The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-19
Henry Lane Wilson Not Only
Foreign Envoy to Be
Withdrawn.
By LA MARaUIsE DE roNrENoY.

m LA MAt0UlSE DE EONTENOH.
Il ENRY LANE WILSON is not the
only foreign envoy in Mexico
= who has been withdrawn for
expressing what is now regarded as
undue sympathy for President Huerta.
For England has superseded her min
lister plenipotentiary, Francis Strong.
who has been there barely two years,
and has appointed in his place Sir
Lionel Garden, who has an American
wife.
According to Bernardo di Cologan.
Marquis de la CANDIDA tho Spanish
plenipotentiary, and now dean OF the
diplomatic corps in Mexico. he him
self drew W.. in conjunction with
Francis Strong, the speech which was
afterwards read By Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson. as the then ranking Of
ficer of the diplomatic corps-that
speech to which not only the present
chief magistrate of the United States
took exception. but which was also
publicly deprecated by the British
government last week
In view of all the turmoil, rebel
hon, bloodshed and devastation which
have taken place in Mexico ever since
the downfall of President Diaz, the
foreign ENJOYS who had lived through
it all. and who regarded themselves
as prematurely intrusted with the pro-
lection Of the lives and property OF
their fellow countrymen In Mexico
may be we'll excused If. driven almost
to their wits ends by appeals from
their compatriots in Mexico, they were
ready to give a partial recognition
to any de facto government that
seemed to offer some prospect for the
speedy restoration of law and order
1t must not be forgotten that the en-
voys in Mexico had lived through all
these troubled times. and that though
better qualified by experience of local
conditions, TO decide upon what was
most polite at the time. they could
not have the came calm. dispassionate
Judgment as those who had remained
in perfect safety at Washington and
In Downing Street.
Francis Strong is n brother OF Sir
James Henry Strong. of Tynman Alb
hey. County Armagh. holder of bar
onetcy which was bestowed upon the
Rev. James Strong. sporting parson
of great territorial possessions and
much political influence, in 1903, for
his services iii helping to bring about
the union between England and Ire
land. The second baronet was one of
the gentlemen in waiting to the prince
regent. and the family has always
been identified with ireland, although
was nourishing at Balcaske. in County
Fife, in 1863 The first to establish
himself in Ireland was Matthew
Strong, who was warden of Lifford. in
County Donegal ut the end of the
seventeenth century. On his mothers
side Francis Strong is descended from
the patriotic Lord Charlemont OF
ried to a lady of the Fraser of Sal
toun family.
With regard to the Spanish envoy
in Mexico, Don Bernardo di Cologan.
Marquis de Ia Gambia, who has come
out so fat-footed in support of Ambas-
sador Henry Lane Wilson and of
Francis Strong, criticizing the state
ment of the British government last
week on the subject of the Wilson ad-
dress to President Huerta. he was
formerly appointed minister plenipo-
Tertiary to the United States. but for
one reason or another refrained from
taking UP his post. leaving It In
charge of charges d'affaires until. af-
ter nearly two years. he obtained in
stead the Mexican mission, which he
professed to prefer.
Like Francis Strong. his former
English colleague in Mexico, he. too,
Is of Hibernian origin. being descend
ed from an old Irish family. the Nc
Colgans, of County Meath. After the
battle Of the Boyne, the McColgans.
who. In common with many of the old
Catholic families of Ireland had re-
manned faithful to the Stuart dynasty,
were eSiled. Known in ireland as the
Wild Geese" they migrated to Spain.
some of them establishing themselves
at Tenerine. Baron Humboldt, the
famous scientist. spent considerable
time under the roof of one of the Nc
Colgans at Tencriffe, and, in recoE-
milton of the hospitality which he re-
ceived there, gave the name of Col
ogania to new genus Of plants
which he had discovered.
Subsequently, by intermarriage with
the noble family of Tranquil, tho land
on which stood one of the most fam
Gus trees Of the world, namely, the
Dragon Tree of Orotava. passed into
the possession of the McColgans, who
by that time had transformed their
name into Cologan.
The Di Cologans commemorate their
Irish descent by a special high mass.
which is celebrated each year on ST
Patricks Day in the Tranquil Cologan
chapel that forms part of the ancient
parish OF Orotava. and Don Bernardo
di Cologan, since he has been in Mex
leo City, has never failed while there
to have Eigh mass celebrated in the
cathedral on the 18th of March
The envoy is n tall, handsome and
accomplished man, greatly distinguish
ed himself ut the time of the siege OF
the legations at Picking, not only by
his bravery and resourcefulness. but
also by his unfailing good humor,
which went far to keep up the spirits
of those associated with him in the
defense. He speaks English perfectly.
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