Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-03-27
LENDS YORK HOUSE
TO LORD KITCHENER
King Would Give Him the Garter, But
Other Peers Arc Jealous of His
Rewards.


Othor Peers Arc Jealous of His
Rewards.
U.ondon Correspondence New York
Wo11d.)
The return Of Lord Iansdowne to
his place as leader in the house or
lords, after his long illness, Is wei
coined by none more than by the con-
servative peace belonging to the same
political faith as Lord Kitchener,
since the temporary leader, Lord Cur
Zon. the ancient neemy OF the secre.
tary OF war, was treated with open
contempt by Kitchener, the spokes-
man for tn government in the house
OF lords. 1t will be remembered that
Curozn was vicerOy Of India at the
same time that Kitchener was com
manderin-chief OF the Indian army.
and that the vicerOys recall was said
to be due to his attempted nterfer-
ence with the comma nder-n-chicf in
army matters.
K1tchenerS position in Great Brit.
ain can be compared almost to that
if dictator, and in the house OF lords
he has refused information about re-
cruiting, expenditure and the future
campaign plans Of generals which
Lord Curzon has demanded, waving
him aside in a manner which plainly
lnfurlated CnrZOn, but which he was
helpless to overcome. The kings &C
ton in placing York House. in st.
James Palace, at the disposal OF the
secretary Of war as a residence has
further established Kitchener on the
lofty pinnacle from which he can ig-
more his old enemies
Once Home Of Present King.
York House is not the famous little
mansion known In history by that
namew hich stood in Stable Yard and
was built by Frederick, Duke Of York,
the second son OF George iii. This
was in 1871 taken over by the then
Duke OF Sutherland and is now a part
OF Stafford House, which the late
Duke OF Sutherland sold to a soap
millionaire, who has presented 1t to
the nation.
What is now called York House is,
in fact, only two large apartments in
st. James Palace made into a resi-
dence for the Duke OF Cumberland at
the beginning Of the last Gentry When
he bacme King OF Hanover in 1910,
he was asked by Queen Victoria to
give up his residence, as the queen
wanted It for her mother, but tho re-
quest was refused and the apartments
we're kept shut up tight until 1851 ex-
cept for one short visit which the
owner paid to England in 1S43. When
the King Of Hanover died, in 1851, the
residence was turned over to Jueen
Mary's grandmother, the Duchess OF
Cambridge, who died there In 1889.
From l890-91 it was the residence OF
the present king and queen, then Duke
and Duchess of York, and after Lord
Kitchener leaves 1t, upon the conclu-
sion OF peace, 1t Is to be given to the
Prince OF Whales as town resi-.
dence.
One Vacancy In the Order.
The one vacancy still remaining in
the Order Of the Garter Is thought
to be already allotted to Lord Kitch-
ener, but withheld for the present that
the king shall not unduly annoy the
other peer by giving everything at
once to the secretary Of war. BY the
death last year Of the Duke Of Argyll
the Duchess Of Buccleuch and Earl
Roberts three vacancies were created
among the Knights Of the Garter, two
OF which were filled by the King in
dispensing New Year honors Carriers
bein ggiven to the Earls of DERBY
and Chesterfield
When King George went over to
France in December he conferred the
Order OF the Garter upon King Albert
or the Belgians, one day after lun CHI
con, without any Of the usual cere.
monies. The insignia were taken
over to the Continent by the kings
secretary, Lord Stamfordham, and
the king simply. handed the box to
king Albert. Leopold l, King Of the
Belgians, thou ncle Of Queen Victoria,
and Leopold II, her cousin, were both
knights Of the Carter
q. c. B. For Grand Duke Nicholas
King George has recently conferred
the Grand Cross of the Order of the
Bath on the Grand Duke Nicholas
generalissimo of the Russian army
and has sent Gen. Sir. Arthur Paget
no petersburg to hand to him the
ribbon and insignia. Certain Eng.
dish writer's thing the king made a
great mistake in not giving the Grand
DUKE Nicholas the Order Of the Gar.