New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-29
Lord Mimic
SPORTSMAN THE SOLDIER THE GENERAL OF CAN
ADA THE FRIEND or AMERICA vlcERoY OF INDIA THE
TRUE ENGLsHMAN
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London, March IL

= ,s remarkable how these English
40, care more about the man than
Ian, the mere splendor OF circum-
.,spce in which a part OF his life has
,.en passed. Here was q man who had
suss two Of the greatest posts in the
norld and filled them with distinction.
a. had been Governor General OF the
n,rinion OF Canada and Viceroy OF
INDIA: Offices without parallel in any
,,hsr state or kingdom Of the world;
and this is what The Times" says Of
hin;
yet in spite Of the attainment OF
.hsse high honors he vas, to those who
anew him best, pre-eminently a sol
sisr and a sportsman, a kind-hearted,
,,anected, level-headed Scottish gem
,emsn. q 6ghting Elliot OF the Bor-
asr"
YES. he was that, and he Was that 10
ne last. You cannot in this country
=, away from such influences, even II
,ea want 10. and there is no particular
r,ason why YOU should want to. An
rnshsh girl once said:
The man I marry must be two
,eings. he must he clean and he must
- A good sportsman"
she would not marry a man she did
moi care for, but she could not care for
4 nan who did not an those two con-
1 anons. She had her way and married
1 distinguished soldier; war being the
highest form Of sport the greatest
4 ssne that Can be played in this world;
ana the next will be dull without IT,
lord Minto as boy. which includes
re first half Of his life was one OF the
finest horsemen of his time. II en-
sssrs him TO the English public that
B. should have taken his bachelors de-
rse At Cambridge in racing kit be-
,eath his gown; that he then escaped
fr,nn the Senate House, az the door OF
which his hack was waiting; rode
seven miles TO Cottenhsm. where the
i rrest Steeplechase Of the year was TO
- run. and arrived almost as the nag
fsn. OF just in time TO mount and win
me race. some years later he won the
French Grand National at AuteuiL
Later stiu. al Liverpool he was
.hrovn and broke his neck; literally
FOR Sir James Paget the first surgeon
q those DAYS. told him:
You are one Of those extraordinary
7sople who have broken their neck and
.. I'D b. tefT che tale ~
As a soldier he fought half over the
--~ld. was in Paris when General Cal
net crushed the Commune without
rercy and with all justice; was CORE
pendent 10 the Morning Post during
ne CsrHst war Of 1885. served with
/ -se Turks against Russia in 1917: with
/ The British i'm the Afghan campaign Of
1870 with Lord Roberts az the cape
in 1851 as private secretary; was in
i EEyrt i'm 1SS2-'3. and was wounded at
Ts'-el-Keblr. where he commanded the
Mounted Infantry. was Lord Lans-
6oVnes Military Secretary in Canada,
1855 So. end Chief of stan TO General
Middleton On the Riel Rebellion in 1855.
/ During the years Of peace that followed
be- devoted himself TO the Volunteer
I movement az home and was Colonel
| End Brieadicr General of the Scottish
1 BordeTers He had married in 1853.
while still Lord Melgund. Mary. daugh-
tsr OF General the Hon. Charles Grey.
10 1921 he succeeded 10 the Earldom Of
Nnto
4 This is the career Of man who loved
soldering and understood the business
n war but with little Of what may be
4 osled civil experience. But in 1888
4 Lord Salisbury made him Governor
General Of Canada. Lord Salisbury
rss a Prime Minister who valued men
no, so much for what they had done as
for what they were and in judging
them made few mistakes.
The position in Canada was critical
For one reason or another il generally
critical and at that time Alaska
hung like a dark cloud on the horizon.
The relations between the great Do
Hl.nion and the United States were by
10 means over-cordiaL Mr.. Chamber
lain vas Colonial Secretary. and Sir
Nlirid Laur.er was Prime Minister OF
Canads, out Lord Aberdeen's Governor
Generalship Just ended was proof
enough that FOR a post sometimes
bought though wrongly thought, more
linamental than practical. man Of
sgacity was wanted. II was less than
hIee years since President Cleveland
aao brought England and the United
states 10 the edge Of war by his Venez-
TEA message other questions besides
t@ska were at issue between US and
eneda, the everlasting Fisheries dis
-ies and a dozen besides. The Amer.
sn immigration into the Canadian
4'rh West had just begun and was
%seoing, with consequences not easy
ioresee. II was in such circum-
4nees that LORD Salisbury chose Lord
unto a. be Governor General The
0ee was criticised, but before two
as were gone il had been abundantly
"a splendidly indicated.
VIII put il as one evidence of Lord
-A'os fitness that his relations with
chamberlain and Sir Wilfrid
e"ler were equally cordial. Than
/" chamberlain and Sir Wilfrid no
men could be more unlike-Mr
-enOerlain direct, uncompromisinC.