The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19
kRL OF DERBY |S HE WHALE OF AVIAN ask Is To Save England
 From ConscriptiOn ALKS OF HIS WORK ffuses To Be Trapped As to Progress |pf Campaign-Says There Is
 Nothing Wrong With Sng-
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Iondon, December 5.-(Special.) The
 Fl of Derby, the man who is direct E the greatest recruiting campaign world has ever known, who is try B to save England from conscription, hich would bring, if it were adopted, blush of shame to every English eek, is "a whale of a man." He came idenly into the room at the war of- e yesterday to say something about fruiting to small group of Ameri- h newspaper correspondents. The bm, which was large one, was pwded from that moment. Lord Der s physical bulk crowded it, but most
 all the room was suddenly filled with personality. man who is doing now great thing, and one who seems to
 marked for still greater things, for
 this recruiting scheme succeeds he Il be great politicia1 figure. It is i'd that he has two ambitions, one to n the Derby, the great racing classic lich an ancester instituted, and the her to be prime minister of England. has never done either, but if his cruiting scheme is 8 success, his ances of achieving one of his great ms will be great.
 Much has happened since August 4, If, to dissipate the popular idea that bgland's aristocracy had become eff te, decadent and worthless. The noble brk of England's noblemen in the field s shown otherwise. Lord Derby is an- her bit of evidence. He is an engine. Pu can imagine him as steam roller
 threshing machine. When he came 3stling into the room he gave the inn hot in, l,te l had just polished off three or four l ys' work since morning, and from nat his subordinates tell of his ethods and activity he probably had. ! is something like MT. Morgan, the eat American financier. He is huge ysically and commanding, both as to rsonal appearance and as to person. Fty, like MT. Morgan. He is in his eech incisive and clear, but he isn't |unt, like MT. Morgan, and is far |pre genial than the American man of Pney. It would be a good guess to y that Lord Derbys sense of humor more highly developed than MT. Nor ms
 A CHARACTER SKETCH His face is big and round like his fdy. His hands are the hands of an |istocrat, coming from generations
 
 fong, with a powerful grip, a cor- Ial clutch which seems to mean what says. His eyes are large and dark | d keen, and upon occasions they Finkle. His whole bearing is one of Iergy, and you can imagine him as +great politician. In the present crisis is proving that that is just what is, for he is making splendid inn lession with all classes, high and tw, which is difficult thing for a Plitician to do in England.
 | We wanted to find out one thing krticularly from Lord Derby yester- Ny afternoon-whether England was ping to have conscription or not. |hether the present recruiting scheme getting the results. Perhaps Lord |erby knows already, perhaps he has bt been able to reach a decision from Ee returns at hand. There is no way telling, for Lord Derby declined to kmmit himself. Not that he didn kve an opportunity to do so. He was Eked time and time again. Trapful berries were put and Lord Derby each \