Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-11-14
]. BRYCE RESIGNS
DIPLOMATIC POST
UNDERSTOOD BRITISH AMRAesA.
DOR WILL LEvoTE TIME
TO LITERATURE.
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HEALTH CAUSES ACTION,
HEALTH CAUSES ACTION,
or Cecil Arthur Spring Rice Is Named
as His Successor-Re-
turning Ambassador
Famous.

Washington, Nov. Thames Bryce,
tne British ambassador to the United
states, has rendered his resignation
ana VIII return to England.
There has been no official announce.
ment' OF the resignation and the EN-.
hassy will make no statement. It was
learned from high authority that Mr..
Bryce informed President Taft of his
action at the White House Saturday.
1t is understood that Mr.. Bryce de.
siress 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
IT IS said he will soon begin work on
New Zealand. .r
Faced Troublesome Problems.
racing the British minister to Amer.
lea just now are several troublesome
problems and It is known that Mr..
Bryce,s' friends feared if he continued
In office at this time he would iniure
MS health and probably have to aban-
don his literary efforts Among other
things, the Panama canal toll question
promises to furnish a disagreeable and
unsatisfa Glory diplomatic task, with
little prospect Of being brought to a
successful conclusion.
MI. Bryces appointment as the Brit
ish ambassador to Washington attract
ed widespread attention at the time it
was 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
ONCE Mr.. Bryce had much to do in
shaping the preliminary work leading
up to- the home rule bill II he had
remained in the cabinet he probably
would have been the author 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 obstructing leg
1slation from the commons.
The selection of a 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.
Na Took Active Part in Work.
In Washington Mr. Brycee.at, once
took active part in diplomatic work
and at the same time found time to
continue his literary 1abors.
On the diplomatic side, Mr. Bryce's
most notable achievement was in con
Quoting the negotiations with secre-
tary Knox leading to the conclusion
of the British-American treaty of arbi-
tration. The previous Hay-Pauncefote
treaty had been to some extent a plat
onic understanding, whereas the pur-
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
drawnSthe treaty was believed to have
Accomplished this practical end in
very large degree. although the adj.
verse attitude 81 tho senate has to
some extent dstraaltte from his work
of diplomacy. a
sk Was Disappointed.
Mr.. Bryce had hoped to make the
successful negotiation of the arbitra-
ton treaty the GROWING accomplish
nentSsof his diplomatic career, and is
known to have: been bitterly disap-.
pointed when tho senate insisted on
amendments which, practically nulli-
fed his efforts and those Of President
Taft.
Bryce's Successor Named.
London.-Thea 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.