The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-23
JOHN H. HAMMOND
TYPICAL AMERICAN
Ably Represents the United
States at the Coronation
of King George.
(National News Association)

| (National News Association)
| London, June 23.-The American
people have always been represent
ed in England by men eminently typi-
cal of the qualities of which they, as
a nation, are most proud, and there is
no exception in the case of the special
ambassador to the browning of King
George and Queen Mary Thursday,
and his naval and military aides are
also Americans, every inch of them.
John Hays Hammond, General AdOlph-
us Washington Greeley and Admiral
Charles f. Vreeland proved themselves
well qualified for the parts of honor
they played in the historic event and
upheld the position of the United
Estates thoroughly as effectively as did
the last American special ambassador
to England, Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt, who acted in that capacity at the
funeral of the late King Edward VII.
In the ceremonies at Westminsted
Abber, Mr.. Hammond shared royal
ihonors with the following ENJOYS from
other countries: Duke of Aosta, OF
Italy: Prince Henry and the Crown
Prince of Germany: Archduke Kari
Franz, of Austria-Hungary; Prince
Johann George, of Saxony: Prince
Henry of Netherlands; the Crown
Prince of Roumania; Prince Fushimi.
of Japan; Prince Chun. son of the re-
gent of China, and the Crown Prince
of Servia.
| His Characteristics.
| The two most noteworthy things
about Mr.. Hammond are his large
vigorous personality and his clever.
helpful wife. Together with the heir
esses of royal rank, Mrs. Hammond
was presented at Queen Mary's draw
ing room several weeks ago. However
Mrs. Hammond had met the Queen on
several occasions before, when Her
Majesty ranked as the Duchess Of
York The first of these meetings
took place at one of Queen Victoria's
drawing rooms, when Mrs. Hammond
was presented to the present Queen,
also the Dowager Queen, Alexandra;
King Edward VII, and George V. She
became popular with the British roy
atty from the first because of her keen
wit, and during the several years resi-
Idence of the Hammonds in London, she
ATTENDED many functions of court and
state. Her position today was as the
highest in official rank of any Ameri-
can woman.
Handsome as are her gowns and
costly as are her jewels which she
wore Thursday, many of them of great
historic value and priceless, it may be
said that Mrs. Hammond and her hus-
band were the two most Democratic
people who attended the coronation
festivities.
Introduction of Mr.. and Mrs. HAM
mond would read like this: Mr.. and
Mrs. Hammond, of Washington, D. c..
and New York, formerly of California,
Mexico South Africa and London. In
all these countries, the Hammonds
lived for some few years at a time.
In London, where they lived for sew
en- years after their return from the
South African Boer country and its
exciting life, they are we'll known.
Only the Hammonds know just how 1t
happened, but not long after Mr.. Ham
mond took a London residence, he
was hobnobbing with those in the
inner circles of state and royalty. This
too, in spite of his having been one
of the leaders of the reform party in
the Transvaal. For this he was con-
demned to death by the Boer presi'
dent, Kruger. For six months, un
Ider a hot African sun, he languished
Il in Jail, until finally, through the faith
lfui activity of his wife and his Ameri-
can friends, he was released by Kru.
ger with the payment of a $125,00O
| fine.
Admired by Edward.
But King Edward, who admired
Americas big successful business men
is said to have been attracted to Mr.
Hammond for his work as the expert
mining engineer, who, with Cecil
Rhodes and Barney Barneto developed
the great gold mines of the Transvaal
Returning from this great task te
America he was closely associated
with the Guggenheims in their mining
operations in the West. His political
ambitions led him to offer himself as
a candidate for the Vice Presidency
along with Mr.. Taft, but his offer was
rejected by the leaders. After the
campaign. he became head of the Ma
tional League of Republican clubs.
S graduate of Yale and an old persona
t friend of President Taft, his name i!
!. now being linked more closely thar
!, ever with the position of running mate
= for the President at the next election
His close companionship with Presi
y dent Taft caused him to be one Of the
+ first men considered for the specia
r Enthusiastically to the Coronation, ant
it is declared his advice was followed
!. as the selecting of the military ant
n naval aides.
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