Show HOW KITCHENER H WON His Hi Trouble With ith Viceroy y Curzon Curlon Over Indias Defense wow Now ew York Ork Times The resignation of ot Lord Curzon Curton tho announcement Om nt t of which hian was published p on Monday londa had b td been expected since last October when the differences be bc between tween the tho viceroy and Lord I reached touched an au acute stage When the SOl gen general eral elal returned to England from On South Africa In July 1302 the war icat wa office was wo woIn in III a quandary what to do with him Popular opinion ol as a expressed by b Lord Lovd Robbery demanded for Kitchener control at itt the tho lh war office to curry carry out the badly needed reforms in organization tion Uon of the thc British army St John feared the result r ull of ot a Kitchener regime as too drastic for cor the thO cabinet ca b Inet and his hl own comfort as a s swat wat war secretary tary the portfolio he lie O then than held accordingly I the strenuous general genera over to India for tor five years under the plan pinit that the In Indian I Ilian dian lian army first needed bringing up to date I When appointment was officially gazetted as comman chief of the Indian forces a number of ot military pets nets I et at Calcutta immedi immediately asked to bo be called home iwine They i know knew that under the regime of or Kilch oner of Khartoum the oW old in hunting I and dancing days da s were over The new liew commander was known as a worker I who made it his business a to see that every overy Om el under him did his hili share bhare I The Indian army anny had haa gotten into a abad abad abad bad state stale and the discipline wag wap slack lao The Tue moral status statue at Simla and i ta la was very er low and the tho divorce courts in London were kept busy with ItalIan Indian army anny scandals General Kitchener I sot set to work to remedy this state of things and aud give employment to the tho court idlers He lIe curtailed the tho military equipment of the viceroys relatives and drew drow up dras drastic drastic drastic tic plans for the organization of the In Indian Indian dian dlan army Sir George Elliott the military mem nii member ber bor of or council having equal powers with the refused to sanction several of othe the reforms pro proposed proposed posed by Kitchener Lord Curzon sided with Sir George Elliott Lord Kitchener last Jast November cabled his ultimatum to the war office in London Unless he was given full fun con control control control he lie would resign reign as the situation at Calcutta was an impossible one The news got out but was as officially denied in the house of ot commons Sir George Elliott resigned his post In Jn council as an a protest against Kitchen itchen ers action The cabinet Tinder Under Mr Balfour was called on to choose be between between between tween Lord Curzon and General Hitch Kitch Kitchener Hitchener ener and had to let the vacancy go being afraid of popular opposition it If Kitchener resigned and antI came home borne Lady Curzon made efforts to get set the theMan theMan theMan Man from Egypt into her social whirl at the tho court when he first went out and for a time it was rumored that he had been caught but buthis buthis buthis his iron will was proof against the at attractions attractions attractions tractions of ot Indian society In Hitch Kitch eners dislikes there are aro two objects which have always stood forth in strong light Those are ure women and news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper correspondents Lord Kitchener is an enthusiastic sol aol soldier dier with an inordinate capacity for tor w work ork Five hours sleep out of ot twenty four sufficed for him through the South African campaign He sent home from the Boer Boor War ar more than officers for tor incompetence und and other reasons reasons He Is a great groat organizer does not make malce favorites and has the faculty pf being able to pick out good men AH AU his hi instructions to the commanding of ot officers floors are ar typewritten and a copy Is Isi filed tiled in the office for tor reference As a general he is beloved by all aU the tIte officers who are earnest in their profession cind nd ind feared by b the drones rones who depend upon social so ial influence The rank and file like him because he makes the officers work When he li succeeds the Duke of or Connaught Conn as chief thiet at the tb war in London in 1907 1901 then the reform of the British army will commence in earn carn earnest oat est |