Show J i j I IJ Talent Must Have Tact I l ERAL SIR SIn SA SAM HUGHES HUGHES' brilliant I I G career and its abrupt close prove pro again I that tact is the complement of or talent Tho rho I retiring Canadian minister of or militia and andr r j defense is obviously of oC the typo o of strong strongmen J men who can get work done quickly and andI I efficiently but who are arc impatient of conJ conj con con- J irol He is an excellent captain but only j I a passable lieutenant It is a colloquial axiom of or the streets I that only a n wise wize man can stand tand prosperity j I but ut an any fool can stand a adversity chiefly 1 1 p I perhaps because he must Given Ghen almost j I I unlimited authority General Hu Hughes enI eni en- en i I listed and equipped Canadians fart far for t tile the mother country's country s. s service errIce displaying a 1 I rare lare foresight his English comrades In high I Ii position might have hae imitated to their betI bet- bet I ferment No important official at home or orI ort orI t has served sered the empire bett betI better bet- bet I I in n the colonies I t ter cr r than this as' as aggressive essl e Canadian who had hadi i i talent but lacked the tact to conceal his I contempt for his his c civilian ilian superiors His I I I power made him arrogant and the tho consequent conse- conse quent humiliation is thus the more painful i I t General Hughes Hushes is not a rare specimen and there is doubt whether the tho others of ot his Jils kind will profit from his example Sheer I driving power that overcomes obstacles by byI I grit and and the genius that means capacity for tor work aro are too often octen coupled with Intolerance In- In 1 J tolerance of the rights of inferiors and the i I privileges of superiors Greater men than i 11 I he ie e. e have butted their hard heads against I the stone wall of official prerogative rather than enter by the gate to of suave diplomacy I that Is but a few tew steps awa away I I Republican Chairman Wilcox being a Jast ditch fighter declines to admit he Is 1 j Well Vell his determination can do no noI I j harm hann since he seems to be carrying ying about If I J I all aU the bruises his political anatomy can canI Ii I accommodate |