The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-31
HERBEP;/AS
AMBASSADOR
Will Probably Succeed
Lord PauncefOte.
NOW STATIONED In PARIS
His Wife Was Miss Leila VIII
son Of New York.
King Edward Has Not Yet Given
Sanction to Promotion-Salary
of American Representative
to Be Increased.
NOW STATIONED In PARIS

London, May s0-The Hon. Michael
Henry Herbert, who is nominaliy secre-
tary of the British Embassy at Paris,
will probably be the next British Amoas-
sador to the United States. in succession
to the late Lord Pauncefote. Mr.. Her
berfs appointment will probably not be
announced until the remains of Lord
Pauncefote arrive In England.
The only question in regard to Mr.. Her.
berts selection is the approval of King
Edward The Associated Press under
stands that his majesty is taking a keen
personal interest in the matter of Lord
Pauncefotes successor. but he will not be
asked officially to confirm or disapprove
the candidate of the foreign Office ,titii
the period of time during which the gov
eminent pays respect to the late Lord
Pauncefote has elapsed. While there is
no reason to believe that King Edward
will object to Mr.. Herbert, who has the
official backing of both English and
American diplomats, there must always
remain an element of doubt in the mat
ter until the suggested appointment re-
ceives the royal sanction and especially
In view of the acute attention which has
majesty has given to this important pro-
motion.
Still Further Complicated.
The matter of Mr.. Herbert's going to
Washington has been still further COM
plicated by the unexpected delay in
sending over Lord Pauncefote's remains.
The British officials fully expected Lord
Pauncefote's body would arrive In Eng
land prior to the coronation of King Ed
ward and are not little disconnected by
the receipt of dispatches announcing that
the obseauies in England will not occur
until July.
While nominally secretary to the Brit
ish Embassy at Paris, Mr.. Herbert was
really Minister Plenipotentiary to France.
and as such he frequently acted in most
important crises in the absence of Sir
Edmund J. Monsoon, Great Britain's Am
bassador there. Mr.. Herbert's marriage
with Leila. daughter of Richard T. Will
son of New York as a result of which he
became closely related to the Wander
bilts, the Ogden Goelets and the Astors,
will not in any way interfere, according
to opinion here, with his usefulness as
G, cat Britain's Ambassador at Washing
ton. Mr.. Herbert's record at Washing
ton as Charge d'Affaires from 1888 to 1893
and his work as agent on the British
COMMISSION, efIlflently 1T HIN, 81 oihCtdl
belief inclnes. for his proposed new high,
important duties.
Herbert's Peculiar Position.
At Paris Mr.. Herbert's present position
Is somewhat curious for, while holding
the rank of full fiedged minister, he has
to take second place when Sir Edmund
j. Monson, the Ambassador, is resident IN
France.
A curious feature connected with all the
British diplomats who were considered by
the British foreign Office as possible cam
didates to ill The vacancy at Washing
ton is that thev all have American wives.
Sir Henry Howard who is now Great
Britain's Minister at The Hague and who
was for many years attached to the
British Legation at Washington. mar
ried Miss Riggs of Washington; Sir
Francis II. Plunkett, the British Ambas-
sador at Vienna, married Miss Morgan
of Philadelphia; Lord Curzon of Keddies-
ton viceroy of India, married Miss Letter
Of Washington: Austin Lee. Great Brt-
tain's commercial attache to France, BEL
giun1 and Switzerland, married Miss De-
Wolf Smith of New York and Alan John
stone the British Charge d'Affaires at
Darmstadt, married Miss Pinchot of New
York.
Before the new Ambassador at Wash
ington takes UP his duties. the salary at
tached to the position will probably be
put upon a par with the highest paid in
Great Britain's diplomatic service. namely
that which is paid to the Amba ssador
at Paris. $4,000 year.