Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-05-29
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.)

Pouncefote, after an illness which
was known to be serious but which
no one thought would terminate
fatally, has cast q shadow over Off
cial and social life in Washington,
which is in marked contrast to the
gayety which marked the cere-
monies attendant upon the un-
yelling of the Rochambeau statue.
Lord Pauncefote died at $50 on
Saturday morning but no official
intelligence of the fact reached the
White House until after the un-
yelling. Nevertheless there were
many in attendance at the dedica-
tory exercises who had learned of
the sudden death of the Ambas-
sador, and out of respect to the
deceased diplomat the reception,
which had been planned for Sat-
urday evening at the French
embassy, was not given.
Lord Pauncefote, G. G. b., G..
G. NJ. c., came to the United States
as the diplomatic representative of
his government in 1898 and the
whole course of his career as Brit
ish Ambassador at Washington
has been a decided success. He,
with Secretary Olney, drafted the
general arbitration treaty between
the United States and Great
Britain, which treaty was the fore
runner Of the great work in the
interest of peace accomplished at
the Hague convention. His final
work, and the one for which he
will be remembered, was the Hay
Pauncefote treaty by which the
United States and Great Britain
reached an amicable agreement in
regard to the construction of an
Isthmian canal. While represent
ing a government which receives
credit for being most aristocratic
in its tendencies, Lord Pauncefote
was a very democratic man and
had endeared himself to the many
in Washington with whom he came
i'll almost daily contact. There is
some talk of adjourning both houses
of Congress to-day out of respect to
the late Ambassador who was not
only the Ambassador of Great
Britain but dean of the diplomatic
corps. His successor as dean of
the corps will be Herr Won Holleben,
Ambassador from Germany.
The unveiling of the Rochambeau
statue which took place on Saturday
was great success. While the
Marine Band played the national
air of France, the "Marseillaise".
the Countess de Rochambeau drew
the cord which let fall the French
and American flags with which the
statue was draped and, as the troops
of the two nations presented arms,
the guns of the Fourth Battalion
doomed out the national salute on
the field back Of the White House.
The address of Senator Lodge which
was the feature of the unveiling,
was beautiful and polished Grafton
such as was to have been expected
from the observation-disclosures Of
Massachusetts. In few words
the President welcomed the French
guests and complimented them on
the appearance of their marines.
Ambassador Cambon responded,
referring to the fact that while the
representatives of the fair republic
for which he had the honor to speak
and the personal representatives of
her President were taking part in
this auspicious ceremony, President
Loubet himself was the guest of the
"Great White Father, the Gar,
and concluding, congratulated the
United States on the friendly regard
in which she is held by all the
nations of the earth.
While the Philippine debate still
occupies the attention of the Senate
the monotony of the proceedings
has been somewhat varied by the
speeches of Senators Hoar and
Beveridge. The address of the
former, while regarded by his
colleagues as somewhat visionary
and chimerical, was a remarkably
eloquent production and held the
closest attention of his auditors for
upwards of three hours. Senator
Beveridge, replying to the speech
of Senatoa Dubois of Idaho, cited
the fact that our. exports to Japan
had increased from SO, 100000 to
S29, 100000 year within a short
period and maintained that there
was reason to look for d similar
development of our trade with
China; all which rendered it
imperative that the United States
should maintain control of the Phil
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