The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-03
Becomes Principal of Richly En-
lowed Institution at Hong
Kong.

lowed Institution at Hong
Kong.
bf La MAR9UIsE DE FoNTENoY
n 1R CHARLES ELIOT. who has Just
! ~ been appointed to the Office OF
! ~ principal or tho new and richly
k endowed University OF Hong
t hohs (which is specially devised for
tne purpose OF enabling the people OF
n me neignborins republic OF China to
ou'uih az the academic advantages OF
an English university training. with
out being obliged TO travel half round
d nG world Or ana 70 take up cir resi-
,nir III Great Britain. In order to OBJ
LORD Pauncefoto at the British embassy
at washington. lie was likewise Eng
,n,tu henber Of the Samoan Com
MISSION his German colleague being
tho iate Baron Speck Won Sternberg
TN the most brilliant prospects o!
atpioni@ne preierment. he sacrificed
ofcrythihB In that line by becoming
moved NO, IN sensational quarrel with
Lord l'ansdowne. whsu the latter way
oecrgiary OF state FOR Foreign Affairs,
a "sr.iy refusing to obey the latters
oiuets. ana reaiEning his post as di plo-
nhuc agent and consul general at IAN
EI"1I' or nigh commissioner and of com
i'ander-ln chief OF the British East
AFRICAN protectornte. along with the
salary OF $4,000 a year and actually
appealing TO the Premier, to Parlia
heht. 70 tho public ana TO the press Tor
=
ouct OF Lord LansuOwne
Inc quarrel between sir Char!cs and
t'o, , Lahsdowns arose from the lat
49, pronounced sympathy for the
MAS Identified with the Hebrew Colonial
rust Lord I.ansdownc had ordered
- or ~, Shahles to give an Immense tract
Oh the best land in the East African
proteciorate to the trust ut The same
unlo directing him to refuse grttuts To
p.trate innividuals even IL the latter
were wiling 20 pay literally for them.
ana 10 cancel any such grants which
n mao already made. This Sir Charles
nnsolutcly refused TO do. both on pub
~ ana on personal grounds. declaring
ranSemcnts which he had made ms
hiEh commissioner OF the protectoratc;
nhu ne was all the more pronounc ID I'm
~; ~ oPposi non TO tha Hebrew Colon nj
Iust IN View OF the fact lint II had
lhHeu to receive the sympathy of the
Sr1a banking house OF Kothschud.
scionging to u junior branch OF that
ancient Devon family OF which the
Earl OF St Germans is the chinf. SIR
CHARLES El'ot carried everything he.
Iure MIN at Oxford, ana althou..h "a
i,1eiaoet OF Balliol. was offered. without
una ION. $4,000 a year fellow
snip at trinity College, wh!ch he SIN
.tSa'hs' lie entered the diplomatic ser
s.c9 AZ inc suggestion and nomination
os t L@n M0se bery. and figured In turn
- 80 hscdetaFy OF embassy at St. Peters
DurS and ut Washing ton, as chnrt,a
nualrcs az TanSlciS In Bulgaria. in
Servia, In Rumanla. and was crcd.,ni
Min nore intimate knowledge Of tho
ihtricac'es o. Balkan politics Than any
BFitiSh diplomat since the death ot
tae SO lamentcd Str william White.
" ME secretary OF the embassy al 81
petersburg he Travelled from one end
OF siberia 10 the othGr-tha. was no
iore the Trans Siberian railroad vas In
.AiSlehce-spcak Russian perfectly, as
ven as Finnish. and combines a pro-
!ouhd knowledge OF SanSkr!t with
mastery or Turkish. SyrIac, Arabic ana
hoout hat-h- dozen other rnodern lam
Gu.Ees. IN tact he has even published
Finnish grammar, which n,Etbn ttn,t.
"hcn ne produced Il was regarded "a
lhdlcatln the possession OF an almost
u ,I craze for knowledge. since
N re was no siSn then OF any dipIo-
matte controversy between ENGLAND and
RUSSIA. In which Il knowlcGy. Of tho
r. tGniah language would DC useful
us reward wes shown by the FACT thai
ne received not only tht order OF Tho
netn out also a Knight Communicable
Gene @, rme Dr h.o, Of =. Michael and 81.
hN OF "Sir" 70 hts name.
IN spite OF his brlillancy Parlia-
mont took no heed OF Sir Chnries's :
conduct OF LORD Lansa owne: and when
III due course thc cC:respondrnce No.
tween the TWO was published IL wns
sen that the marquis had acted WIN
n
tRoss'o!V owing TO the climate, had
nten guilty OF so much irritntion ana
"9Hp"E'!hatlon as to render his re.
tehtlon In the service Of the govern.
mcnt a matter Of dlnlculty
Not long Afterwards. however. he W, =.
e,cctcd Wee chancellor and virtually
chtef OF the new UNIVERSITY Of Shsf.
hrld; pos; which he has only lust
now resigned In order to accnn, ,be
presidency of the Eniversity. Of Hort,
Kong. which although not state IN
sttut!on. ts TO great extent allied
win the British government
Lord cnrbery (sr John Evans
Frtke), who has Just mel with suSh a
severe accident IN tho bobsled Derby
al ST. Moritz. in Switzerland. ana whose
controversy as to the methods OF tho
Sport. aud the attitude and manners in
slcighlng circles In Switzerland into
rival camps-even the German crown
prince ana crown princess being drag
ged into the dispute as his supporters.
ed states and into Cannda--is a young
Irish p2er, who is still a minor being
within few months OF attaining his
ma iorlty.
The first Lord carbery owed his pecr.
age to the fact that his father was
one Of the principal promoters OF IN.
revolution that brought William III.
and Queen Mary to the throne lie was
cllncG 1t In favor OF his eldest son ard
namesnkc. The patent was made out
with the unusual provision that in do
fault OF descendants In tho male line
of the first lord 1t should go to the
ether desc endants In the male line OF
his father. The family which orlgi-
nallv bore the name of Evans alone
is Of ancient welsh descent and has
been settled in the EN- srald Isle ever
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