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Show Teddy's Guild Hall Speech Upset Plans of Great Britain Special Cable to The Tribune. LONDON, July 30. "What docs the government intend to do with Lord Kitchener?" Kitch-ener?" asked The Tribune correspondent of a well known official at Whitehall today. to-day. "1 give It up," was the reply. "But," added the official, "did you know that Lord Kitchener nearly went lo Egypt to take Sir Eldon Gorst's place as British diplomatic agent and consul general? It Is a fact." "Why did lie not go?" "Mr. Roosevelt upset the arrangement. Everything had boon fixed, tho post had been offered to Kitchener and he had accepted ac-cepted It when Mr. Roosevelt In his Guild hall speech outlined tho course of action for Egypt. So the government decided at the last moment to keep Kitchener at homo This decision, of course, was due lo the fact that tho government did not wish to Jump at Mr. Roosevelt'a plan of sending a man of blood and iron to Egypt." "So you cannot toll what work will be found for the great soldier?" "No, he might be sent to Constantinople ns embassador, for 'wo need a .strong man there. England has been losing ground with tho young Turks for several months. The triple alllanco has been running things in Constantinople. "As a matter of fact," suddenly exclaimed ex-claimed the official, "Lord Kitchener Is not very keen on work and seems content to rest on his laurels. Ho lias conceived the passion of collecting hrlc-a-brac and lalkn of this most of the time. Ho went to India mainly because tho task was a picturesque one, without much real responsibility. re-sponsibility. He will wake up only If a great war comes." "Will Sir Eldon Gorst be recalled from Egypt?" "Oh, yes. It Is only a question of time." |