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...mend matters by referring to the South African British as "helots." He foresaw war with the Boers, undoubtedly hastened its advent, which he believed inevitable. He stayed in South Africa throughout the South African War (1899-1902), was rewarded for his services by a viscounty and the Governorship of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony...
...third time in succession, the Rt. Hon. Montagu Collet Norman was elected to "the Chair" (Governorship) of the Bank of England...
Being a Southerner, he is a Democrat. The State, during his governorship, was predominantly Republican, but, in 1908, the Republican legislature elected him to the U.S. Senate and the U. S. public inspected him for the first time. He had a retiring chin, a blunt nose, shrewd eyes and, at that time, a fine head of dark hair beginning to be streaked with gray. He was reserved, goodnatured, low-voiced, quiet, yet had the courage to precipitate a party row and fight it through?as afterwards developed...
Immediately after his graduation from the University he entered journalism and became president of the Auburn Publishing Company, which published the "Auburn Citizen". From this field of activity he was quickly drawn into politics. After a defeat in 1898 as an independent candidate for the Lieutenant Governorship of New York State, he was elected Mayor of Auburn in 1903. He gave the city an administration marked by reform and progressive action on various problems of municipal government...
...October, Tuchun Chi of Kiangsu evicted Tuchun Lu of Chekiang (TIME, Oct. 27) ; but the victory in the North of Super Tuchun Chang Tso-lin over Super Tuchun Wu Pei-fu (TIME, Nov. 10) reversed matters and Tuchun Lu, ousted from the Province of Chekiang, was given the Military Governorship of Kiangsu in place of Chi, ousted. This meant that Shanghai had fallen for the second time and was again in Lu's hands...