Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-06

To questions he replies instantly
and often with trenchant ,humor,
There is no .s~idestepping. He looks
straight at his questioner and II the
query is improper he dubs it. such
without stumbling. His emotions are
under complete control.
These qualities have endeAred him
to the Washington correspondents
who didn't get along at, all we'll with
MI. Bryan. Mr.. Lansing's request
not an ~order-that no foreign diplo
matists be accosted by questioners IN
the state. war and navy building has
been uniformly carried out, indeed .
correspondent who violated 1t would
become . pariah to his fellows here
The correspondents know the Oc
cupant OF the secretary Of states Of.
fee will do the right thing by them
and they desire to measure up:to Mr.
Lansing's own standard.
The members Of the diplomatic
corps ind Mr.. Lansing is Of the best
type Of old world courtiers and they
treasure him accordingly. ~.
They know Mr.. Lansing understands
their troubles and difficulties thorough
~. Mr.. Lansing and his wife's father.
John ". Foster, secretary of state IN.
der Harrison and United States envoy
to several countries, make their home
here together. The sonin.law has ab
sorbed great stores Of diplomatic lore
from the man who is a1ectionately
called the old fox Of American diplo
macy" 81. t6s
Rose by Sheer Ability.
Mr.. Foster will be eighty years Old
next year. He was Z brigadier gen.
eral in the Civil war, minister to Mex.
leo for seven years, then minister to
Russia and minister to Spain. He has
served on many very important inter.
national commissions and has acted
officially for China and Mexico. Sew.
eral Of hts books are standard. He is
. leading peace advocate.
Mr.. Foster had much TO do with IN.
Producing his brilliant sonin-law to OF.
fetal Washington, but Mr.. Lansing's
rise to fame has been through sheer
ability and hard work. He was born
in the small city Of Washington, N. Y,
October II, 1864, the 0 OF an emil
nent lawyer and the descendant Of
many men who have been leaders In
New York state history. John Lansing
represented New York in the consti.
tutional convention Of 1857 at Phila-
delphia, served In the Revolution and
was later chancellor, of the state Of
New York. ri
MI. Lansing was graduated from
Amherst college In 1886 and began the
practice Of law with bis father in Wa
tertown in 1889.
He soon became too big for small
town litigation. however. Interna-
tional law was his forte. In 1892 he
was appointed associate counsel for
the United States in the fur seal arbi-
tration and he attended the sessions
of the international tribunal at Paris
In 1893.
In the course Of the next two years
he was counsel for the Mexican and
Chinese legations In Washington and
in 1896 Secretary Of State Olney ap-
pointed him counsel for the govern.
ment before the Boring sea claims
commission.
He was counsel for private parties
before the Canadian joint high com.
mission In 1s9s.90 and later again
served the Mexican and Chinese lega-
lions.
In 1908 he was appointed to be coun.
sci for the United States before the
Alaskan boundary tribunal and he
tookia prominent part In the Venezue.
Ian asphalt disputes In 1906. He rep
resented the government in the Allan.
tic fisheries and arbitration in 1908
and In 1911, on his return to this
country from The Hague, he was made
technical delegate Of the government
in the fur seal conference 1t Wash.
ingtoh.
In 1911 he acted as counsel for the
United States; In the American and
British claims arbitration and this war
his work up to the date he was chosen
- Secretary Bryan's right hand man.
appointment Popular.
The appointment is very popular
with the members Of the diplomatic
corps, who have been associated with
MI. lansing In an Official way for .
good many years. and among whom he
numbers many close personal friends.
No sooner was the appointment made
known than the foreign ENJOYS 40
Washington fastened to call upon him
to offer congratulations and pay their
respects, the Japanese ambassador.
Viscount Chinda. being one Of the
frst.
Mr.. Lansing's appointment also
meets the approval Of his colleagues
OF the cabinet.
l~notdenteily II may 10 sddsd thst
he u = golfer, . 1lsherman, : baseball
IN, = laadseApe painter - al1H1G
man and writes verse.