.Tnnnnry in. 11)01.
THE IL.L.USTHATED K12E.
Sketches of Men Who i?
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Make War Heroes
War correspondents have never been that what happened was tnls: "It was
backward In saying what they thought properly Lcminor's light," ho said, "hut
aLout soldiers and military administration; Dowet got there heforo him. Ho let tho
now comes u soldier who tells what ho English pass through a dry slult, with a
thinks of war correspondents. This Is good part of their men and guns, his own
Colonol Lynch, colonel of tho Second Irish men being kept In concealment In tho slult.
brigudo of tho Doer nrmy, who hns an in- Then suddenly ho attacked and tho English
torestlug article on "War Correspondents were seized with n panic, and It was only
1 Havo Met," In tho current Ibsuo of Col- n running light nfter that. Wo killed and
ller's Weekly. Colonel Lynch is n cone- captured over 1,000 and only lost two men."
spondeut by profession, a soldier by lncllna- I give tho statement for what It Is worth;
tlon. Ho Joined tho republican army as a but I would point out that oven bravo men
correspondent, but laid down tho pen for unused to the country and unskilled In tho
tho sword and fought until l'retorla fell, art of war as It should bo practiced might
His article follows: easily fall victims to n panic under such
circumstances. That was seen at Mngcrs-
Tho typo of war correspondent Is under- fontclu, where one of tho bravest regiments
going a certain chnngo, consistent both with In tho world ran liko frightened sheep be-
changes In the conduct of war operations fore tho sudden and murderous fire of
and changes In Journalism. Tho near proto- Crcuje's men hidden In their trenches,
types of our present war correspondents Knciiiic I'roin I'rctorlit.
diner as much from tlioso of today as Han- A most Intel estlng eplsodo of tho war,
nlbal from Uaden-1'owell. MncUahan, for and one which holds mo in perpetual ad-
instnnce, was a great man, an explorer ami miration, Is Churchill's escape from l're-
a statesman. Donovan was a veritable toria. In tho tlrst brief nccouut which 1
hero of romance, who finished a wonderful read It appeared that ho left tho Stato
career In tho mystery of an unknown death School prison nt night, cliinoed a wall when
swallowed up in the eternal silence of tho the sentry's back was momentarily turned,
desert. Archibald Forbes was a great rider, walked through tho streets without dls-
somcthing of a swashbuckler, not so guise, got through all tho patrols, jumped
"brainy" ns the other two, but with n on to tho 11:10 goods train moving at full
good senso of tho broad Issues of things.
Nowadays tho great Journals of both hem-
Isphcres prefer to send men who have mado
reputations rather In the world of letters
than in the moving accidents of llood and
fell. War talk becomes more "gossipy,"
mull- luit ui iiuiBuiiui uuuui, ui m.iuuB-
Rtons of everything that will commend It to
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STORM AT CAI'E NOME, Alaska,
tho ordinary reader of tho newspaper, who
sandwiches tho enjoyment of a battle at his
breakfast between tho account ot a society
play and thu successes of tho latest Aiuuri-
can Jockey in England.
1 often wonder whether, with tho liu-
meuso enterprise of our uowspapyrs aud
tho enormous mass of literature provided
In consequence, tho boasted enlightenment
of the public ou great topics really occurs,
For the news nearly always has such a
decided bias according to tho sot ot opln-
iou aud tho very muss of reading necessary
to form a Judgmeut is so vast that tho
public eyo becomes "blasted with excess ot
light."
This Is especially the case In such a mat-
ter of hot discussion as tho Door war,
whero all the world Is partisan aud whero
prejudices und sympathies outwolgh, by
nlnoty-nluo to ono, good Judgment and
equity. Julian Ralph says all is black,
llicnuru naming uavis says an is wnuo.
Aim tney uotn mane tucir siuiumeuia vi
eloquently aud with such nn array of argil-
monts that tho avorago citizen gonorally
opts for ono or tho other and follows him
blindly.
out of the Ordinary.
However, to come to tho concrete. Mr.
Winston uiiurciiiu is especially iinuicauiit;
to mo, both for his achievements and hla
promise. Ho Is not a stereotyped char
acter; ho Is full of life; bo has points; he
gives play; ho Is abundant lu human nature;
ho Is n typo ot tho winning young man of
today. And to tho amateur of types, or
student of character, It Is not essential that
tho typo should conform to a rigid model,
nor that tho character should bo capablo of
expression In a lapidary Inscription.
