The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-01-09
MIR.
10 NIc 4
App ointment is IN Reco ignition
Of His Fitness as
Fine Diplomat.

Fine 2 lplomat.
WASHINGTON Jan. Elliott
tNortheott 81 Huntington, has been
iselected BY President Tart Tor one 81
the most dihieult and important aiiT
aamatic positions under the govern
ment The President to-day sen is
the Senate the nomination Of MI
Northcott to be Envoy Extraofdi
and Minister Plenipote ntiafy "a Nc
arsgua, and Il Is expected TINT ia
Will sail for Mama NIcarn Il,
about the twentieth 81 This month IL
his nomination Is confirmed ~ the
Senate In time,
The relations bet9 een Tinted
States ana Nlcaragli have bsen
considerably strained since the kiiis
ing Of the two AInefte cannon
and Groce, By Zeleya, who WAS then
president Of Nicaragua. on sac.
count Of that affair diplomatic rs
ladons with Nicaragua were seyor
ed. by this country and no minister
has been accredited to Nicaia tia
since that time. &
The appointment Of Mr.. Mort
WEI mean the complete restoration q
diplomatic relations with the Cen.
trail American republic, and & ii sxs
pected that the new minister Iii
store perfect harmony betwean tha
two republics
In view Of the strained relations
and the desire 70 restore harmony
tween the REPUBLICS, the post 81 siils
lister to Ntcaragua IS recognized AZ
this particular time, as one 81 ii
most important diplomatic posts III
the slit Of the President ana the Sc
lection Of Mr. Northdott Is fIil this
Important position Is eyidenca 81
the high consideration in which ha
is held Is as1iiplomat ~ the ptesi.
dent and the State Department
Mr. Noftheotts selection Is sid
TO have been brought about: BY reason
of his successful tefnination OF Inc
unfriendly attitude Of the Colonis
btans towardtAmetican last summer.
Mr.. Northcott had no sooner landed
in Colombia. after he had been ans
pointed minister 10 that country.
than an uprising occurred. His good
offices were invoked and IN short
time the uprising was qdelled. Last
spring antl-Aneritan Riots broke
out in Bogota, the capital Of col-
ombia, where Mr.. Northcott was
stationed, The demonstration start
ed over the ownership Of the street
railway in Bogota which had been
constructed and operated by Amer.
leans. The natives became in iucan-
sed at the foreigners" and started
their riots 1t was during these riots
that Mrs. Northcott was alone IN the
American legation when Il was at
tackled by the riotous mob. She was
qnin3ured, although somewhat alarm-
ed until the mob was driven away.
Nj. Northcott essayed the task OF
getting the street railway into the
hands Of colombtans,i so as to end /
the riots, and 1t was through his eff
forts that the road was sold by the
Americans to the City Of Bogota. The
first payment was made in october,
soon after the arrival Of Mr.: North-
colt in this country on three
months leave Of absence, and the
final payment was made within the
last two weeks. The road Ii said to
have been sold for 100000.
His record in smoothing over
most difficult situation, his famiItar-
ity with the Spanish Language ana
his knowledge Of the Latin-Ameri-
can races seem to at Mr.. NortI-
colt especially for the dificult place
he has been given in Nicaragua, and
II he restores harmony between that
country and the United States as
Successfully as ghe did in Colombia,
be will have taken on high fame as
a diplomat
Mr.. Eorthcott is to have as secre-
tary Of the legation M. Franklin
Mott cunther, Of Amherst va. who
is about 2s years old, IS Harvard
graduate, finishing his course ID Par-
is and was for two years private
secretary to the American Ambassa-
dor at Toxic and later third secres
tary Of the legation at Paris