Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-21
TO BE ENGLAND'S
NEW MINISTER
CHARLES MURRAY MAHLING
AFTEI. - YEARS IN TURKEY
AND THE BALKANS. GOES To
MEXICO FOR GOVERNMENT.
A CAREFUL DIPLOMAT
THOTGH HE DOES NOT RELISH
THE UDEA OF GOING To MENICO
BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE
FEELS SAFE IN SENDING HIN.

London Ems Feb. 2i.-Charles Muir
ray Marling. The prospective British Min
lister ~ Mexico. " not likely Ia To- kept
there long if British diplomatic iradi
tiouS are followed. 1t is considered that
one term in Latin America j. the usual
service unless a man happens "a have
chosen hat part Of the world - hi spc-
cial sphere. and such j. not Mr.. MARI
ine'S ease. His likin. has been the near
East aud il i no secret that he does not
relish The idea ~ going Ia Mexico. hut
like al Officials i'm the diplomatic Scry-
80 h. cannot ,crV well lcclinc a promo
iiinn 10 he Minister when il j. offered.
II he finds trouhlous times in Mexico.
however. BE- viii not suffer from i%nrNI~ri
rncr For rear.v - vctrS hc haS served
II The Halk.nS aud Turkey. lie j. a
~rrcfnl diplomat aud the foreign office
f'clS safe IN ,cnding him anywhere
Will h. has nat attained any very hi"h
Office and j. still 4 councillor # cml'a>Sr
II The aec of II wears. he ha. scored
MANY >nccrs>e.
4 Cambridge graduates. h" entered the
diplomatic service ~ IN attachr a. l>>>
and ia the following wear was off to Arh
cnS The fir.t a. his foreign appointments
Later IN cnnStantinoplc whore most ~
his career has been Spcnt. he acquired
such 4 knowledge of the Turkish l-onlc
and their language that the foreign offi,c
awarded him Il special allowance AMI
gave u rnnnsi If duties IN l.ln .Inarirn
rnh ~ Paris. for 4 few wears. ~ 4 sort
~ holiday.
When the Crctain question hccam"
acute anl the powers had To stem IN ~
preycnt Crete from leaving the Ottoman
Empire and Joining her fortunes with
Greece. which was only accomplished
after The recent war. Mr.. Narliug was
sent "a Athens ~ charge n { flirc> dnl
when each power sent 2 representative
Ia Crete he went there - conSul general
Still more delicate duties awaited him
concerning ihc Anglo RUSSIAN nceotiI
tinn~ \" r"~r~i y" ~" >ph""r ,' ilfl""r--'
in Persia I'll. British policy - decided
.up"n ~ Sir Edward grey did not meet
with The approval "f British Hiplnmfi>.
To give Russia u hold "a Northern Pew
~in. Instead 1T kcaping that country with
,~seh4ni.tan n~ hnffcr states between
Russia pr"n.r aud Iudil. u trc-tV was
signed whirh gave Russia m 'nen roal
to India accnrling !" these o''icillS. "
was hard ~ find \ diplomat who would
90 Ia Trhcrfn Nr. Narling wa> chosen
fo~ The post. the d"tiC- 80 which were
"pirhcr easy nor pleasant. lic hnd \"
le,l with . PuSsiln minister. who I'll
Brit shrrS Nv Persia and the n'lrhN
opuntrir> believed wa> ~anttin" III" hotter
af heir country AMI who they believed
under the clock If the Nn.lo Russian
treaty was irwin" ~ oct lrnop> 90 Teher
80 aud rvrniuall, I'r>>i,niZr ~ q whole
LEFT Nnrihrrn pcr~in ~ was - hr'icntr 1T
natinr hui Nr Narling ramc ont % -
well. The Russian troops never got to
the rrniirl. the WAY was >monihcl for
the British minister. and Nr. Mrrling
was awar,lrd with 4 ~nccial allowance
e,r hiS KNOWLEDGE 90 Persian a promo
iinn a. y rnnnci'lnrShip ~ t'nhnS-v AND
"'~.'n ) C"nr- Mon "f the Order of -
Michael and -. George.
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