Churchill distinguished hlmsolf early in tho
war by being captured, and, lator, still moro
by escaping. Ho had tho courage and tho
wisdom to toll his countrymen that ono
Boer was equivalent In fighting powor to
five Englishmen, and ho also said In the
'early stngo of tho campaign: "Thero has
been n groat deal too much surrendering In
this war."
Thero was a period when ho scorned llkoly
to becomo even n Door sympathizer, hut
after his escapo from Pretoria ono of his
first messages was to tho effoct that tho
war should bo conducted Inexorably and un
compromisingly. Slnco his roturn to Lon
don ho has taken up tho cudgels on behalf
of tho Tenth Hussars and tho First and
Tenth Llfo Guards against Lord Rqsslyn,
' 1 who nssurcd tho public, on tho nuthorlty of
'.certain unnamed English officers, that theso
fJ crack regiments had taken to flight and had
1 deserted their guns nt Sanna's Post.
j! I was told by one of tho IloerB who was
V present nt Sanna's Post, and who certainly
i'had no projudlco against tho Household
euvuiry as uistinguisncu from any othor,
speed without attracting attention, hid
under coal sacks, Jumped from tho train
beforo dawn, remained sheltered In a wood
all day with only a vulture for a com-
panlon, walked on nt dusk, following the
lino, but with grand detours at the bridges.
mm uinuiin, uuu (imuuiiuu, uu i.uiM.umiu
for live dnya, lying up In daylight and
is
DDKN PHOTOCRAPIIED AFTER GREAT
walking by night, and on tho sixth day
managed to board a train beyond Middla-
burg, hid under coal sacks again, and, In
spite of the train being searched, arrlvod
safo and sound at Koomntlpoort after sixty
hours of misery,
It is truo tlmt the Door authorities told
mo Hint they had let Churchill go, as they
subsequently let Georgo Lynch go, and they
even 'designated tho detective who had nr-
ranged to havo tho door open for his cs-
capo; but then South Africa is a land ot
lies.
' Kipling is too great n man to bo dealt
with in a section ot a small article I
will only say that my admiration for his
genius ns revealed, for Inslanco, In tho
"Junglo Hook" suffers a rude shock when
I pcruso his latter-day heroic poems. "Tho
Absent-Mlnded Deggar" Is llttlo better than
doggerol, and Its oxtrnordlnnry popularity
in England should again warn us of tho Im-
uuBoiuuuy ui uimwning a com juugmeni
" ny unjiuui ui una war irom sources
so steeped In prejudice. Klpllng-sonms to
nave developed a tone or roniarkablo trucu-
lenco In South Africa, and ho advocates tho
most errlb e measures, but I cannot think
that this s serious. Kip ling Is good-
henrted nnd sensltlvo; thoro Is ovon a cor-
,,,N',5i7J?J"?.A.P"IC VIEW OK WAVES
that swept OVER CAPE NOME,
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Senator Tillman. W. .1. Hryan. Kx-CSovernor lloyd Dr A W Itllry Edgar Howard
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS JAOKSONIAN IIANQUET AT OMAHA, JANUARY 7, 1001.
llUu louu of jecajouco lu U8 nuor, and tho cry of soino of tho Capo papers and Europe and America Cronjo wns called tho
R la lu vulu lUul Uo wh,1)a hllmM up to London Jingo Journals for greater forces Lion t South Africa.
lury t() pt!niuuUu ua lllut Uo la u aurt ot aml lllcll. uisconlont with tho premature Mr. Ralph writes "1 never dicuiucd that
sucoml u or a mim of blood uud Iron, disbanding of the colonial troops or with there were on earth such lllthy. dirty.
. f ..roi'ltlL'H uru mure V Verba and ar-
tlstlc. Tho reul ruthau seldom boasts ot cliu b0 Bpured from South Africa. were at homo anil saw one such man com
ma brutality. Even a Boldler liko Kltch- Whim r Ituliili. '"? down tlio atreut where 1 live 1 would
euer Is not avid of tho lame which should ' una hack and wain my people lu take In
accrue to him lu hia projected campaign Julian Ralph has ot lato been attacked t liuli- linen olf the lino."
