Lord Kitchener.
A despatch from London, dated the 7th June, sayslt all the hurrah over Lord Kitchener, who is the man of the hour throughout the British Empire,; there is an element of dread of the inflexibility of purpose controlling him in military matters. This is especially noticeable at the War Office. !*■ is well known that his opinion of :.r,ny organisation is not flattering, ano he has often expressed himself regarding the average army officer in terms oi commiseration. The dread of him felt by the military organisation is due to the refusal of Lord Kitchener to allow any political or party consideration to affect him in any military problem he may have to solve, Mon of this type are not acceptable to the governing class in Britain. Mr Chamberlain, in the civilian, and Kitchener, in the military arena, are conspicuous illustrations Both reach their ends by methods quite alarming to Bureaucracy and a red-tape regime. Lord Kitchener is as truly needed to turn the British army organisation inside out as Mr Chamberlain to revolutionise the old Tory tactics. For this very reason, however, it is likely some years must elapse before Lord Kitchener will be allowed to get much nearer London for administrative purposes than he is now. The plan to ship him off to India under guise of promotion is really the device of those who fear his iron band, at Home. N o one pretends for a moment that Lord Roberts can do anything worth doing in the way 'of army reform. He is a failure in that respect. Mr Brodrick’s excelleat intentions have not yet been effectual. Lord Kitchener the one man for the work, is the one man the governing class will not allow to do it.
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Manawatu Herald, 3 July 1902, Page 2
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342Lord Kitchener. Manawatu Herald, 3 July 1902, Page 2
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