Evening star., 1915-06-27
and joined the firm of Lansing q

1889 and joined the firm of Lansing a
Lansing.
That year he married. his bride he,nr
Eleanor. the dauChter of Gen Foster
1t has been said that he married into
the profession of diplomacv" CertaIn
ly he chose bride well equipped as the
wife of diplomat
Reared In the atmosphere of st,ts
craft and diplomaCy--rnuch OF her child.
hood we'll of her mature life be.
ing spent III world Apitals-gracefat
accom- plished. charming in person ar,i
manner. Mrs. Lansing is a fitting helm.
meet for a diplomatist and minister nf
foreign affairs.
Waterfowl, of course, has been .hs
real family home since their marriage
but Mr.. and Mrs. Lansing have iot,r.
neyed far abroad on the various dipIo.
matte missions which have been ,n
trusted to him. In Watertown MIR
Lansing is vice president of a bank
trustee of the Roswell T. Flower Mo
mortal Library. ana always has been
interested in civic problems.
In 1872. three years after his mar
riage, he was employed by the govern
ment as associate counsel for the I-rit.
ed States in the Bering sea arhitra-
ton. work which lasted three years
and which found him employed side hv
side with his distinguished father-sr-
law. 1t was admirable training Later.
in 1896, he was counsel for the United
States before the Joint BerIuE sea
claims commits Ssiou. which sat al Vic
toria. &. c. TO determine the amounts
which should he paid to Canadian
pelagic sealers by the Uuited states
for unlawful seizure in Bering sea
he tra of > gtf.. frFf FfAF.s7 al
There he was successful in greatly re-
ducing the amount of the claims. saw
ing several hundred thousand dollars
to the United States. In the meantime
his private practice in international
law grew. At various times he has been
counsel for the Mexican ana Chinese
legations in Washington.
In 1903 he was solicitor for the Unit
ed States before the Alaskan boundary
tribunal. which fixed the southea stern
boundary between Alaska and Candda.
Later he was counsel for the United
States at The Hague before the tri
bunal of arbitration, which adjusted
the North Atlantic coast fisheries dis
pute. Also he has represented this
government before different tnterna-
tional commissions. In fact. ii is said
that he has been so employed moro
often than any other lawyer.
In 1912 the United states and Great
Britain Jointly formed a tribunal 20
of British subjects against the United
States and American citizens against
Great Britain. to which tribunal claims
totaling some $4,000, 600 We're present
ed. The president OF this court is
Henri Frome gero-. distinguished
French international lawyer: the
American comrniss oner. Chandler p.
Anderson. and the British commits
sioner, Sir Charles Fitzpatrick chef
justice of Canada.
,.fv do
United States in charge OF tn -
tation of the American c'air
tribunal and of the defers
British claims Several seseior ne
tribunal had been held, ard
of the claims adiud Heated " h1
Lansing was taken from tl7r !!
last year to become counaelo H- tie
Department of State.
Cp to that time the matter o.
Lansing's politics never hat be-. sub
ject of discussion. By reason o. his
long service under republican secre-
taries of state it had been assumed.
without inquiry, that he was a repub!l-
can But it turned out that he was a
democrat. And it might be added.
while carefully avoiding all actlV-
ity in politics Mr.. Lansing's interest IN
politics is not entirely academic on
some little matters of New York poll
tics. notably the selection of post
master at Watertown, he has kept
watchful eye.
Unknown to the public. but very well
known to those who closely follow
American diplomacy. Secretary Lansing
hslongs to group of three American
diplomatists who have rendered long
and yalua bic services 10 the govern
ment whoae careers have closely
pa ra lleled one another. and whose as
socia-ion has been close and intimate
The other two members OF the group
are Chandler F. Anderson. who was
counselor of the Department of State
under the republican administration OF
Secretary Knox, and James Brown
scott who was solicitor of the depart
rnent under the republican administra-
tion OF Secretary Elihu Root. Both
Messrs. Anderson and Scott have been
engaged frequently, ike Secretary Lam
sing. in a legal capacity for the depart
meut
some months ago, when the war put
A new and great burden on the depart
ment Mr. Anderson was recalled to the
service as a legal adviser. and is now
connected Herewith. Nj. Scott. who
at the beginning of the war was seEy-
ing as secretary of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Pcac'. rtas
borrowed from that body, anu
chairman of the neutrality board Tl,r
old intimacy among the three EA= u
re-eSta hlished on closer TERMS t...sa
ever before. ASHMtN BROWN.