The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-06
ARBITRATION TREATY.
Not Popular Among the Sen.
ators.
JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE'S HOPES.
Character OF the Treaty Drawn Up by
Two Aged Diplomstists-A Fine Old
Englishman-Negieot of Famous Amer
lean Women.

Two Aged Diplomatists-A Fine Old
Englishman-E Neglect of Famous Amer
lean Women.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-[Special. Con
gressmen, as II rule, do not take very kind
ly to the suggestion that new general ar
bltration treaty with Great Britain be rat.
iiied at this session. For some reason or
other the idea of closing a compact with
England is not popular here. A great
many of the senators who will vote to rati-
fy the treaty which has been negotiated by
Secretary sherman and Sir Julian Paunce-
Tote, the British ambassador, are not en-
thusiastic about it and would be quite as
well satisfied if the matter were dropped
From sources which admit of no question
as to their reliability learn that the true
inwardness of the arbitration treaty
scheme is as follows:
Aged Dipiomatists.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British EN-
bassador here, is nearing that age at which
British diplomatists are usually retired.
Sir Julian expects in very short time to
be placed upon the retired list. 1t is Gus
tomaIy in England to give To those diplo
matists who have specially distinguished
themselves in the service upon their retire
ment place in the pecrage 1t is this that
Sir Julian is striving for. Up to this time
his career here while one of usefulness
and dignity, has not been marked by any
special success The Venezuelan affair of
which he knew next to nothing before the
thing was sprung upon Lord Salisbury,
certainly could not he counted among Sir
Julian triumphs. Nothing else that has
fallen under his hand during his long So
journ here has given him the eclat which
would entitle him to place among the
peers.
1t is obvious that if the ambassador is to
secure the coveted honor he must stir him
self about and do something in order to
earn it. Now, it happens that in England
as here, u large class of the people, the
church attendants, the business men, the
peace lovers and the conservative folk gen
orally, are anxious to have u general treaty
of arbitration with the United States.
| They believe it would be the harbnger of
eternal peace between the two great Eng
| lish speaking nations. Nor does il matter
much to them what kind of u treaty il is
| 1t may not be worth tho paper it is writ
ten on rs an actual preventive of serious
| disputes 1t is all the same to most of
them. III it i n treaty Of arbitration, that
| is enough Therefore they would be quite
| well satisfied with the thin and Ineffective
| treaty which has been drawn up by the
| two aged diplomatists, Secretary Sherman
| and Sir Julian Pauncefote, and if Mr..
! Pauncefoto can get this little treaty
! through he will have earned his pecrage,
and will doubtless be the happiest man in
| the realm.
A Fine Old Man.
As lorg as the United States has moth
| ing to lose by the making of such treaty
! every one i'm Washington that knows Sir
Julian is hoping he will have his heart s
| wish. There never was q more lovable
| old man. In appearance he is typical
| Englishman of mature years He looks
hearty and bluff and as If he could be saw
] age on occasion. As matter Of fact, he
/ is as soft and peaceful as cooling dove.
| He is popular with all classes. His serv
| ants love him quite as much as his secre-
| taries and his daughters. The ladies all
vote him 1.-THE sweetest old man in the
| world" He is without doubt the best
| liked member of the diplomatic corps, OF
} which he is the dean and leader.
Sir Julian 5 popularity here is something
| like that which our late ambassador to
| London, Mr.. Bayard, enjoyed over there.
| While was in London last summer they
| told me the average Britisher looked upon
| Mr. Bayard Us quito the greatest man that
| ever came out of America. The secret OF
| his popularity was not hard TO find. lie
| had fine, winning manners, to start with
! He was benevolent of aspect and OF speech,
| but this was not his strong card. His piece
| de resistance was his ability to make a
| public address upon any and every occa
| sion without notice and without prepare
| ton. In England public speaking is al
| most lost art-that is, after dinner talk
| Ing. OF course the political and parlia
| mentary orators are somewhat like thcii
| brethren on this side the water, but the
man who can get up and rattle OIL good
talk on a moments notice is a rarity IL
London and "a jewel of great price.
Charmed With Bayard.
This Mr.. Bayard was able to do to the
queen s taste and also to that of all hcl
subjects The words would roll out of his
mouth in long, beautiful sentences. He
could say such sweet things and such witty
things without apparent effort. The Eng
| iish were simply charmed with him. HI
shone all the more brilliantly by contrast
for the average Englishman who essays an
after dinner speech hens and haws ano
SAYS don't you know" and falls over
himself and coughs while he is trying tC
| think of what to say next, and his whole
performance is one of pain for himself and
also for his auditors NcEt to Mr.. Bayarc
the English think Chauncey Depew the
greatest man the United states ever pro
duccd.
| Some one has made y most unpleasant
| discovery concerning the great library 81
congress-thc national library, rs 1t j.
| commonly called. la.s is thGt no Woma
has been hon0rcd by lace Upon itswclt
or ccilir. s.. All Ike fan ot' men Ci all ia
rions ana tin.cs-tES writer's, inventors
artists sculptors. tcac&c:i thi3ktra, war
| riors. philosophers have l;l their ranc
| written where tic rco; lc ui America VIII
throng these beautiful halls ard corridors
may see them and Isy LrH,"Gc. But 20
| one woman, so il Is said, has lcr name IL
| this high place. Nl,t tEc women q
America will do aho.t IL when they rcaliz'
| how they have been neglected. what sort
| of a storm they will cause to blow a1ou'