The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02

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England frustrated the effort Of the Powers
TO make representations on behalf o. spain;
Mr. Hays public addr sse in England
were few, but they added to the already
brilliant reputation of the embassy
CAREER IN WORLD POLITICS.
On his recall from Great Britain to suc-
seed SECRETARY Day, at the end lot, Of the the
career in international politics which has
set his nation in an authoritative place in
the councils Of he world. In seven years
h, negotiated mora than fifty treaties of
all degrees of importance.
Though not all of his work had the com
plete approval of the country. as in the
matter Of the first Hay-Pauncefote treaty
superseding the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
no one ever pretended that Mr.. Hay had
not moved diplomatic mountains hitherto
regarded as anchored fast to the very
center of the earth.
His diplom attic trium phs followed 30
close one upon the other that the country
ceased to comment on them and accepted
tary's responsibilities Foreign journals.
however. exclaimed again and again. and
sometimes in no good temper, against
the ease with which Mr.. Hay accomplished
his ends.
Whether he was convincing the Cuban
Government OF the wisdom Of its adoption
OF reciprocity treaty In 1908 or was estab-
fishing the open door principle in China
in the same year, it was Mr.. Hays part to
lead the way through the maze OF prece-
dents and around the pitfalls of inter
national jealousies, while the rest of the
iplomats of the world followed, wonder
ing, half afraid and smiling with salts
faction.
HIS WORK FOR CHINA.
Mr.. Hay got the confidence of the much
abused Chinese by drawing back from
the greedy rush for indemnity loot after
the taking of Pekin. He devised the plan,
previous to the fall, by which the Ameri-
can forces, though acting simultaneously
with those Of other nations, were not com
mitted to any untraditional entangling
alliance with any or all Of them.
He stood against the world for the in
tegrity Of China, which was not only threat
ened but practically wou d have been sacri-
feed, had it not been for his patient
championship OF the doctrine that China
was no longer field for spoliation. When
into a private avenue TO aggression and
domination Mr.. Hay succeeded in framing
a circular note Of protest to the powers
which, though not regarded with full re-
spect by Russia, has since been enforced.
in effect, by Japanese arms.
His part in the settlement of the protracted
Alaskan boundary dispute and his quoting
OF the Venezuelan trouble in 1923 also
added to his reputation as a dipomatist
Of the highest order.
STUCK TO HIS POST.
There was a time not very long after
Mr.. Roosevelt's inauguration when the
rumor got abroad that Mr.. Hay desired to
give up his portfolio and rest. President
Roosevelt begged him to remain feeling
that, however many slight differences there
might be between himself and the Secre.-
tary Of State in matters of procedure. and
given procedure, he could not well spare
Mr.. Hays grasp of the manifold difficulties
which have confronted the Administration
abroad.
A thousand interests throughout the
country, brought pressure upon Mr.. Hay
to hold his post as long as his health would
possibly permit him. That he sacrificed
his life to the sense of the duty thus borne
in upon him is the feeling OF many of those
who knew him best Mr. Hay was very
sensitive to criticism, though he concea led
the wounds which adverse and unkind or
unfair comment gave him The fuss made
by critics of the Administration in the
Panama negotiations cut him to the quick.
Soon after the second inauguration OF
President Roosevelt, last spring. Mr.. Hay
went abroad broken in health. He had so
concealed his weakness from the public
that the first intimation Of the seriousness
of his condition came when he tainted at the
gangplank Of the steamer on which ne sailed
and was carried aboard.
It was reported that his recovery was
complete, but when he returned late last
month he appeared to be in poor health.
A special messenger from the President
met him on the steamer down the bay, and
1t was generally assumed that the message
had to do with the pending effort to bring
about peace in the Far East.
Plunging thus into the thick Of his duties,
undertaking a task more serious than any
he had essayed. he found himself far less
robust than he had believed. He went to his
summer home at Lake Sunapee on June %.
~ Nr awe
to his country and to English letters have
not been limited to his own country. A. B.
Hart, professor Of history at Harvard, said
Of MI. Hay not long ago:
Just as Bismarck was in his day. John
Hay is to-day the dean Of all diplomats"
Justice Brewer of the Supreme Court
said In 1908 that In place Of the sneered at
shirt sleevee' diplomacy which had been
attributed to this country, John Hay has
created the John Hay type Of diplomacy. -"
which was tactful without untruthfuness,
firm without menace, and direct without
The following institutions had given
him the degree Of doctor of laws: Brown,
Princeton, Western Reserve, Dartmouth
and Yale. He was trustee Of the Carnegie
Institution.
HIS QUIET HOME LIFE.
Mr.. Hays home life was OF the auietest
At his bachelor dinner. in 1874, friend said
How long will your honeymoon be?'
1T will last for the rest Of my life. think. ,
he said, quietly.
His closest friends believe that he prophe
sled truly. The great house in Washington
was built as home rather than rs place of
elaborate entertainment. The few who
were intimate there were deeply impressed
with the community Of heart and interest,
quite beyond speech, which existed between
Mr.. Hay and his wife. With perfect under
hours content and placid in one another's
company without exchanging word
The eldest, Adelbert, was killed in an acct
dent at Yale College, a few years ago There
daughters, Mrs. Payne Whitney and Mrs.
James W. Wadsworth, ,Jr: Mr., Hay so
managed his affairs that the fortune of more
than million dollars left him by his father
in-law has been increased all through his
lifetime.
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