LORD TWEEDSMUIR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 74, 9 January 1936, Page 6

LORD TWEEDSMUIR.

GETTING ACQUAINTED. CANADA’S NEW GOVERNOR. OTTAWA, Canada. Lord Tweedsrmxir, who was Mr John Buchan, and is the new Governor General of Canada, without loss of time, is acquainting himself with the Dominion that tis to be his home'for the next five years. Already he has received addresses of loyal welcome from various cities and provinces, Eas shown his keen interest in philanthropic and cultural activities, and has delivered a number of striking public addresses. He has maintained and developed his reputation as a raconteur. He told, for instance, this story about Disraeli and Lord 'Salisbury when addressing the Montreal Canadian Club. “The great Lord Salisbury was in the habit of driving'down to cabinet meetings with his wife, and being met by her and driving home in the evening. During Mr Disraeli’s last Government, as he drove -home one evening, he told Lady Salisbury there was danger of a Cabinet crisis. ‘The Prime Minister,’ he said, ‘wants to do something perfectly ridiculous. We discussed it to-day, and I think I have pulled his arguments to bits. So did my colleagues, but he was as obstinate as a mule., I have decided that unless he is prepared to give up his scheme, I must resign. To-morrow we are having another Cabinet meeting, and it will be very critical.’ “Next night, Lady Salisbury, when she called for him, asked anxiously what had happened. Mlave you got your wav?’ she asked. He answered ‘no.’ ‘Then, are you going to resign?’ Again he said no. This is what happened : “The Prime Minister again brought forward his scheme and again wo riddled it with criticism. We did not leave him a leg to stand on. But he was as obstinate as ever/ and declared that at all costs he meant" to go through with it. So I said to myself, if you have a man as able as Mr Disraeli, w?io has a scheme which he cannot defend, and which he is still determined to go on with, then lie must be right.’ “I am absolutely certain what the scheme was,” said Lord Tweedsmuir drolly, “hut if it was the purchase of the Suez canal shares, then it was not exactly a political blunder.”