Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-22
STRIKING FIGURE
IS FRENCH ENVOY
To THE ENGLISH
NJ CambOn More Than Any
Other Is Embodiment of All
lance Uniting France, Eng
land and Russia,

L
| hassador TO The Court of ST. James,
I NJ. Paul CANTON. is one of the most
interesting and important figures in
I London during these war DAYS. for
more than amy other single individual
/ ne Is the physical embodiment of the
alliance by which England France
and Russia are Jointly prosecuting the
/ present tremendous struggle, as it Naf
/ he who signed on April s. 1904, the
4 memorable convention establishing thg
4 entente cordlale completely recon.
Istructing the relations between Eng-
| land ana France and leading straight
/ e. the present compact hy which thi
I three entente allies are fighting toe
gethcr today
When Nj. Cambon was seen at the
4 French embassy 10y a representative OF
4 the Associated Press he was preparing
to leave for Paris 20 meet his brother,
! Nj, Jules Cambon, Who, as French ans
/ bassador at Washington. signed with
President Mckinley the protocol re-
establishing peace between the United
/ States and Spain, after arranging the
( memorable preliminarles with Madrid
/ 10y which Spain was to retire from
/ Cuba, Porto Rico was to be coded to
/ the United States aud the Philippines
] " NY ~ f"''t'' NAiNNA ANAAtN AN'Nli NNfANAN
/ by purchase.
Rclong 10 Notable Family.
The brothers are OF that notable
/ Cambon family all distinguished in
diplomacy, who at times have repre-
scented France Simultaneously az Lon
don, Berlin and Constantiuople- three
OF the vital spots OF French lnternu-
tional contact just now the broth
efs were meeting I'M Paris To see Their
sons tiBhiing az the 'front.', VINO IN the
lull of operations had been granted
leave Tor inns lamtly reunion Inc
visit OF Parls, toe, gave the nmhassa-
dor opportunity 20 consult with tine
chief French officials ON the many
questions OF JOINT poIcy constantly
arising uhder lhe existing Alliance.
The french embassy Us one OF the
massive piles of gray stone at Albert
Gate, leading from the pussy traifle Of
knlghtsprldge ana Plccadllly, To the
calm ana beauty OF Hyde PARK. Here
NJ. Paul Cambon has presided since
1878, ana mere was inotured the en-
tente cordlale, winch Is having such a
momentous sequel today Ia The war all
nance The ambassador much resem-
Dies his brolher Jules - OF middle
height nine ana athletic frame, with
non gray hair and beard, and Keen
ness OF manner which combined cor
diality and untalling tact diplomatic
tact which has been the keynote 70
the notable Campon careers The
ambassador never speaks for puellca-
ton, yet certain impressions were
gathered during the visit which indi-
cate the role of the principal figures
/ In the negotiation of the entente cor
( dale and the great events leading UP
to the present war drama.
= Reconciling France.
IL was Lord salisbury who first per
/, ceived the need Of reconciling the diff
, terences long existing between Eng
land ana France. Two main reasons
had been operating slowly but surely
to make this need apparent First
both England and France had en-
barked on extensive colonial policies.
and these colonies We're SO situated
that they were a continual source of
discord and misunderstanding the
world over in Siam, where the Brit
. ish interests were on one side and the
French interests of indo-Chna on the
other in Africa. with Egypt i'm the
northeast, Morocco Algiers ana Tunis
in the northwest, ana the Congo and
Niger and Nile country No the center;
the Newfoundland fisheries, % source
of controversy for geo Years with
Madagascar. New Hebrides and many
other points affording points for mis-
understanding in colonial develop
ment Some OF these had become
acute, notably the Siam crisis and the
Fachoda incident. when the French
expedition under Captain Marchand
reached the Nile simultaneous with
the arrival of General kitphanor tvp