Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-06
CAREER on BUCHANNAN.


The sudden and unexplained death Of
w. / buchanan IN London recent
~ has removed from the diplomatic
corps OF the United Statcs one %, the
ablcst and most valuable attaches Mr.
Buchanan was a born diplomat lie
was not educated for the diplomatic
service; on the contrary, he was a bus
mess man without any diplomatic
friis whatever In the comparatively
small municipality known as Sioux
city. iowa. he had established a crock
cry business which nc made success
tul and graduating from the counter he
made a success Of the FIRST Sioux city
corn palace and consequently became
the head of the agricultural exhibit Of
the Worlds Fair IN Chicago in 1898
Mr.. Buchanan was a Democrat rs
politics, but senator Allison. a staunch
Republican. recommended him 60 Presi-
dent Cleveland as an excellent cand-
date for appointment as minister to the
Argentine Republic The Senator was
backed by every Republican represen-
tative from the state OF Iowa. and
ne never had occasion TO regret his
endorsement for Buchanan made
good not only there. but in every
other diplomatic position which he held
and he held several. President Nc
klnley recognized his ability as ala
President Roosevelt and President Taft
testified 20 his appreciation Of the serV-
ices of the Iowa business man by Civ
ing him important diplomatic missions.
the last of which was connected with
the final settlement OF the last point
at issue between the United states and
the iteUubiice OF Venezuela It was
while or this mission that Mr. Buchan-
nan met his death In London
There. Is no doubt whatever but that
Ar. Buchanan. whose home for the
last nine or 10 years has been in Buffalo
New York, could practically have had
ms choice OF many diplomatic posts
which he cared TO nll. but he was not
rich man and the business relations
which he had made IN recent years
were FAR more attractive to him than
official diplomatic life. For this reason
II Is understood he recently declined the
post Of minister 20 China, which was
rendered to him and which was some
what cmphatically urged upon him by
the administration. II is safe to say
that had MT. Buchanan accepted the
tender of this post the present trouble
In the matter Of the official representa-.
uon % this country in Pekln would
have been avoided.
IN any event the state department
regards the death OF Mr. Buchannan MS
exceedingly unfortunate and Il Is safe
10 say that no American was more
sincerely mourned in the southern
portion OF this hemisphere from Next
co south than the citizen Of Buffalo
whose untimely end in the English
capital was cabied a fortnight ago.
EMBASSY BUILDINGS
David Jayne Hin, United states am
bassador 70 Germany. who Is now IN
the United States on a visit. has learn
Ell, as many other ambassadors have
learned that Il Is up to the United
states to erect embassy buildings in the
European capitals IL the United States
desires 10 maintain its prestige. Al
though this country Is regarded as the
Ncalthiest ON earth il Is a peculiar
fact that with a very meagor eXcep-
ton we have no embassy buildings in
the capitals of Europe. France, Ems
land, Germany and Russia DO not
hesitate to spend hundreds of thousands
of dollars TO establish their prestige H.
the Orient, In Central America. South
America and in tho United States. and
within the last 10 years particularly
the ambassadors OF those countries
have been authorized 10 erect buildings
commensurate with the dignity OF the
government which they represent The
result is that in Washington there are