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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 706, 4 January 1910, Page 5

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KITCHENER'S REALISM. ! NO CEREMONIAL—NO SPEECHES.' ,' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrteht. , Brisbane, January 3., Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener.; makes no speeches. •At tho! civic welcome' he briefly' thanked. the Mayor for his reception, and proposed the Mayor's ■: health. ''.- ItYhas been seini-officially announced that at nono; ■ of, the functions which he attends, unless they are of;high'importance,' must Lord .Kitchener be expected to make, speeches.'■./'- .v '.■•.'■'-' . The ' Field-Marshal- yesterday V visited Lytton ,Camp, whero 1800;.tr6ops held a church parade..;" : : ; ■..;",■•,- : ;; ',' local military authorities had prepared a ceremonial review for, to-day, with carefully rehearsed effects, but Lord Kitchener is not viewing .things, in. that way. Hβ intimated, that .ho would issue 1 his : orders at..midnigbt;for.,.the work'of to-day. ■ Hβ did not wish, to have ceremonial reviews. •;■;' ';'. ■■■.■':/'■'['■'[

;TO TEST THEIR STAMINA,: ii;" HOW KITCHENER EXTENDED THE : ;. ;• ' '■.;■' QUEENSLANDERS.V: :''■:■ ■ \ '.-'-, (Rec. January 4, 110 a.m.) - : ; - : :-\ -.;■■;,. Brisbane, January 3. . Lord Kitchener provided, the, troops at : Lytton Camp, 'consisting 'of, light'.horse and infantry, ! with a' strenuous day's work. They were .ordered to operate against- a supposed force.landed from a hostile,fleet at Cleveland, twenty, miles ;from ; .;camp, and'marching upon'Brisliane. '••.',.'■ . ;; -, ■ , Expecting,.'surprise': orders, few 'officers ■went; to. .bed. ; ;;Tb.e • turn-out .came at. two , o'clock in ' the -mprnirig,(and;>by :;, ..three o'clock :■'. tho .whole ; was; /marching. For ; : several ; v hours v they j; were-; kept;'busy, manoeuvring bvor :difficult country.' :-,. ;■' :< ;V. Evidently; the, ; the i FieldMarshal was .to test the■;mobility;.of the., force,. the. stamina ;of ';the/men,- : .and the resourcefulness of- : .,their-;ieadefs.':-■ {■':. '-. • K, |TCH EN SPEECH;" -.':; Lord .'Kitchener .has m'aile one , ;notable -oratorical effort."When; he, made : •'bis' farewell, speech.'in. India, he,- with .what is thought to';be'VsardonicV irony, chdse.'.tq , put;.it: in;'almost identical lan-' guag'o. with Lord.'Curzon's' farewell speech•' in. 1905. "■",'■&.'• correspondent,. "Obseryer, , ' Times":— -;Xv;:,-' ,;.v'■:;' ; v ' : "Here ;is: Lord ;Kitcheheri the .despised j and, rejected of Lord Curzon, , as a mili- : tary rpfbrmer, .calmly, taking the' description of-his .; civil;' administration .and applying it wprd.'.for'.wordand. point .by;pomt;to the great , ,measures, of Arinr reorganisatipn. which all. the .world '.'ad--;mits-and;.applauds'..,That. , Ldrd'.Kitchener : can.;do so .with common consent; is: beyond question;.',-To havo put hisi answer-(after: a long, and dignified: silence)' in.this par-; ticular- form.'■is" , -,a'. : delightful- stroko ■; of irony,;, quite' An .'accordance with a dialec-; iticdl'.'method familiar . to;-,the.House „ of ;Commons.":';, .',.;; '.-.r'.-v,:'.i/- ; -:".-, ■;;;,X'-;.:.'..; ; : ; ; .Next: day ; Lord-'.Cnpzon-;wrote to "The -Times'':;"! have no;desire tp,express any Opinion, upon,; the -reappearance of: certain' 'remarks'of.;mihe' .when.'l; left, India;in 1905.iii the farewell;speech ..of; Lord .Kitehenerinv 190*; but I. cannot allow;,to pass inf.'entire silenco. the'-.estrop ..ordinary.statements'.of 'Obseryer' in/your 'paper Cf' to-day.';:,."'■£'':./''■;•': -' ; ■''■. ; ■-'.■ ■ - ; ; ■■■;'■' '.'■■: '.This ."writer: speaks; of Xord, Kitchener 'as 'the .despised 'and!rejected.:of-.; Lord. Curzon as -ft. inilitary,refornier',' and ;■ aa the 'author; of:,'grea.t 'measure?-of "Armyi 'r'eprgdhisatfon ■ wliicK".all,-tlie\ world'-, admils\and,applauds,'.'y;; :;.>'V ' v ■:,'■:,J- : J '-.V .:.; "The:.;facts;.are that .Lord' Kitchener' came out.itb. India, .as; , Commander-in-.Chief mainly in consequence, of my earn-,! ! est'Vftnd repeated; requests', forlis '..seiv.'! llvicps,'.that :.the.\post' iVas ,! !kept;;open;for l j him.' for . tliree '■ years,',; and. that" in; ihis. measures '.of .•■''Army.-., reorganisation he ■received^.my^iheafty'.and.-.'cpnsistent ; .supV, 'p'qrt.; ; He antoldiffered 1 on/a , grave Con-' !stitutibnal; "and . administrative :v,'- : issue,\ which , had nothing >:to.-.dp: with^the; Army;' ■'■re'or'Bniusdtion^/';,of i jspeaks;.,-;.. |i;,'>i : /v/:/',':j'. ;V-;i. : ; '/ : ? : .i'' : \ ':■['■'''■■■'■'■'■. jj : 'i'i '-.make'Vthis,;. cprrec.tioii';^only 'l'uK the J :of:.- >v-\- ;:.!■'. .■<',