The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-15
BRITAIN ENVOY
TO REMAIN

Queen Y Gloria Decides She Will Leave
Sir Juliun PnunccGotc This
Country.
In a visit to the President Sir Julian
Pauncefote recently announced that mis-
Government had dscided> to extend MS
stay to the United States through ano-
Their term
This is. the first time in the history OF
the diplomatic relations between the
United States and Great Britain that
the representa- tive from the Mother couli-
try mas prolonged mis- stay into the third
term, and, on this account and many
others, Sir Julian is specially iattered
and pleased.
Born in 1885, the British Ambassador IS
now e years old, but his siSor, sbotn me9i-<
tai and physical, stamp him as belonging
to u genera ton of a decade earlier Erect,
full of action. calm, yet inppassioned at
times, the Ambassador easily shows
that nc Belongs to the same sturdy Anglo
race which produced Gladstone and kept
him alive into the eighties, before pain
or weakness attacked him. AS temperate
as an Oriental, well-educated as Ger
man, Sir Julian combines In himself
those qualities which are fitted to car
ry a man and a nation to the highest
point in fame and history.
In 1889 the Pauncefote family came
over and took I'D quarters in the Erltsh
Embassy at Washington. Instantly It
became known that there were brilliant
wife and pretty girls i'll the family ana
soon Washington was invited to many
| charming entertainments. The SackVllie-
West incident had not faded from the
public mind and the soreness over that
! unha ppy event, and the need of stronger
| British relations was deeply felt. but IN
! one winter SIR Julian succeeded in con-
| vincing Washington that he was the
| man of the season and before whote
year had passed he had won society
political as we'll as diplomatic 10 ms
side
a CLOSE FRIENDSHIP.
| The trouble now is not that the reia-
! tons will not be cordial enough but
| that they will be too cordial: ana, al
ways Jealous of our statesmen and
ti.eir affections, we enjoy drawing car
| toons of Secretary Hay hobncobins with
| Sir Julian and of the President hover
| ing over both like a guardian angel!
| The Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the
| Tay-Pauncefote agreement are words
| which are pronounced by everybody, prob
J ably by many who do not know their
| meaning but the fear is that IN the
| strong friendship which is now felt we
may be willing to give UP too much OF
Nicaragua to Sir Julians country: ana
! that our Secretary of State may become
so friendly with the English Amoassa-
dor that E,e may be blinded to the inter
| ests of his own country. Not a. pleasant
| thought, truly, nor a. LIKELY one, the
/ diplomats say.
But it is known that. because of these
| overhanging events. the British Govern
n,ent mas elected that Sir Julian Paunce-
fote the Ambassador. shall remain: nor
I 81 ,yoI.1 IF
of retirement until all is amicahly set
tied.
The Boer war is another reason Tor
tho Eeeping of Sir Julian. With the peo-
pie strongly and sharply divided in favor
OF the Beers or against them, and with
the President neutral, it is important ,that
England should have always at hand an
/ important man like Sir Julian VINO can
put in a word at the right time If Amerl-
ca should "intervere' in the Boer war.
there would surely be trouble ahead
with England; and if America does not
do so, there will always be those who
think that she should.
| In such. q position. the aged though
able Sir Julian stands, ready to fnger
on the diplomatic side of the question or
to Jump into the breach at second
notice
Sir Julian had an admirable training
for such position When he was only
thirty-eight he found himself in Hong
Kong, looking out sharply for British
interests. Following that he was in the
Ieeward Islands. Then, after working
in nearly every one of Britains import
ant posts, he came to the United States
with the object of furtherinS a feeling
of cordality The much-talked-of Anglo
| American alliance is said to have been
his invention.
AS might be expected in the case of a
man with strong personality, Sir Julian
has marked traits and characteristics,
not to mention ideas. He is also talented
Englshman are, as rule, musical Ihey
have skill as performers though they
rarely make a life-worli of music SIR
Julian is a skiful piano player and a
composer of no mean merit Some years
ago he composed a beautiful waltz which
he named the Sybilla, in honor OF his
second daughter Miss Sybil, of whom NE Is
specially fond. But then Sir Julnan is
very fond of all his daughters.
| Another trait remarkable In a states
man is fondness for the press. While
I>rot desiring publicity, Sir Julian loves to
have public topics discussed by the pub
lie in public print, and he is said to be
back of many of the international quss-
tons which suddenly Lind discussion III
this way. He likes newspapers, betcVes
in them heads them and considers tle.il
Is | >.
| being ..nisrepresented,'' and has always
l declared that he got his best and talreSt
treatment-with one exception-from the
reporters with whom he talks AT times
of public interest and of general moment
ne reads all sides of the peoples forum
and gradually forms mis- own opinion ms
. is a ,broad-ninded way OF doing Things
! pE,ich might be initiated to advantage by
many OF the statesmen.
Sir Julian plays lawn tennis like a
beau, and is very expert at cricket His
playing Is in great demand among the
young people, and fortunate are those
who play on a side with MIN nor uoeS
he take defeat well. for he plays with al
the ardor which characterizes his othe;
movements He plays alway's with 'eae
prettiest girls, and this means that ne
z plays with all the society young women
of the CAPITAL.
A fad which, even though 1t mas orousl'
l axDeriance Sir Jul1ar