Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-11-14
BRYCEQU|TS H|SJOB
BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO THE
UNITED STATES TENDERS
HIS RESIGNATION.
WILL COMPLETE HIS LITERARY WORKS
Spring-Rice for Place-Troublesome
Problems Face English Official
at Washington-Panam Toll
Question Up.

Observation-Disclosures Bryce, British
ambassador to the United States, has
rendered his resignation and will re
turn to England. There has been nc
official announcement of the resigna.
ton, and the embassy will make no
statement, but it is learned on high
authority that Mr.. Bryce informed
President Taft of his action at the
White House Saturday.
1t is understood that the ambassa.
dor submitted to the president the
name OF the British governments
choice for his successor, and at the
same time stated his own intention of
returning home as soon as possible.
President Taft, it is said, requested
that the announcement be withheld
until he could discuss it with Secre-
tary of State Knox
While the news that Ambassador
Bryce is to retire will be received with
deep regret in official circles and by
the country generally, it is not wholly
unexpected. There has been no break
in the harmonious relations of the dis
tlngulshed Englishman and his gov
eminent, but it has been an open Sc
cret for some time that Mr.. Bryce, adj
vancing in years, desired to surrender
his post and give entire attention tot
the completion of the literary work
that has occupied SO large a part of
his life.
Serious Problems Up,
Facing the British ambassador in
the United States just now are several
troublesome problems, and it is known
that Mr.. Bryces friends feared if he
continued in office at this time he
would break down in health and prob
ably have to abandon his literary eff
forts. Among other things the Pan
anna canal toll question promises to
furnish diplomatic task.
Mr.. Bryce had much to do with the
shaping of the preliminary work lead
ing up to the Irish home rule bill. If
he had remained in the cabinet he
probably would have been the author
of that measure, which later brought
on the constitutional struggle in Eng.
land and led to the limitation on the
rights of the house of lords.
Cecil A. Spring-Rice for Seat
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice, now
minister at Stockholm, will succeed
Mr.. Bryce
Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice was born
in 1859 and was created K C. M. G. in
1906. He has served at Stockholm as
minister. since September 1, 1908.
In 1886 he was acting third secre-
tary at Washington and was appointed
acting second secretary at Washing
ton to serve as secretary to the British
delegates to the international mari
time conference August 81, 1889
After serving for time at Brussels
and Toxic he was transferred to Wash
ington in 1898. He was charge daft
flares at Teheran in 1900 and minister
to Persia in 1906-8
The British ambassador to the Uni
ted States, James Bryce, will remain
at Washington until all pending nego-
tiations have been cleared up These
include, it is understood, the question
of the Panama canal.
1t is believed his retirement will
mark the abandonment of any purpose
ON the part of the United States to
secure the contamination of the pend
ing general arbitration treaty with
Great Britain.