River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-11-14
JAS. BRYCE RESIGNS
UNDERSTOOD BRITISH AMBASSA
DOR WILL LEVoTE TIME
TO LITERATURE.
HEALTH CAUSES ACTION.
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice Is Named
as His Successor-Re-
turning Ambassador
Famous.

Washington, Nov. flames Bryce,
the British ambassador to the United
States, has rendered his resignation
and will return TO England.
There has been no official announce.
ment of the resignation ard the en-
bassy will make no statement 1t was
learned from high authority that Mr..
Bryce informed President Taft of his
action at the White House Saturday.
It is understood that Mr.. Bryce de.
sires to retire from official life in or.
der to devote his time to his books,
one of which he has recently finished
since his recent trip to South America
1t is said he will soon begin a work on
New Zealand
Faced Troublesome Problems.
Facing the British minister to Amer
lea just now are several troublesome
problems and 1t is known that Mr..
Bryce's friends feared if he continued
in office at this time he would injure
his health and probably have to aban-
don his literary efforts. Among other
things, the Panama canal toll question
promises to furnish a disagreeable and
unsatisfactory diplomatic task, with
little prospect of being brought to a
successful conclusion.
Mr.. Bryce's appointment as the Brit.
ish ambassador to Washington attract
ed widespread attention at The time it
vas made. He then was member Of
the British cabinet, serving as secre-
tary for Irish affairs in the liberal min
istry of Sir Campbell-Bannerman The
Irish question was nearing it's most
critical stage, and as head of the Irish
office Mr. Bryce had much to do in
shaping the preliminary work leading
up to the home rule bill If he had
remained in the cabinet he probably
would have been the a3thor Of that
measure, which later brought on the
constitutional struggle in England and
led to the limitation on the rights OF
the house of peers in obstructirg leg
islation from the commons.
The selection of British statesman
and man of letters of such promise for
the Washington post was due largely
to the desire to send to this country
one of England's foremost public men.
Took Active Part in Work
In Washington Mr.. Bryce at once
took active part in diplomatic work
and at the same time found time to
continue his literary labors.
On the diplomatic side, Mr. Bryce's
most notable achievement was in con.
Quoting the negotiations with Score
tary Knox leading to the conclusion
Of the British-American treaty of arbi
tration The previous -Pauncefote
treaty had been to some extent plat
onic understanding whereas the Dur-
pose on both sides of the water was
to get definite and practical instru-
ment which would insure lasting peace
between the two countries. AS finally
drawn, the treaty was believed to have
accomplished this practical end in a
very large degree. although the ad.
verse attitude of the senate has to
some extent detracted from his work
of. diplomacy.
Was Disappointed.
Mr.. Bryce had hoped to make the
successful negotiation of the arbitra-
ton treaty the browning accomplish.
ment of his diplomatic career, and is
known to have been bitterly disap-
pointed when the senate. insisted on
amendments which practically multi.
fed his efforts and those Of President
Taft.
+ Bryce's Successor Named.
London.-The Washington cores.
pondent of the Morning Post says that
Mr.. Bryce informed President Taft
that he would retire shortly and de
vote himself to literature
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, now
minister at Stockholm, will succeed
Mr. Bryce