The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-11

fFrom the New loFk i'Oht.l
To mot Americans. Germany con
liurcd ~ q picture Of beer. shining
helmets. a Rhine castle or two. and
the kaiser But without the kaiser
the rest Of the picture would look
blank. II the nan IN the street were
asked 60 express after n similarity GU
bistic fashion his Impression OF Eng
land he mirht suggest q beeir,eak, =
drawi. and n cuhaltern with a SQUAD
Of Tommics twice a. old as himself
calmly whaekins at a rims Of der
wishes.
There L. one noticeable lack In this
portrait OF the British nation-thc
figure o. a commanding personality.
The jovinl King Edward supplied Il
while hi lived. but his son, George.
was east neither In the amlable mold
that won love for his father nor n
1.-THE heroic mold that won loyalty for
Tho German war lord. For four years
EnTiand has been "a country without
a a
out " the mol ana turmoil Of
these past ten days there has emerg-
He'd the figure 81 n man whom Fate
may thrust into that gap. The guild
anco ~ his country's foreign affairs
Through what may prove the greatest
war In history viii take h final
measure go his stature. Already re-
sponsihiiities accepted and uphorne
have shown him TO- be q nan Of char
%nctcr Now Fate has given him the
chance To be- Is man % destiny.
;. who ~ this Sir Edward GREY, Sec
re.ary Of state for foreign affairs
What manncr 81 y man IL this 81
whose hands lies 30 largely the fate
-lof England The "veiled prophet
! he has been called sometimes by hi'
crntcs ln the house 81 commons, wh
have grown FESTIVE under his habi
of persistent inscsutability. And
5 prophet OF the wilderness he isl
/ farmer and a fisherman BY avoca'
ilon. hy nature a lover Of birds and
brooks. out 81 his intimacy with ma.
! ture grew that imperturbability an'
E aloafness which have been at once
e the envy and tho despair OF his fellow
members Of parliament
r. r. nay With Sir Edward.
when Theodore Roosevelt passed
through England on his memorable
. return voyage from Africa. he spen
Il the last day Of his s%oiourn with n
TdwaEd In the New Forest. Nobod'
. knoys Just where they went or VIVA
d they aid, except that they talse'
e uhout birds and spent the night IN
d iftlc inn near Brockenhurst. The
went alone. .
There Is considerable Interest !
= Mr. Roosevelrs visit 10 the foreiR
r. secretary" said the press dispatche
two DAYS later. IL was wholly pr
vatc. and u b. known only that IN
1.-TWO men returned ast night spatteI
LED with mud and soaked to h skiI
.stTu a friend Mr.. Roosevelt before sal
ling said. "My day with Sir Edwar
lin New Forest was the browning -
q periencc Of the whole three months.
n rs more thnn twenty-five yeni
since John Morley. seeking pari''
mcntary recollection on his uppoiu
ment as chief secretary for irolai'
'e snid of his young supporter; TN
lr young man VIII go far; he VIII 10
II como prime minister some day
a., And set there has bee nothir
meteorlc or startling about GREG
career. After e. moderately hrilliai
T. course at oxford he became priNa
-e secretary Co Lord Cromcr tndinH
mr. Wifc and q seat boz parliament
iSsS. He developed little orat"rir
f" skill hut came to bo regarded as e.
be- scntially a sound forced
The front by sheer strength "i cha
arter He has held the respect
tho British house of commons pul
irrespective Of party and q hl'
~uraiss even from bitter tungued 4"
moments like Joseph Chamberlain
" when the Campbell Bannerm'
cabieut WA being formed IN 1908,
sueeostiun was made that Sir p
be ward Grey shouid repair 90 n h"u
in az lords us 20 peer ot tho realms u
ea rather than go into comparative %
200 SECURITY Loo this way he was prcpir
.c 60 put from him the exalted poet
iu foroirn minister and az leuEih got
1c ovn way and retained his seat iu Z
houge ~ commons. where he W. co
ic eldcrcd the most cautious mlnsl
that ever opened his lips 60 speah
p -momputous affairs
th Sir Edward is 10 tail 1.-the hsu
.u-lVfh long uuuillnc nose. mon
mouth and fiucerr. ~uuNTaNorins eS'
man who would look al nome
.rtftb, u.uan forum. Some suf hr
dreamer OF dreams. others q ''
r. 4u-iere -passiouicss man. IT'S d''''
laid tar. have prlbahls newer sc"u MN
ma own northern home. ~ % Nl
llord ne is extremely gcucruuF d'-l
Ia. r.rt chat br be- far from bclnN