The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-01
WALTER H. PAGE
NEW AMBASSADOR
TO GREAT BRITAIN
He Accepts Appoint
ment at Court. of
St. James.
GOES TO LONDON
WITHIN TEN DAYS
Widely Known as Literary Man
and Editor of Worlds Work.
Thomas Nelson Page and
Joseph E. Willard Still Con-
sidered for High Places in
Diplomatic Service.

Washington. March 3l.-President
Wilson probably Will fill the ma
jority OF the nine ambassadorships now
( vacant before the beginning OF the
extra session OF Congress next Mon
/ DAY.
The President expects to consult
with many of his friends during the
present week, and it is believed that
/ when Congress convenes nominations
/ for the more important posts will be
sent to the Senate
To-day's developments brought out
that Dr. Walter II. Page, editor Of
! Worlds WORK, ana an intimate friend
of Air. Wilson, had been offered and
| had accepted the ambassadorship to
Great Britain White House officials
confirmed the news, and Mr. Page will
start for London within ten days.
Native of North Carolina.
MI. Rage was born In Cary. y. c.
IN 1872 and has devoted his life since
\ he lcf, Johns Hopkins University 10
& sE2 i'i:s>sest 81 literature When but
a young man ne took journalism as "A
I step up the ladder OF his dream. and
I worked for many years on newspapers
( IN tne West and South. Ills special
studies have always been in the di-
rcciion of the social problems of the
day
+ IT Is as much worth while" he once
said :" learn about q city in Texas
/ and tho people there as IL is 10 read
( OF dead city in Asia. TO me IL Is
of vastly more Importance to know
about tho social and political condi-
tons OF our own times than OF times
gon" By have been continually on
the lookout FOR writer's who can write
about the Mississippi River and put
the article In as good literary form as
II they were writing about the ancient
poets and irainatis,s."
i lie at ono time delivered lectures
( ON the sociological problems of the
South and Travelled as a correspondent
investigating negro conditions for the
Boston Post, the Springfield Repub-
lican. and in the old days. before Mr.
Pulitzer purchased II. for the New
York World
One OF his predictions in this con
nectio1 was TO the effect that an ulti-
mate black belt would eventually be
gin in the down country counties OF
Virginia and extend all alonG the
Coast 10 the Gulf.
( After an interval OF work on the
/ Evening Post he found himself on the
Forum, and in 1888 he became editor
of the Atlantic Monthly, an experience
which he has always considered one
i OF the most delightful OF his life.
I The work that Mr. Page has cared
most for is the Worlds Work He
( had thought out the idea of this maya
zine before he left the Atlantic Month
/ ly, and most OF It's editorials have been
written by him.
He has published nut little. vet. as
, he says, he carries many unpublished
/ books. His book. The Rebuilding OF
Old Commonwealths,' is a series of
essays OF The South. He is known as
All entertaining and polished speaker
( Mr.. Page is a member OF the firm of
Doubleday. Page 6 Co lie married
/ Alice Wilson, OF Michigan. Their fam
/ lily consists of three sons and one
| daughter
No Other Offers Made.
1t was stated at the White House
! that with the exception OF Mr. Page
no offers had been made for any other
diplomatic posts. The President has
had under consideration a list OF men
TO whom he is favoraby inclined, but
the chief difficulty has been that many
OF these men hail from New Yori
state, which he feels already has had
conspicuous recognition. Two mem
bers of the Cabinet-.Secretaries Red
Held and McAdoo--A ssistant Secretary
Roosevelt, of the Navy Department. and
MIR Page. have made their homes in
New York for many years
Augustus Thomas. the playwrisht
and William Church Osborn have been
prominently mentioned for the dipIo-
matte places. chiefly France and Ger
many. but the fact that both come
from the Empire State is said to he a
circumstance that is giving the Presi-
ueht no iittle embarrassment. He is
known to hold both in high regard
Mr Wilson has been disposed to look
further West for some of his diplo-
matte appointments and to-day there
came forward prominently the name or
Rudolph Sprcckels. OF san Francisco.
as probable ambassador TO Germany.
Mt Spreckels practically organized
and managed the Wilson National Pro-
| gressve Republican League, and his
appointments II is said, would be a
| recognition by the President of the aid
given him by progressive Republicans
during the last campaign. Elmore w.
Eufst, OF Rock Island, ILL.,. who saw
the PRESIDENT to-day. is also said TO
be slated for diplomatic post.
Thomas Nelson Page and Joseph f..
Willard, OF Virginia; Justice ]. w. Ge-
rard, of New York; Frederick c. Pen
heid, OF Germantown. Pa, and Henry
; MorEanthau, of New York, are amone.
those under consideration for diplo,
matte appointments. but there have
been no decisions as to any of these
men rs yet
The President to-day had a taste of
the difliculties Of tariff revision Many
of his callers came to talk for and
against various schedules. To all the
President listened patiently, but gave
not the slightest intimation of what
was contained in the schedule OF the
tariff bin he Is studying or what would
be his own attitude toward these sub
jects.
a. Augustus Healy, of the BROOKLYN
Academy OF Arts and Sciences who
talked with the President about the
tariff on leather and hides WAS intro
duced by Secretary Redfeld.
w. j.. Sardis. of Buenos Aires. urged.
the President to. see that meat came