The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-23
MINISTER
TO MEXICO WELL
TRAINED
Charles Murray Marling Will
Not Suffer from Inexperi'
ence in Going to New and
Strenuous Post.
HAS HANDLED SOME
DELICATE SITUATIONS


London. Feb. 2s.-Charles Muir
ray Marilng. the prospective British
minister Co Mexico, Il not like TO be
kept there Iong II British diplomatic
traditions are followed. II b. con-
sidcrcd that one term In Latin-Amer-
lea II tho usual service unless "a man
happens Co have chosen that part
Of M world as his special sphere,
and such is not Mr.. Mnrling = cast.
Ills liking has been the Near East
and q Il no secret that he does not
relish the idea Of going 60 Mexico.
bat like all officials in the diplomatic
service H. can not very well decline
u promotion TO be mi".stcr when u
is. offered.
n he finds troublnus times In Mex
ico. however. he VIII not surfer from
ineNperience. For nearly twenty five
years he has served In the Balkans
ana Turkey He IL % careful diplo-
mat. and the foreign office feels safe
In sending him anywhere. While
he has not attained ans very high
office and is siill a councillor of en-
bassy nj the age OF - years. he has
scored many successes.
4 Cambridge graduate, he entered
the diplomatic service az an attacho
IN iSss and Ia the following year
was OF q Athens, the first Of his
foreign appointments. Later In Con
stantinopie whore most Of his career
has been spent he acquired such n
knowledge Of the Turkish people and
their language that the foreign office
awarded him a special allowance and
gave a round of duties az Rio Iancl-
70 az Paris. for a few years, as n sort
OF holiday.
when the Cretan question became
acute and the powers had 60 step IN
10 prevent Crete from leaving the OF
toman empire and Joining hcr for
tunes with Greece. watch was only
accomplished after the recent war.
Mr.. MarilnE was sent TO Athens as
charge a affaires and when each
power sent "a representative 20 Crete
he went there as consui-general.
sin more delicate duties awaited
him concerning the Anglo Russian
ngotiatlons In regard TO the spheres
Of influence in Persia. The British
policy as decided upon b. Sir Ed
ward Grey. did no; meet with the
approval of British diplomats. To
give russia a hold on northern Per-
STA. instead q keeping that country
with Afghanistan aa buffer states be-
tween Russia proper and India. a
treaty was signed which CAV Rus
sla an open road 10 India according
10 these officials II was hard to
find n diplomat who would 20 20 TIE
herRn. Mr.. Marling was chosen for
the post. the duties OF which we're
neither Easy nor pleasant. lie had
20 len with a Russian minister, who
all B%rltishers in Persia and the
neafby countries believed was get
ting the better OF their country and
who they believed under the cloak
'of the Anglo Russian treaty was try
Ina 60 get troops 20 Teheran. and
eventually Russianlse the whole Of
northern Persia. II was a delicate
situation but AIR. MariinE came put
'of 81 well The Russian troops 2
got to the capital. the way was
Emoothed for the British minister
and Mr.. Marllng was rewarded with
y special allowance for lis knowl-
edge u Persian. a promition to a
councillorship OF embassy ana made
a ComDanion Of the order OF 81.
Michael and 81 George,
An increasing number oi street ar
.oldcnts has caused the London coun-
~ council 20 be swamrcd with de-
mnnds that tho anliaumted mmbu-
lance service Of the metropolis be Inn
proved. With the exception ~ tho
one square mile under the iurisdic-
tion % tho city 81 London. the Eng.
lish capital has No wheeled ambu.
lances OF any kind Al certain
stree corners throughout the various
corouShs sireichers are kept In