The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07

ufactur-r had = nortgag OF $1,000 IA
the paper Mr. Michele. Who then had
charge II n vainly -ndeavored 20 meet
his payments and after two years Of ur-
gent appeals To various pen-onz for help
Mas Obliged TO CIV" up the battle. Thus
the paper passed INTO the hands Of Mr.
Cromp,on Incorporated Peter Borthwick
TO he his editor and ~ initiated the asso-
cia'iou which remains ~ this dAY
When Edmund, son II Edmund Iron
side. returned from hIs exile n Hungary
IN the eleventh century. bringing his
daughter Margaret vino was 20 become
Oue.sn Of Scotland. there came in the fam
ily train on~ Bartuic Tn" name - found
N Hungary 20 this dAy Tn. cOurtier
APPEAR TO have gone north with Mar
gar-t and 20 hav. been ScottIcised A.
Borthwlck sir william BorthwIck. who
NAV reasonably bs Identified 49, HE de-
ao-ndnut. went INTO England a. hostage
for James when Henry '. allowed his
prisoner - VISIT scotland. Rs,urning
home I" received u grant of land in
Sslkirk-n.r" and on u built Borthwick
Castle Hiz son Was CallSd 10 the Houre Of
Pe.r- n ~. nf'-en;h century IN. seventh
Lord CAV" refuge 1" ou--n Mary and
Both we'll and rna bled th"m TO escape from
their purSuer- who surrounded IN" cas-
Tie. and the ninth Lord held ~ for King
Charles 4 direct d~-' -ndani of this man
was Thomas BorthWick whom ScC1t drew
A. Henry Morton IN Old Mortality
Peter Bor-hwick was dirrct.y de>c ended
from Scott's Henry Morton Of his Imme-
dat. pa-.n, We are not told much Pe,er
Borthwic was born in the pa riuh " Bor'h-
wick. Midlothian. in 1904 The race ~er-
probably all asrioulturist- After PASS
ing through the schools aud graduating
az Edinburgh University Ire ma rrI-d very
advanta zsously. having good LOOKS 40
yell as intellect IN his favor N 1927. his
bride heing Margaret. daughter Of John
Colvill. ~ Ewn-t. Northumberland He
WAS noW a student AZ cambridge. having
decided no doubt that continue study
and membership ~ an English university
were valuable In is3D has son Alger
non. eventually Lord Gl"ncsk vas born
In 1852 an s"rId%n' gave Peter his start
IN public lif- He happened - attend a
meeting 80 demand the immediate sup
pression II slavery IN the Vest Indies
Indignant at the exaggerated charge,
made against The owners. he msJie an
tlnpremeditstsd spe..ch IN their favor
This made such a STIR thu; he was soon
.nga z.d IN what - nov known as stump
ing III. country IL isG lie WIS elected
20 Parlamen, He Az until Iai. when
he visited Jamaica Having seen the
necessity ~ SECURING a reliable incou@
A IA. -
Inn Neanwhile he was fond Of writing
and his thoughts turned InSfinctIv"ly 70
journalism How and when ne fret he
came connected with the Morning Posi ~
not known hut II must have been before
the change % management In $50 40 Il
happened that when the new owner had
TO reorganiz~ the once he found an editor
ready 10 his hand still. he wns not free
from anIictirs and thought - betaking
himself 10 tho diplomstr -srvIca He
even wrote 10 Lord Aberdeen for the mp
pointment 81 Consul General at Bogots.
wh~,he- he changed his mind or tho APP
pointment was refused IL no, known. lie
turned again 20 the bar and vas duly
admitted
When he heca me editor ~ the Post his
eldest son. Algernon. was % years ~ age.
Algernon was for some time NJ a school
In FRncs. where he acquired tho com
plete facility In spcakrR and writing
French which -as ~ he invaluable 80
him throughout life Later on he vas
sent to Kings College school in London.
hut he did not 60 20 a university. lie
evidently selected from among the vari-
Gus interests 90 which his father had paid
attention the career ~ diplomacy: but
IL il clear that there was need for him 10
End employment and earn his living with
ont d~iay. The star 81 the Post offered
the most available opening. and Peter
Borthwick appointed his son to the i'm
por,ant POSITION ~ Paris correspondent
a, th. age of -. the Sa!ary boinR 90 ~
n week From the outset Algernon
formed his own opinions and expressed
them fearlessly From the outset also
he won his father : a pprobation. expressed
at first gtaTdedly hut sometimes With
enthusiasm The Post soon came to D..
quoted daily W the important Paris
nswspaparS AlKernon was enterpris-
ing. practical aud industrious. and he
secured results in England a. we'll His
father wrote him ronCrrning a tslegrA pho
despatch that II had RAISED tho papar 81
p"r cent. In tn" civ, Alg"rnon had earned
great lauTel- ami Lord PalncrStOn had
not only he"n quite delighted hut had
aid he ishpd AlErrnOn would bitc tho
embassy and give them s1ine voutnful
inn OF Is-itv The telegraph Wn4 erTAtIc
ant Ng"rnon could uo' always score thu
-I,r~-s~- No might have won had u
worked regularly. One - bis Tosi arti-
clos - this perisgI his eiitoT fathar r,r,,-