New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-01

Trade. When the Liberals returned 10
power, after ten years OF opposition. Mr..
Bryce was made Chief Secretary for Ire
land, which Office he resigned 10 be Am
bassador TO the United States. In 1889 he
i.iarried Miss Elizabeth Marion Ashton.
Sir Rufus Isaacs. who was made Lord
Chief Justice only few months ago, was
born I'm London. october 10. 1860 His
educated AT the University College school
at Brussels and at Hanover: bencher OF
the Middle Temple. 1904; Solicitor General,
1910; Attorney General, 1910: sworn OF the
Privy Council. iell raised TO Cabinet
rank. 1912. He married in 1887 Alice Edith
Cohen. whose father was a M. chant In
London.
Alexander IRE was born at Glasgow.
February %. 1853. His father was Lord
Provost OF Glasgow. lie was educated at
Glasgow and Edinburgh universities and
admitted To practice at the Scottish bar
In 1878. From 1878 10 1883 he was lecturer
on Constitutional law and history at the
Glasgow University lie was Solicitor
General Cor Scotland from 1905 to 1909
when he was made Lord Advocate. He is
married and has one daughter
The elevation of the Right Hon. Alex
ander IRE TO the peerage calls TO mind the
bitter quarrel which he had with a. J.
Balfour. After the passage of the old
age pensions bill and preceding the sec
ond general election of 1870 Mr.. IRE, while
stamping the country. was alleged 10
have repeatedly stated that the return CT
the Conservatives TO power would be .'ol-
lowed by the repeal OF the old age pen
sions act. So much harm was this sup
posed TO be doing TO the Conservatives
that the Opposition campaign managers
decided it was absolutely necessary that
the statement attributed TO Mr. IRE
should be emphat ically denied by their
leader.
Accordingly. at luncheon given at the
Junior Constitutional Club. Mr.. BaIfour.
then leader of the Opposition, referred
TO Mr.. TRES statements as cold, frigld
and calculated lies
Mr.. IRE. who was then Lord Advocate
for Scotland. was so incensed by this at
tack that he procured a full dress debate
on the subject I'm the House Of Commons.
His speech In his own defence marked one
of the Historic moments" in the history
of that assembly. Trembling with rage,
at times almost in tears. the Lord Advo-
cate denied that he had ever made any
such direct statement as had been at
tributed to him, and concluded by point
ing his finger at Mr.. Balfou-, remarkinS
as he did so, that time was when a man
could defend his honor with is own right
arm"
Mr.. Balfour, in one of his typically eva
sive replies. modified without altogether
withdrawing his previous statement
Sir Charles Cripps was knighted in 1908.
He is a lawyer %. c., 1870. and In 1885
was appointed Attorney General to the
Prince of Wales. He received the same
appointment in 1901. Sir Charles was born
October ., 1852. He was educated at Win
chester and oxford and has been in Par
Lament since 1895. representing several
constituencies.
Sir Harold Sidney Harmsworth was Gre
ated a baronet in 1910. He is largely in
terested in Liberal newspapers, including
"The Daily Record" and Mail Of Glas-
gov, and 1.-The Leeds Mercury and Is
a director of the Amalgam3tcd Press Ltd.
He was born on April 20, 1903. son or
the late Alfred Harmsworth. He endowed
the King Edward VII chair OF English
literature at Cambridge, and has done
great deal financially and otherwise to
promote the County OF London and other
county territorial associations to obtain
recruits. He is younger brother OF Lord
Northcliffe.
Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther was
knighted in 1911. He was born February
l6. 1858 His father was the late Hon.
William Lowther, a brother of the third
Earl of Lonsdale. Ill 1906 he married Miss
Alice Blight, daughter of Anterior
Blight. OF Philadelphia. They have three
daughters. Sir Gerard entered the diplo-
matte service in 1879. He has served in
Madrid, Paris, Constantinople, Vienna and
other European cities, and at one time
was secretary of the British Embassy in
Washington. He was Minister to Chili
from 1901 TO 1904, when ne went TO Tangier
as minister. In 1908 he went as Ambassa-
dor TO Constantinople, where he served
until recently.
Sir Archibald Geikie was knighted in
1891. He has been president OF the Royal
Society, and is a member OF the National
Academy Of Sciences of the United States,
as well as many other scientific organ
izatons lie was born at Edinburgh, De-
cember %. 1895, and was graduated from
the University Of Edinburgh. lie has re-
ceived degrees from Edinburgh, Oxford,
Cambridge, Dublin and many other UNI
h. tna1
vey in 1866 and for some years was pro-
fessor of geology and mineralogy at the
University of Edinburgh. He has written
several books of science and compiled
geological maps as well as articles for
scientific publications.