Year: 1877

Bucharest, reported the facts and waited for orders
Presently the newspapers got hold of the story
From what they heard it does not appear. Col. WEI
lesley is hardly the man to be interviewed" on such
a matter. From the newspapers 1t got into faiia-
ment, and Lord Dorchester on Monday night askeh
Lord Derby whether the statements published were
true and what he had done about it. Lord Derby
was in an unusually communicative mood ana told
his noble friend that Col Wellesley had certainly
been snubbed by the Grand Duke Nicholas. 40
not mean that Lord Derby, who is decorum itseiused
a word purely cOlloqual as snubbed. But ne saiu
that Col. Wellesley had been received by the Grahd
Duke in manner not marked by the courtesy winch
officer in his high position was entitled TO- Inc
English attach6 seems, however, to have behaved
with the GOODNESS and good sense charactertcs of his
race and class. There scene. He wrote nome,
and Lord Derby told Count Schouvaloff privately
what had happened. The Russian ambassador is too
much man of the world not to perceive that wan
of politeness is always a mistake. He communicat-
ed with his imperial master. and his imperial master
has tired TO make matters smooth by inviting Col
Wellesley to accept billet with his own personal
staff. Lord Derby does not say this, but nc hears
that is swhatactualy happened. The Emperors lh'l-
tation, however, does not meet all the difficulties OF
the case. What the English military authorities
really want is not civlity, not merely cyity, Dut
information, and the headquarters OF the Emperor
are too far in the rear to make this desirable place
for man who cares to know what is going on. NO
doubt in the end the Grand Duke will be made 10
understand that he must treat olWellesley clvilly
and Col.Wellesley will more put on his UNIFORM
and join his colleagues, and make the campaign with
them.


Meantime, comes q complaint from different
quarter and of a different kind. Another Engish
Colonel, Sir Arnold kembal, is with the Turkish
headquarters in Asia Minor. Needless to say that
10 Turkish Grand Duke is wanting in attention to
an English officer Sir Arnold sent on to the
front with all promptitus and got so very far to the
front that at the battle of Delibaba the Cossacks
mistook him for commanding officer OF the turks
and pursued him. Sir Arnold had to ride for his life,
and owed his life to the 1eetness Of his horse. The
mistake of the Cossacks is pardonabe, but there are
critics at home who think that an English officer
with the Turks ought SO to conduct himself as not
TO give rise to mistakes of that kind, and question
was asked about Sir Arnold and his ride in the
House Of Commons The answer was obvious: that
Sir Arnold KembaIs instructions were 10 follow the
operations of the Turkish army and report the result
of bis observations but that he was left to hs own
discretion as to the position he might occupy IN any
action that might take place. The House laughed.
and the matter dropped. But it is just conceivable
tnat his sodierly instincts got the better OF Sf Al
mold for the moment. that he forgot his strictly ne-
tra character and that it his irregular but nat
ural efforts TO stop the Turks from running away
that brought him into peril with the CoSsacks.


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