The Alaska daily empire., 1915-07-28

which he is best known in Washing ton-ma explain where he got the foundation of his training.
 Untn the European war began the machinery Of American diplomacy had not attracted much attention In this country. The American people were more interested in domestic poll ties. Hence it was that. depsite years of service that had made him well known abroad. Mir. Lansing was little konwn to Washington when, March 20. 1914, he was made counselor Of the department of state on the resig- nation of Dr. John Basset Moore.
 His Hand In Important Notes
 Even after that he was not we'll known. save to those who closely fol-. lowed the work of the department. until early in the present spring when against Mir. Lansing's wishes the news became public that 1t was his hand that had drafted the notes to Germany and Great Britain setting forth the American position as to neu. tral rights on the high seas.
 A selleffacing man always, Mir. Lansing suddenly found the spotlight turned upon him. Since then he has been figure in the daily news.
 How the President has turned more and more to him has been fully re- corded in the daily press. When the Senate was wrestling last spring ov- CT the text of the neutrality resolu- ton giving the President unusual powers over shipping and at night session struck a snag. it was Mr. Lansing who was sent for to straight en out the tangle.
 Shinks From Publicity
 Last March. when he was becom- ! ing more and more prominent. a writ CT sought him out for material for an article concerning him and his work ! Almost pathetically Mr. Lansing beg ged that no such article be publish. ed.
 To put it another way. Mr. Lansing lis a man who never pushes himself forward. Always this has been so At Amherst he was especially inter ested in psychology and allied sub iects taught by Professor Garmon ] Possibly these studies have been re- sponsible for his attitude. Jiu-iitsu is the art in physical combat of mak ing ones opponent exert his own strength against himself. Mr. Lan sing appears to have adopted sys tenn or intellectual iiu-iitsu
 Can Get Along Without Anybody
 But when he moves or when he talks or when he acts it is with cer tainty. sureness. effectiveness.
 Almost oriental is this mental hab ! it of passivity and patience. And yet ! it would be Imaginable to use the word ! inscrutable-us usually applied to the orienta ] mind-in connection with ] Mr. Lansing He makes no mystery of himself and none of his mental ! processes. Rather is he simple, frank straightforward.
 It has fallen to him in recent months to hold frequent conferences with Sir Cecil Spring.Rice, the Brit ish ambassador: Count Von Bern storff, the German ambassador. and many other notables of the diplomat ic corps. There is no puncdllia about these conferences than about his talk with newspaper men or oth CT unofficial visitors to the depart ment His every effort is to put them on the plane of informality and to get quickly to the common sense of the subject matter
 Truly democratic, simplicity char acterizes his work He is one of those possessing executive ability who never seem to be busy and this despite a pridigous amount of work he accomplishes Calmly and cooly while possibly a great storm of great events is going on outside. he will sit at his desk and discuss abstrac tions with you. meanwhile smoking pipe and idly drawing pictures on a pad
 What does Mir. Lansing actually think of the iob?" Some idea may be obtained from what he told his fellow alumni of Amherst at dinner last Spring. In discussing the work of the department of State in these troubled times. he pointed out that the department now has to deal mot merely with the daily questions of neutral rights and duties, but the