New-York tribune., 1909-02-08
yOTKN0WN By THE KING
oGcJ Statement Issued About Sir
Thomas Barclay.

,,.-xr,eht 1905 By the Brentwood Co-npzny.l
g THOMAS Barclay. who, a contributor TO a
- OF American publications and a frequent
- 70 the United States. is almost as well
,-oun or this side Of the ocean as in Europe,
-. esnecsaily connection with his self-imposed
-, N behalf of International arbitration and
-. hss 3ust been made the subject OF a very
.s-ass nls Communication by the British Foreign
80 N behalf Of King Edward. The communica-
- issued by the Foreign Ofice is as follows:
y. vienna newspaper has published the account
= ,n.e-r.ew with Sir Thomas Barclay in re-
-sr6 20 the present political situation. in which
a. .+afed that he IS IN the special confidence Of
= Eynr We have information TO the au-
.s.nticaty Of the account, but we are authorized
- .av thar any statement made by Sir Thomas
n-rlav can represent only his personal views;
+s.t se IS not in any way in the confidence of the
,,,r a. Of his majesty's government, IS the
s.,e even personally acquainted with him.
g. Thomas is a member OF the English bar, who
- his headquarters at Paris. where he was
. q tine chairman Of the British Chamber of
,r,nuerce His trips TO the United States have
20, su connection with his self-imposed missions
a ,rouoofe agitation in favor Of Anglo-AInerican
.ss+,es Of arbitration and conciliation. He re-
s,5s himself as one OF the authors of the Anglo
F-encb entente ccrdiale which view is not shared
s.her By mis- sovereign by the English govern
roeut He has also been active in efforts to i'm
rrove the relations between England and Germany
,,5 has founded the Fl I c." that is say. the
jrts-nsfonal brotherhood Alliance the initials be-
iog those OF the Latin rendering of the name OF
the association
Eoth Crown and government in England have
nae much suffer in times past from English
people who assumed. 5thout any warrant what
YER 70 speak ia foreign lands for their sovereign
and for the nation. Should they happen to have
handles 10 their names TO belong TO Pariia-
,reut the impression which they able TO
ate upon people abroad is greater Thus.
the Arab rebellion. which resulted IN the
Of Europeans in the bombardrnent and partial de-
siruction of Alexandria in 1852 and in the British
occupation Of Egypt, would never have taken
5lsce had il been for the enco1ra cement which
Arab Pscha received from the late Sir William
Gregors and wflfrid Blunt to resist the urgent
srd pressing advice and demands Of the British
plsnipotentisry. Sir Edward Malet. In the same
way the Greeks would scarcely have ventured
on their disastrous with Turkey had il
mt been for the encouragement which they re-
Ceived from Sir Henry Norman, Who having taken
up his headquarters Athens insisted that Great
Britain would hack them up In their fight and pro-
fect them from ali harm al the hands of the Sub
lime Porte IN spite of the advice 10 the contrary
urged upon them by the British Minister Plenipo-
tAntisrs Athens. Sir Edwin Egerton
Two or three years ago a Liberal organization
knozn the Eighty Club of London. composed
Of non-of7cisI members Of Parliament and poll
ticisns visited Hungary. and. being extensively
entertained. EaEed very eloquent their post-pran-
dial utte-ances and interviews being regarded
suthorite tige-sn impression which gave no end
0: trouble 10 the King. 70 the British government
and especially 10 the Foreign Office. Last year
II. 7. stead whose enthusiasm in behalf of peace
has occasionally carried him beyond the bounds
ef diplomatic discretion. made the object OF
quiet but much more considerate disavo<sI hv
the Foreign Office. hut Dc fore has 50 severe
Reputation been issued by the British Crown
snd government that which has row been pub-
lished far and wide with regard 10 Sir Thomas
Bsrolay-the iutinastion that King Edward far
from according his confidence to Sir Thomas Bar
clay. does not even know him being particularly
severe.