The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-08
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
FIRSTLORD OF THE ADMIRALTY
Man of Genius Whose Blood Is as American as British
His Capacity for Work Infnite-Nine Years in Brit
iSh Cabinet

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House of Commons and on the plat
form. The two gifts are not often
combined in a rare degree, but they
"a in Churchill. The vast popular
audiences love him, and the House of
Commons hears him gladly. He has
a strong sense Of humor and can ban
ter an opponent with great effect.
During his long quarrel with Ad-
miral Lord Charles BereSford, a pic
turesque fighting figure himself Lord
Charles and he had many an assault
in debate. but it was an occasion
earlier this year that compelled Lord /
Charles to retire a very battered
wreck. Among other things Churchill
said: The noble Lord is one of those |
speakers of whom it might be said
when he rises to speak, he
| doesn't know what he is going to say,
while he is speaking he doesn't know
what he is saying and when he sits
down he doesn't know he has
said"
His physical courage is Of a high
type, as has been proved again and
again. He took pat in the famous
cavalry charge at Omdurman, al
though nominally only a
| man. During the Boer war he fought
| when the armOred train was captured,
leading a forlorn hope again and again
after all the officers were killed, until
at last some one without authority
hoisted the white flag. He was cap
tured by the Beers, but escaped in re-
markabIe fashion to take his chance
British troops. He succeeded, how
British roops. He succeeded, how
ever, and fought again, although there
was a price on his head for ~rec,~pture
mad a firing squad for his enlistment.
When che was leading his
army against the kalifa in the SOudan
he placed as strict a censorship over
the war correspondents that cool
panied the march as he has now en-
forced in Great Britain. Churchill
was one Of them, sending letters home
to the Daily Graphic. He criticised
Kitchener for some of his doingS, and
when, after the slaughter at Omdur-
man Kitchener ordered that the tomb
Of the Madhi be RACED to the ground,
Churchill wrote home so strong a pro-
test at the "act of VANDALISM and desc
Grafton" that the matter was taken
up in the House of Commons. Oh
5 course Kitchener was officially upheld
$ in doing what he regarded as neces-
sary in destroying a rallying place for
: the fanatics he had been ordered to
: wipe out, but it revealed the mora
courage of Churchill that he stood VI
e to over a matter upo
which a weaker man might hav
thought it discreet to hold his tongue
e If Kitchener loved war correspond
g ents but little before, after that he
loved them less. And Churchill HI
t quite ceased to love. Churchill re
0 published his protest in his book en-
titled With Kitchener to Khartoum.
and there his early challenge stand
to this day. But no longer is it Kitch
ener versus Churchill. Today the.
d are the joint holders of the trust o
e British arms, and now that Churchill
j. has dropped the pen doubtless Kitch
1t enrr has buried the Ratchet.
ID Daring the last general election h
a was speaking at Grimsby from tn
a balcony of his hotel and the crow
was entirely hostile and yelling for hi
t. blood. He wished TO cross the stree
a to the Liberal Club; and he wa
Id warned that there was little nance G
IN his getting there alive. They offere
er him a ~bodyguard. He declined an
Id walked straight through the enrage
st crowd. AS they saw him going the
set up a howl of anger, but he Wer
steadily pushing through. When tn
III crowd realized the courage Of the ma
Id in facing them alone they set up
IS cheer for him as he passed safel
he through to the portals Of the club.
He has a physical defect in h
lis mouth that makes it impossible Il
I'D him to pronounce certain words PROF.
d. eriy, but he has so studied and worke
Ity to overcome this that today it is hars
tn ly noticeable and certainly after tt
tie first few sentences it is forgotten.
.er Full Crop OF Enemies.
'ut He has always struggled inc Il
wv beginning Of his career, as he is a ma
ar- who has raised in his march to su
ID cess a very full crop OF enemie
Ia When he began his career in the arm
ew he was so hated hat practically
cir had to resign. The fact vas he kne
he too much for his brother officers
he appreciate and mad the habit, Will
to junior subaltern, of telling the office
my mess, from the colonel down, he
Kings ought to be run. For this
eur was awarded the nickname OF 1T
Ists Blenheim pup" Doubtless these m
are cheering him today and admirir
Id as all must, his splendid work on t
ad- fighting machine under his hand.
me He has never been popular perso
ally. by reason Of his uncertain tenn
-or. and austerely superior bearing iowa