The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-22
HAY TAKES DAYS
PLACE IN CABINET
Ambassador to England Has Been
Made Secretary Of State by
the President.
WELL EQUIPPED FOR PLACE.
Knowledge Acquired in England May
Yet Prove of Great Benefit to
the United States.
By Jos: Ohl.

''~A~NN>N
Hay, our ambassador to the court of St.
James, us successor to Secretary OF State
Day and 1t IS officially announced that Mr..
Hay has accepted.
While it was natural because of the per-
| sonal friendship existing between the two
| men that the president should have turned
| 10 Ambassador Hay as the man for the
state portfolio. it Is unquestionably true
| that there is deeper significance TO the
selec ton than would be implied in the selec-
ton of any other public man in this coun-
| try at this particular crisis.
! This reason has been limited at in the
press dispatches. OF all the men now in
! public life in this country no other has had
! SO practical an opportunity to study ths
| eastern question as the man who has been
! our ambassador at London during 4 period
| when that uucStiOn--Or so much of 1t as m
| wolves the relations of the European pow
! ers TO China-has been the overshadoWinS
| issue at the capital of the Great Britain.
| A Great Vital Issue.
We in this country hear little of that
| problem and think less OF it,, but with the
| English it has been the great vital issue.
! and at London it has received consideration
| greater than at any of the other capitals OF
| Europe, because the English people believe
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| complications. Hay has been i'll the MIDST
of all this and has had opportunity to
study it. While naturally the English sue
OF the controversy has been most promi-
nently presented to his mind, it is reasona-
bic to suppose that being a man Of
breadth and realizing how greatly his own
country may be interested in the outcome
of the contest he has taken pains to study
every phase of the question
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country has q vital interest in the solution
of the problems which Great Britain is row
facing. There is hue and cry throughout
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England mas petn ilS'9llhE 'hai L'' ports
OF emma must De open TO the commerce OF
all the nations OF Europe, without diserim-
ination against any. mat IS the open