LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.)
LORD FRENCH AND LORD KITCHENER.
[To rat Enema or rue SPECTATOR.") Sni,—Your readers may like to be reminded of the fine tribute paid in the House of Lords by Lord French to Lord Kitchener after the loss of the 'Hampshire.' The whole address, which will be found in The Lord Kitchener Memorial Rook, is noteworthy, but especially the first and third
paragraphs, which I quote, and which appear to have a special relevancy at present :— " As Commander-in-Chief of the Army in France my relation with the late Secretary of State for War was constant, and 1 am anxious to place on record that no effort was ever spared by him to supply all my demands."
" It would he idle to pretend that in the past two years I have always seen eye to eye with the great Field-Marshal who has been taken from us, but such divergence of opinion as occurred in no way interfered with the national interests nor did it ever shake any confidence in Lord Kitchener's will, power, and ability to meet the heavy demands I had to make upon him. Many noble Lords in the House can speak with
• greater eloquence and much greater authority of Lord Kitchener as a Cabinet Minister. Personally, 1 prefer to keep him always in my mind as the great and glorious soldier which I knew him to he."
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