nbearablc.