Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-06-13
LORD NORTHCL|FfE
HATED and LOVED
New Head Of British Mission
Here Is a Hustler.
NO SPEECHMAkIhG FOR HIM

J viii Attend Strictly to Business and
Open an Office In Financial Section
Of New Yerk--Hss Condemned Many
Of Enalsnd's War Policies, and Tins
| Has Proved That He Was Correct.
Lord Northcliffe. the new head OF the
| British foreign mission In the United
States, Is coming on business He Il
not coming for speechmaking or ban.
| quoting tour. but means business. aud
| will start his work at once from an Of
| fice in downtown New York.
This Is his own idea OF his post as
successor to Foreign Minister Balfour
at the head Of the British war mis-.
sion. He explained his plans in an In
terview prior TO his departure.
II am not on a speechmaking or ban
quoting tour" Lord Northcliffe declar-
ed In an interview. Il propose taking
Offices downtown In New York. where
can confer on the many business tn
| teresfs involved In the British and al
| lied missions.
Il am hopeful not only OF imparting
any war lessons which l may have
learned from many visits TO the war
to my American friends. but also to
derive ideas which are certain to be
evolved by American natural genius
for invention.
II feel much ditldence In succeed
ing SO important and charming a per
sonality as Balfour but ! shall do my
best to harmonic the work OF the
allied missions and. may say. to
facilitate the enlistment OF as many
British subjects now In the United
States as possible.
ION my arrival shall OF course first
report at the British embassy In Wash
ington."
The most interest In his selection
eenters Ia the bearing II may have ON
the status OF Sir Cecil Arthur Spring
Rice the British ambassador. Sir
Cecil Spring. Rice has been criticised
10y Lord NoFthcliffe. who virtually call.
ri for tile appointment OF new Brit
lsh ambassador in Washington. This
criticism came Mt time when the
United States and Germany were still
on nominally friendly terms
The impression was created that
Count Won BerustorfY, the German am.
hassaaor In Washington. was succeed
Ing Ia getting the American press to
III O.. ~
German cause, and Lord Northciifre.
who apparently believed the ailega-
lions 10 that effect. let II he known
that he thought Count Won BernsiorfY
was outmaneuvering Sir Cecil Spring
Rice In creating sentiment In America,
The comment OF Lord Northcliife along
that line was cabled to American
newspapers and created considerable
discussion. The British government
apparently was not influenced by II. as
the status OF the British ambassador
Was not disturbed.
Lord Northciire IL baron In the
British peerace. His appointment to
such an important diplomatic mission
will give the British government the
opportunity TO raise his rank, and sue.
cess In dealing with the United States
might cause the king. at the instance
OF Prime Minister Lloyd George. to
elevate him to the dignity Of viscount
or earl.
Admired. Hated and Respected.
The war had not proceeded very far
when an Engiishman on being asked
to define Lord Northciine's influence
on the government and people said:
They hate him. they admire him,
but try as they may they cannot be
Indifferent to him."
In no country. Il Il believed. since
the war began has q man In civil life
been SO constantly In the public eye
or labored SO continually. early and
late. for schemes which he believed
would benefit the empire and its allies
and bring defeat to the Germans.
These schemes have pertained to al
most every department Of activity d.
recty or Indirectly identified with the
war. They have concerned attacks, ex.
posures aud appeals In regard to the
anu ~ hPatnl,
ton. advice to the allies and neutrals.
They form long list from the time
he declared that Lord Kitchener was
working beyond his physical and men,
tai limitations and the exposure Of the
fact that shrapnel instead Of high ex-
plosive shells were being used at Neuve
Chapelle. the condemnation Of the Gal
ltnnH A.
Tigris. long before they became his
torieal facts: numerous attempts to
prove the futi'lty. Righteousness and
even harm to the cause OF the censor
ship o. the press; the remorseless at
tacks upon the old gang as he terms
the As1uith ministry through all its
changes; the fearless espousal OF Da-
vid Lloyd George as the man who
should really lead; his numerous trips
n the ~