Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-05-30
Death Of the British Ambassador

Lord Pauncefo,e, the British Am
bassador TO the United States. died at
the Embassy, in Washington, Satur-
day morning at ) 80 o'clock. The i'm.
provement noted in his CONDITION the
past week gave hope Of recovery but
sudden relapse n few hours before
death quickly ended his life. The
family and attaches OF the embassy
were present when the dread summons
came.
The Right Honorable Lord Paunce-
fote, the first Ambassador to the United
States and the dean of the diplomatic
corps in Washington, was born in Mu-
Mich, Bavaria, seventy-four years ago,
and was the issue of one Of the mos,
ancient of British families, whose his
tory is founded in the Doomsday book.
Educated as lawyer, his govern
mental service began in Hongkong as
Attorney General in 1860, and after
much valuable colonial service, he
came to Washington in 1889, first as
Minister and afterwards as first Am
bassador. His service there has been
one unbroken record of successful di-
plomacy. The Bering sea negoiia-
tons were among his earliest works Of
importance and it WAS his familiarity
with that difficult subject that led to
his selection by the foreign office for
the post at Washington. The ar
btration treaty negotiated with Secre-
tary Olney was the forerunner of the
great work accomplished at The
Hague; and it may be said that it EN-.
bodied some of tie most important
principles OF the great general con-
vention regulating arbitration after
wards framed by The Hague confer
ence. Then came a number of re-
ciprocity treaties and arrangements,
involving e vast amount of study and
work, all of which were perfected, so
the executive branch OF our govern
ment could cooperate with Lord
Pauncefote.
Soon after Secretary Hay assumed
office, Lord Pauncefote began the
task which he himself regarded as the
greatest accomplishment of his busy
life, namely, to forever set at rest the
questions growing out of the old
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, and he entered
with energy again upon negotiations.
the result of which was the framing OF
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. recently
ratified.
For these valuable services the
British government did Lord Paunce-
tote the honor TO three times extend
the term OF his services at Washington,
which would otherwise have ceased
when he attained the age of seventy
years.
A State funeral demanded 10y prece-
dent, was held Wednesday in ST.
Johns Episcopal Church, where he
worshiped, at II o'clock. conducted by
Rev. DIR. Macksy.
The honorary pallbearers were the
five ambassadors in Washington, Herr
Won Helleben, M. Cambon, Count
Cassini, Senior Aspiroz and Signor
Mayors DIES Planches, Secretary of
State Hay. Senator Frye, President
pro TEN of the Senate, and Speaker
Henderson OF the House OF Represen-
tatives.
After the church services, the re.
mains were conveyed to Rock Greek
cemetery escorted by military pro-
cession, and at the cemetery they
were placed in temporary receiving
vault. At first it was suggested that
the remains be permanently inferred
here, but the wishes OF the family OF
deceased were otherwise, and it is the
intention to have them conveyed to
England to the ancestral home at
Preston when the Pauncefote family
returns to England. 1t will be de-
termined before that time whether or
not q United States warship shall
carry the body to England. There is
ample precedent for tender OF this
kind aud it doubtless will be made.
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