The Washington herald., 1913-04-01
v. Il. Page gets
ST. JAMES POST
Worlds Work Editor Accepts
Tender of Ambassadorship
to Great Britain.
MODERATE FORTUNE ONLY
New Diplomat Is a Native Of North
Carolina, an Editorial Writer,
and Author.

Walter II. Page, OF New York, ha!
been appointed American Ambassador t.
the Court Of st. James 1t is expected
that he will so to London as soon a,
the British Foreign Office has signided it,
approval.
| Mr.. Page is a man of only moderate
fortune. and it will be impossible for him
| to maintain the standard of lavish socia
entertainments which characterized the
late Whitelaw Reds term as Ambas.
| sador.
Mr.. Page, it is understood, hesitated tc
accept the appointment on the grounds
that he did not have the vast fortune to
maintain the American Embassy in the
style which social custom has compelled
The President in turn gave Mr.. Page to
understand that he did not think it neces-
sary for ambassadors to live lavishly. re-
| CARELESS of what the custom has been
| in the past.
| In a statement issued after the decli-
nation Of the French Ambassadorship by
National Chairman William F. McCombs,
President Wilson expressed his impa-
thence at the sacrifices now demanded
of men of moderate wealth who accept
diplomatic appointments. He declared
that present conditions greatly hamper
ed the diplomatic service. To his
friends he expressed a determination,
however, to choose his diplomats for
their ability, and to let the style Of
their embassies take care of itself. Also
he intimated that he would choose COM
paratively young men.
Native Tar Heel.
Mr. Page is a native of North Carolina
and a brother of Representative Robert
n. Page, of the Seventh District of
North Carolina. He is vigorous speak
er, as well as an editor of note. and
more than once his utterances have
aroused ill-feeling among the people of
his own State. 1t is said that Josephus
Daniels. Secretary of the Navy, the
North Carolinian in the Wilson Cabinet,
once criticised Mr.. Page somewhat Sc
verely for a speech delivered by him on
educational conditions in the State.
The late 20. Henry another North
Carolinian. once said OF Mr.. Pages gift
of diplomacy:
Walter Page can write a letter declin-
ing a contribution with thanks and word
il SO sweetly that you can take it to q
bank and raise money on 1t as evidence
of money to come"
Mr.. Page was born in Carey, n. c., in
1855. and has devoted his life since he
left Johns Hopkins University to the pur-
suit of literature. When but a young
man he took up journalism as a step up
the ladder of his dream and worked for
many years on newspapers in the West
and South.
His special studies always have been in
the direction of the social problems of
the day. ''It is as much worth while"
he once said. Ito learn about city in
Texas and the people there as ii is to
read of a dead city in Asia"
After an interval of work on the Even
ing Post he found himself on the Forum
and in 1895 he became editor of the At
lantic Monthly, an experience which he
has always considered one of the most
delightful of his life.
The work that Mr.. Page has cared
most for is the Worlds Work. He had
thought out the idea of this magazine
before he left the Atlantic Monthly,
and most of its editorials have been
written by him.
Mr.. Page is a member of the firm of
Doubleday, Page & Co. He married Alice
of Michigan. Their family con-
sists of three sons and one daughter.