The Irish standard., 1913-09-06
BRITISH. LORD
VISITS AMERICA
81,
Lord Chancellor of England Delivers
Address Before American
Bar Association.
Is the. First Man of That Rank to
Visit Foreign Shores in Four
Hundred Years.
Tells How Much Alike Are Domin-
ion of Canada, England and
United States.

Viscount Richard Burton Haldane,
who delivered the annual address at
the meeting Of the American Bar AS
sociation in Montreal Monday. is the
flrst chancellor in 400 years to visit
foreign shores. Before he could ac-
cept the invitation Of the Bar Associa-
ton he had to obtain the permission
Of his sovereign. As lord chancellor
he Is the keeper Of the seal of Great
Britain by which all the acts of the
crown are made legal. 1t is an instru-
ment which the chancellor must not
leave without special authority nor
carry out of the realm.
Lord Haldane's topic at the Mon
treal meeting was, Higher National
ity, a Study in Law and Ethics" He
endeavored to show in his address
that the United States, England and
Canada form q group of nations SINH
lar in many respects. He said that
there are relations possible In such al
group that are not possible among ma
tions less closely related in language
and customs.
That his mission Is to bring . friend
ly feeling between America and Great
Britain may be surmised from the
text Of the naessase which he, brought
Will, him from George v. The mes
sage reads:
II have given my lord chancellor
permission to cross the seas, 90 that
he may address the meeting at Mon.
treal. / have asked him to convey
from me to that great meeting Of the
lawyers of tho United States and OF
cess. Isentertain the hope that the
deliberations Of the distinguished men
Of both countries who are to assemble
at Montreal may add yet further to
the esteem and good will which the
people of the United States and OF
Canada and the United Kingdom have
for each other"
The British Lord Chancellor Is a
man of recognized mental and phys
ical power and hard worker. He is
liberal in politics and is generally
liked by the English people. T. p
O'Connor in special cable to the
Chicago Tribune, says Of him:
America has rarely had a more in
teresting visitor than Lord IIaldane
the present Lord Chancellor. He has
attained, after many years, the posi-
ton for which, somehow or other, ma.
ture seemed to have specially fitted
him. 1t used to be said Of prede-
cessor Of his in the same splendid Of
flee that nobody could ever have been
as wise as he looked. Similarly, nc
man could look SO like a lord chan
cellor as It's present occupant. The
clean shaven face, the large nose, the
heavy brow, the impassive face. all
are Just the kind Of features and ap.
pearance you would expect from g
man who held the lord chancellorship
It should be added that while there
have been and are great lawyers who
are ruddy in complexion, the typical
color of the lawyer in England is q
certain muddy pallor-the result OF
| long hours in stuffy courts and Of
brief and disturbed sleep.
Sir Rufus Isaacs. though he gets ur
| at four or five in the morning, looks
ruddy except when he Is worried; and
his brilliant black eyes have retained
| their luster; but he also has face
that is sometimes painfully lined; and
now and then, he looks tired to death
But Lord Haldane has the muddy pal.
lor Of the typical English lawyer, and
It has come from the causes have
mentioned. It made one almost dizzy
sometimes to hear Of the amount Of
work he would manage to get into q
single day. He first had to speak 70,
hours in one Of the courts; for he had
a big practice at the chancery bar;
then he would sit in consultation ir
chambers for some hours: then hi
would appear in the house of com.
mons, and make q speech. and it wal
likely that you would meet him after.
ward at midnight In some big socia
gathering.