uf "paciUcatiou" lu South Atrlcu, for ho by pro-English and pro-Hours, It appear,;, Compare these words with Couaa Doylo'a
uoglus by sending uway all tho correspond- and ho defends himself valiantly ami says dm-r!,,,!,,,, ,)t lllu lnou j,0 admired, and
euta. 1 doubt greatly that ho would bo that by his Impartiality ho "will earn tho mnilrutl llle luoru for t)l0 travel-Htalned,
pleased to be aceompaiileU oven by uuch an disapproval of tho mlcroscoplc-headed, i,attio-stalned marks that distinguished
admirer of torco as Uudyurd Kipling. Insect-brained people." This Is swooping Mlclu Mr italph hlniself, lu second
Uoyie iin a coiii-iioii.iLiii. and Is very severe on myself as well as a t10UBi,t( Would hardly caru to make such
Almost as turnout as Kipling u a literary Kood few Americans who wore formerly his (l comparison,
imm is Counn Doylo, tho creator ot Suorioek flmlrorii. Julian Ralph Is such a genial KIP11. . ,., ,.,
ilOlmeS. ami Still llloro lllStrUCllVO la UIH
n'couui of matters al the front. Nolthui
Itudyard Kipling nor Cumin Doylo are war
'.orrespoudcuia at all lu thu seuso that tho
term was formerly understood. They have
collected most of their Information und
noted their impressions at tho second lino.
Uonuu Doyle's iiarratlvo Is not only inter
esting to tho ordinary reader, but thu good
doctor takes lu hand tho military au
thorities and reads them a few lessons on
tho organization ot an army and the conduct
of war. in doing so hu has been taxed
lu some Quarters with presumptluu, but if
a man speak logically and to the point It la
absurd to cavil ut thu uniform or gown that
ho wears. Couiiu Doylo looked at the busl
"ess with tho eyes of common sense, and
thu operations of the army ho followed,
guided by stereotyped rules, properly ob
solete for three-quarters of a century, wuro
often so absurdly at vuriaucu with ordinary
Intulllgenco tlmt his criticisms uro all Justi
fied. Ono of Conau Doylo's descriptions Is
worth quoting by way of contrast to that
of Mr. Julian Ralph, which I shall suhso-
(luuntly cite; "It wus only General Smith
Dorrlen'a brigade. I watched them, rugged,
bearded, Iloreo-eyed Infantry, struggling
under a cloud of dust. Who could havo
conceived, who had seen tho prim soldier
in tho timo of peaco, that ho could so
quickly transform hlmBolf Into this grim,
vlrllo barbarian? IlulldoK faces, hawk
faces, hungry wolf faces, every sort of
fnco except a weak ono." Ho speaks of
mem ns "mancd liko Hons" nnd compares
mem to American cowbovs.
All that makes a good plcturo and Connn
Doylo's book Is altogether, In my opinion,
ono of tho best published on tho war. I
would, however, express ono caveat. Ho
speaks of tho war. some months ago. as
being over. That Is hnrdly consistent with
DASHING OVER A SCOW AS THE SEA
Alaska.
l...i-,t II.. I lu' Htnt..tin.!it Hint lint ll mull
luuuiuuui, hid unuinumo h""
ine result is sometimes so contrary lu ills
intentions that explanations should bo dill-
gently sought. 1 havo been reading his later
articles and dukes and duelieshcs and tilled
people generally daucu about his pages in
so free and volatile a maimer that 1 fear
his Judgment Is obscured lu consequence.
He speaks of London as "this vast city
whero dukes and lords and countesses ruaiu
about." Hu mentions u room in llloem
foululn whero "dukes and lords now sit
and toll with pens" and one can oven feel
tho gusto with which ho describes "Lord
Roberts with his staff of famous uoblumeu."
AL Winston Churchill's lecluro ho la de
lighted with tho rows of "dress suits and
Bowns."
Now, my own acquaintances havo
ranged from princes to pugilists
and 1 incline to like , thu pugl-
Hats best, but that, I daru say, Is "in-
sect-bralutd " Thoro must bo a special
senso in that admiration for aristocracy and
noble dress suits and It must hu very do-
llghtful to thu possessor. Wo, on tho lloor
side, could never enjoy the Intoxication
arising from contact wllh titles and this
should always hu accounted lo ua lu mill-
gating our condemnation. Wo wore only
among uur equals. And so It happened, pos-
Blhly, that wo took falsu views of things.
