LORD KITCHENER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 368, 20 April 1910, Page 5

LORD KITCHENER.

BANQUETTED BY "PILGRIMS." FIELD-MARSHAL ON WEST POINT. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received April 19, 10.50 p.m. New York, April 19. Lord Kitchener was the guest of the Pilgrims Club at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. He said that in Australia he heard a good deal about the American fleet. What struck the Commonwealth was not only the courtesy and goodwill of the Admiral and oiliccrs, hut the good behaviour, smartness, and preparedness for war of the men and ships. The visit had created an excellent impression, and demonstrated the fact that a worldpower existed in the American Navy. This was brought home to the people of Australia and New Zealand by the kindly feelings Americans entertained towards them. Lord Kitchener concluded: "My opinion of the West Point Military Academy may be summed up in the word 'thorough.' It makes men of raw lads, forms their characters, and instructs their minds. T recommended the Australian and New Zealand Governments to make West Point their model, hut they will have to work by degrees, for it has taken a century of patient toil and incalculable wisdom to create West Point." A STATEMENT Riv . KD. ■Received April 19, 9.25 p.m. London, April 19. Lord Kitchener denies the newspaper statements' that he lis unwilling to accept the Mediterranian command.