The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-10
He Pleads Ill Health, and Is Re-
turning to His Home
in England.
BY Ia MARQUIsE DE roNrENoy.

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BY La MARaUIsE DE FoNrENoY.
oRD DENMAN, son-!n-law OF that
A'ord Cowdray whose oil inter-
ests In this Western Hemisphere
nave played so important role In
49, -neNlcan imbroglio. has resigned
'he governor ger eralship of Australia
ana IS returning home on the plea of
~ health. He is succeeded nv tho
raght Hon. Ronald Munro FERGUSON
u DIG landowner In Scotland. nnd RAJ
,!ed 70 Lady Hermione Blackwood. ais
tei OF inc Marquis of Dunerin. Munro
| ferguson received his official trainin.
as private secretary to Lord Rosahar,.
"hen tho latter was Foreign Minister
anu PREMIER and has held n commits.
son In the Grenadier Guards. besides
serving as Lord Of the Treasury ua
''as wonderful collection of Turner's
ana Raeburns at Raith uousa n,s
beautiful place In scotland u,,, ,n,s
on.,ianas magnificent view Of the
Firth OF Forth 'He
Ihere seems to be a snoci.s q.
400 about this Australian sa,rnny
mhicn carries with II n salary Of sau
ooo year and liberal allowances
or not one of the Governors General
.,as CON pieted his term since the
the Marquis OF Linlithgow end Jnrd
Sorth1ote are dead, their premature
ueHiisc being attributed TO tho injury
caused to their health by the Austria
nan climate. Lord Tennyson threw -,
.he once after having held II for only
80 years. on the ground OF failing
heaith. while Lord Dudley nut forward
similar prctext. although the real
| causes OF his resignation were troubles
~ anotner character, which were Keen
~ resented by the Australians. who
expressed no regret at his departu,e e.
NOR has Lord Denman's experience
In Australia been altogeth pleasant
For ne was subjected a little over a
year ago TO most extraordinary af-
front by tho Labor administration OF
Now south Wales. Pending the build
ing OF the new capital. according to
the accepted designs of a young Chi
cage architect, with it's Federal r.
noes and its palcoo for tho Governor
Generai, u was arranged that the latter
should be housed partly Mt Governments
mouse. In sydney, and partly ut Gov
"rnment House. Melbourne, spending
SIX months in one city and the reinaind-
er az the year in the other.
The Labor administration of New
south Wales, however. quarreled with
the Federal Cabinet, on the subject
or the establishment OF Federal saw
lnRs banks--a quarrel with which the
Governor General had no concern-and
determined TO get even. Accordingly,
II notified the Premier of the Common
wealth that II declined to place Gov
| eminent House. At sydney, any longer
at tho disposal OF the Governor Cen
erai and that ii needed the building
Tor use as a museum AS the result
OF this Lord Denman was obliged to
leave Sydney. virtually el>cted from
the Government House there. to take
up his permanent residence at Mel.
bourne
sympathy was manifested by the peo-
pie of Sydney for Lord Denman. 20,
no steps were taken by the LegisIa-
ture of New South Wales to repair
this gross affront. not only to Lord
Denman, but also to tho sovereign
whom no represented. True. some OF
the citizens OF Sydney appealed TO the
courts: but after carrying the matter
before various tribunals, they have
quite recently been turned down by the
Federal Supreme Court. The decision
of the latter is generally regarded as
having been the determining factor in
Lord Denman's wish 10 leave he IS
tipodes, and to return to England
Mono of the Goyernors-Cieneral.w with
the exception OF the Marquis D.
lithSow, whose passion for horses and
for every fern of equine sport APP
pealed to the people, seems to have
quite hit II off With the Australians
iueS III lnlcUSciy uciIio,ihtlI, hft
have so little patience with titles tua,
any statesman OF theirs who accepts
Il handle to his name from tho crown
S regarded as having ruined his polit
ical future in the Antipodes. Aust
ians have no use for tho pomp and
ceremony, the fuss and feathers" that
are incidental to the office of Gov
ernor General, and to n representative
OF tho sovereign. Only those are like
~ to succeed as Governor General who.
without sacrificing their personal dig
nifty, are nevertheless willing to dis
pense with all the formalities and rules
OF official etiquette
Lord Dcnman was brought up as d
soldier, received his education at the
Royal Military Academy, at So
hurst, servad through tho Boer War
$ Al major OF cavalry. was SUBSEQUENT
ly lord In waiting to King Edward.
ana captain of the corps of tho royal
iodygunrd of RNntlcmen-at-arms. lie
married Lord Cowdrays daughter,
with whom he received n very iavt
dowry, and Inherited his peeraee from
his granduncs. a most eccentric and
quarrelsome OLD man, forever disturb
ing the calm serenity OF the House of
Lords. by cantnnkerous speeches, va
ffed by epileptic fits.
The hrst Lord Denman, great-grand-
father OF the retiring Governor Gem
oral. was the solicitor-general OF
Queen Caroline at her divorce trial In
the House OF Lords, being associated