in Cronje's light ut I'aarduborg, for ex-
amnio, wo behold a hurolc band' uf men
linMimr nm ,i..ninHi i,.,,f,ii,i nn.i,,.i
nt day and night for a fortnlght'ln ono of
tho most tcrrllle bombardments known to
IIOWU tO
till tho
drolls of
history, rained on, Hooded out
nwniinn wntnmnnron mPi.i,.,i
dead horses dead oxen nnd mnnv ieni m.m
on lis stream- famished yet llghtlim on
till their ammunition had been oxnonded
and yielding finally to tho Inovltab o with
a dignity which brought an expression o
r.dmlrntlon from Lord Roberts himself In
IS SIHiSiniNV! awtimi mm,,, ,..,.,.
oiwu.u
HiliL'l.i.lmll'.xl. u-llil.m-Kil limn vlHU'llt. If 1
"mung "".no who uavo eaiue.i inu i.osi
reputation from South Africa, Mr. Richard
Harding Davis should bo placed lu the
front rank. 1 do not say ll because he
adocatcs tho side for which I fought, hut
because ho has looked ul facts on both sides,
fairly and squarely, and hu has not been
can led olf his feet by tho aupcrtlelal iiHpci t
uf things. Hu went out to South Africa
Anglophile; hu followed the operalloUH ot
Lord Roberts' army, and then he proceeded
to tho republics, whore, with uo reason to
f oi in a bias, lie camo to a deliberate Judg
ment of thu Justice of the war and thu
character of tho military operations.
Ono of tho best types of war correspond
ent Is George Lynch, who has recently
ndded lu China to the laurels gained In
Cuba and South Africa. His art Is a slmplo
one. He gets to the very front and thence
rotates facta. There Ih a hluutncsa about
his narratives which has been of detriment
to Mm, for they nro not only true, but they
read like truth. Ho saw thu war on tho
English sldo; ho was taken prisoner, and
afterward released by tho lloers; and ho
said that thu war was unjust. On his ru-
turn to Durban his license was rescinded.
Anil Hint romlnilB mo of tho conditions
under which modern war correspondents
work with tho English army. Thoy are,
' Ut" "rat place, under tho operutlon of
11,0 ,m,t,l,y uut' 0niy n limited number uro
n"0-'1! to accompany tho army, und tho
olllcor comtnnndlng makes tho selection.
11 Ib BtlIu,llltt'11 l,mt tllu correspondent havo
n wrllton Iormlt every timo ho wlshos to
I'voi,,. Wfu. vi.flU HU WtDllUO IU
K'J 011 11,0 "oltl of acl,(1" or vl8,t 1110 !
va,lcu1 l'0HlB- Tll '"Hilary censor, how-
ovor' furlllH"lja "owh of what la transpiring.
"in, mi iiiniiuB iiuwm ui wuui ih iraiiBpiriug.
Tho censor hns tho right to retain, ox-
pungo, correct, or ovon nppond, what hcoihh
to him Juallllable. These regulations aro
not so onerous as thoy appear, for, gon
erlly speaking, tho public wishes to hear
only thu bright sldo of their army's ex
ploits, and tho correspondents nr0 julto In
aci cidance with that view.
Young Kruger is a Hero
An English clergyman has had tho ox
troino hardihood of relating an anecdote lu
a Dublin paper that rollouts greut credit
upon a near relative, u grandnephow, of
England's arch enemy, Paul Kruger. Ho
was staying nt Glondajough with two
friends, and while boating on tho upper
lake, undor Cnmadorry mountain, noticed
a sheop pitifully bleating on a lodge about
1,000 feet up the sheer cliff. Tho animal
had been thero for days and was lu a state
of seml-starvatlcn. Thu peasants about,
had resolved to shoot It and thus ond Its
misery. Voting Kruger, however, essayed
Its rescue Ho tied a pleco of tarred twine
round tho soles of his boots nnd climbed
up tho fnco of tho preclplco, much to tho
anxloty of his frlondB. Tho oporatlon took
him quite two hours, during which the
slightest unsteadiness or wavering would
hnvo cost hfm hla llfo. Hnlf-wny up ho
shouted down that ho could not movo furthor.
With a flnnl effort, however, ho gradually
worked hla way up, reached tho animal and
lowered it cautiously until ho regained
tho bont. His intrepid net oxclted Intense
admiration among tho spoctatorB. His task
Boomed uttorly Imposslblo nnd In nny ovent
was auoiideii wllh torrlblo dnngor. Young
Iugor wns nt tho time n medical atudont
at Edinburgh university, nnd nn tho decla
ration of wnr snllcd for South Africa,
