THE MAN KITCHENER.
"SIMPLE FAITH IN BRITISH
MANHOOD."
• LONDON, July 16. t-"? i very P ictl »'esque account of Lord Jiitchonor as ho delivered his great speech m the Guildhall is given by Mr Begbie.
'Wliat was it that mado Lord Kitchener's address so remarkable? First and foremost, it s moral character; its appeal to conscience,, its manly emphasis on duty, its simple faith m, British manhood.
Tt was a man's speech, a great man's speech, and a gentleman's speech. Tt was everything which a fit of hysterics is not. It was reasoned, it was' digni|fled, it was statesmanlike. "When, the recruiting band m the gallery struck up 'God Save the King' he sang, his head beating Jtim'e, as if glad to efecape from the chief attention. He sang, earnestly, Sir Edward Carson at his side, grim as a Red Indian, and not vocal.
He is tall, straight, and full of energy. His dark hair is only beginning to grey; his moustache' is still nearly as brown as his skin ; and he has a look of alacrity- and judgment m his eyes which alone gives an appearance of middle-age to a face frank, full, cheerful, and boyish." V
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13786, 11 September 1915, Page 3
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