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Show Better Soldier Than Statesman. I Ono hundred years ago on tho forty- B fifth annlvcrsnry of his birth, Lord 1 Wellington was rewarded with tho tltlo of tluko in recognition of his j success ln tho Peninsula campaign , Jj ngalnst tho French. At tho same time tho house of commons voted $2,000,- VM 000 for tho support of his now dignity. jr i 1 K Within a littlo moro than n year tho ' famous soldier was destined to win tho A V groat victory at Waterloo and to bo l'i mado tho commander-in-chief of tho M K Drltlsli forces. Later in llfo tho duko M of Wellington becaino Urllish prime '-it minister, but tho strong porsonal quail- fl tics that had helped him to succosa irH as a soldier woro not tho qualities thnt I'lflr best befitted ror tho premiership, nnd mwM tho careor or tho duko as a Btntosnian nflfl pafeA-.V.W.A.'grJdtM,-4WiL,jr:-:.. . . iBH |