The sun., 1914-09-27

''' ~ bNpuNl'ss ito SAlatt 7e's
in the Senate. and has been 10 turn Sec
retary of State for Agriculture. Minis
ter of Posts and Telegraphs. Ambassa-
dor TO France and to the Court of st.
Jsmes's. beside filling several terrus of
Office az Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Sixty-five years Of age. a widower with
"A son and two daughters. sun Guliano
is q prolific writer. has written what is
still regarded In Italy and abroad as
the best standard work on sicily. owned
for a time one of the leading news
papers Of the Kingdom paper which
by the by distinguished itself by its
opposition to the Triple Alliance
was before he became Foreign Minister
and has been for many years president
of the Italian Geographical Society.
Sir Georse buchanan. tho British
Ambassador in st. Petersburg. is a sIn
of Did Sir Andrew Buchanan. who for
so many years represented Gsoat Bric-
ain not only iplomatiCally. but also
In n sporting sense. at the courts of
Russia. Prussia and. especially. Austria.
This means that Sir Georg, Is po orsona
grata on the banks OF the Ncva, where
his wife, Lady Georgiaua, q sister OF
Earl Bathurst. is also a great favorite.
Sir George. like his father. is good
deal of sportsman. and has To his
credit very remarkable translation Of
Goethe's Faust" into English
NJ. Sazonoff the Minister ur Foreign
Affairs of the Car aud who's, name
figures extensively in the English White
Papers. made many American friends
during the twelve years that he spent
IN London as Secretary uf the Russian
Embassy there and also 10, Charge daft
faircs, during the frequent absences Of
his chief. the late Baron Staal At
Rome TOO. where he represented his
Government first as secretary and then
Hs envoy to the Vatican. h showed a
marked preference for the society Of
Americans. the fact Of his being able
10 speak English SO we'll contributing
/ IN no small degree to his popularity
among them.
| Very rich. SCION Of an ancient house
! OF the untitled aristocracy and married
20 very charming ooman. Mile Won
Ncidhardt sister OF the widow Of the
nurd rcd Premier Stolypn, Sazonoff
has long been anxious to retire from
public life. in ci,ler to devote himself
TO his family and to the management Of
| his large estates. Indeed. he has only
remained in office with a good deal Of
reluctance. al the personal solicitation
OF his sovereign. who ilnds %. him
| & Minister Of Foreign Affairs after hit
own heart. Saxon N has never been in
vcry strong health since the as~assina-
ton before his very eyes of his brother
in-.aW. premier Stu,ypin. To- whom hc
lWas grcatNy attached
! In England h. Is held in particularly
high esteem owing to the tact aud
diplomacy which hc displayed a Charge
dAtidircs in London IA aNertinc war
be tween Russin and Great Britain when
Admiral Rozicstvensky armada fired
IN 1905. with fatal results on the Eng
lsh itching smacks off the po.gcr
Bank. in thu North Sea. under the I'M.
prs sson that they were Japanese tor
pedo boats.
sir Frank Bcrtie. tho British Ambas-
! sudor 10 France. j. ~ the eve cf his
retirement aud while not particularly
brilliant man. j. a. very useful servant
Of the crown. Like 80 many others of
, his predecessors At the embassy I'm tho
FduLourg st, Honore, he Is not. strictly
speaking. diplomatist iy profession
/ lldNllS spent tllf GTtdNfE l'''l Nl'li VI 4'HS
career in the Foreign Ofice. where he
had under his immediate control the
affairs of the Far East.
lie wa Under Secretary OF State in
Downing street when appointed to the
Paris Embassy, where his wife. Lady
Fec. spent all her girlhond as one of 'ho
two daughters of that Earl towley who
represented Great Britain AZ the Court
of the Tuileries during the reign of
| Napoleon III. The intimacy of Sir
Frank and Lady Fec with the reignine
house Of England has always been very
close. Lady Fec, indeed, having beeN
one of the bridesmaids Of Queen AlcN-
andra. and if they have been kept ON a,
Paris it il largel! because both the late
and the present KING wished to have
there people who enjoyed their conf