The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-14
BRITAIN'S ENVOY
IS TO REMAIN.
Queen Victoria Decides she Will
Leave Sir Julian PauRcefote in
This Country.

In a visit to the President Sir Julian
Pauncefote recently announced that
ms government had decided to extend
his stay to the United States through
another term
This is the first time in the history of
the diplomatic relations between the
United States and Great Britain that
the representative from the Mother
country has prolonged his stay into the
third term, and, on this account and
many others, Sir Julian is specially dat-
tered and pleased
Born IN 1928, the British Ambassador
is now Y years old, but his vigor both
mental and physical, stamp him as be-
longing to generation of a decade ear
ller- Erect, full of action, calm yet i'm
passioned at times, the Ambassador
easily shows that he belongs to the
same sturdy Anglo race which pro
ouced Gladstone and kept him alive in
70 ehe eighties before pain or weak
as an Oriental, well-educated as a Ger
man. Sir Julian combines in himself
those qualities which are fitted to car
~ man and nation to the highest
point IN fame and history.
In 1889 the Pauncefote family canoe
over and took up quarters in the Brit
ism Embassy at Washington. Instantly
II became known that there were a
DrliI1ant wife and pretty girls in the
family and soon washington was in
| Vlted to many charming entertain
ments. The Sackviile- West incident
mad not faded from the public mind
and the soreness over that unha INV
! event, and the need of stronger Brit
| lsh relations was deeply felt, but in one
/ winter Sir Julian succeeded in convinc-
| ing Washington that he was the man
/ of the season and, before a whole year
/ had passed he had won society, politi-
| cal as well as diplomatic. to his side.
A CLOSE FRIENDSHIP.
The trouble now is not that the rela-
/
that they will be too cordial: and, al
1 ways Jealous of our statesmen and
their affections, we enjoy drawing car
toons of Secretary Hay hobnobbing
/ with Sir Julian and of the President
| lowering over both like a guardian an
gel.
The Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the
| Hay-Pauncefote agreement are words
which are pronounced by everybody.
| probably 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
and that our Secretary of State may
become SO friendly with the English
Ambassador that he may be blinded tc
the interests 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 Gov
eminent has elected that Sir Julian
FaunCeIOIe, the AIIDdSSaQOr, Snall re-
main; nor win he be given his much
longed for leave of retirement until al
is amicably settled.
The Boer war is another reason fol
the keeping of Sir Julian. With the
people strongly and sharply divided il
favor Of the Beers or against them, and
with the President neutral, it is inpor-
tant that England should have Away:
at hand an important man like Sir Ju
liam who can put in word at the RICH
time. If America should Intervene il
the Boer war, there would surely bl
| trouble ahead with England; and i
America does not do so, there will al
ways be those who think that shl
should
In such a position, the aged though
| able Sir Julian now stands, ready I,
linger on the diplomatic side of tn,
question or to jump into the breach a
a seconds notice.
Sir Julian had an admirable training
for such a position. When he was onl,
tfirty-eight he found himself in HON.
Kong, looking out sharply for British
interests. Following that he was in tn
Leeward Islands. Then, after worlxin,
in nearly every one of Britain's fmpor
tant posts, he came to the United State
with the object of furthering a feeling
of cordially The much talked of An
glo-American alliance is said to haY
been his invention