The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-31
PAUNCEFOTE'S SUCCESSOR.
HON MICHAEL HENRY HERBERT'
 PROBABLY THE MAN.
Is Now Secretary ofthe British Elm bassy at Parts-The Only Question is the Approval of King Euynrd-Salary Will be Raised to That of the Highest Ambassador In the British Service.
n, bassador In the British Service.

London, May 30.-Hon. Michael Henry
 Herbert, who is nominally secretary to
 the British embassy at Paris, will prob
 ably be the next British ambassador to
 the United States, in succession to the
 late Lord Pauncefote.
 Mr. Herbert's appointment to this
 post will probably not be announced
 until the remains of Lord Pauncefote
 arrive in England. The only question
 in regard to Mir. Herbert's selection for
 the Washington post is the approval
 of King Edward. The Associated
 Press understands that his majesty is
 taking a keen personal interest in the
 matter of Lord Pauncefotes successor,
 but the king will not be asked officially
 to confirm or dlsapprove the candidate
 of the foreign office until the period
 of time during which the government
 pays respect to the late Lord Paunce-
 fote has elapsed.
 While there is no reason to believe
 that King Edward will object to MT.
 Herbert, who has the official backing of
 both English and American diplomats
 there must always remain an element of doubt in the matter until the sug- gested appointment receives the royal sanction and especially in view of the acute attention which his majesty has given to this important promotion.
 The matter of MT. Herbert's going to Washington has been still further com plicated by the unexpected delay in sending over Lord Panucefotes re- mains. The British government, off, cially, fully expected Lord Pauncefote's body would arrive in England prior to the coronation of King Edward, and it is not a little disconcerted by the re- ceipt of despatches announcing that the obsequies in England will not occur until July.
 The determination to select MT. Her. bert as ambassador to the United States was reached after many consultations with those who are best fitted to voice 1 an opinion in the matter. While nomi- 1 nally minister plenipotentiary to | France, and as such he frequently acted 1 in most important crisis in the absence | of Sir Edmund J. Monson, Great Brit | aims ambassador there.
 MT Herbert's marriage with Leila. | daughter of Richard T. Wilson of New York. as a result of which he became closely related to the Vanderbilts the | Ogden GoeIets and the Astors, will not in any way interfere, according to opin- ion here, with his usefulness as Great | Britain's ambassador at Washington MT. Herbert's record at Washington as charge d'affaires from 1888 until 1889 and as secretary to the British legation there from 1892 to 1893 and his work as British agent on the Venezuelan com J,yH i'm, c0 pfi0ia1 10 ! lief inclines for his proposed new and duties.
 At Paris MT. Herbert's present posi- lion is somewhat curious. for, while holding the rank of full f1edged min- ister, 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 consid- cred by the British foreign office as pos sble candidates to fill the vacancy at Washington, is that they all have American wives. Sir Henry Howard, who is now Great Britain's minister at i The Hague and who was for many , years attached to the British legation , 1t Washington, married Miss Riggs of Sir Francis R. Plunkett, he British ambassador at Vienna, mar jed Miss Morgan of Philadelphia; Lord , 1urzon of Kedleston, viceroy of India, married Miss Letter of Washington; Austin Lee, Great Britain's commercial Lttache at France, Belgium and Swtz- T rland married Miss DeWolf Smith of New York; and Alan Johnstone, the British charge d'affaires at Darmstadt, | married Miss Pinchot of New York | Before the new ambassador at Wash ngton takes up his duties the salary of T he ambassador there will probably be 1 ut up on par with the highest paid T. II Great Britain's diplomatic service, VI amely, that which is paid him as am- 6 assador at Paris, e9,000 G45,000) a W ear. n