The Washington herald., 1919-04-13

1ovsrn1peut has urged himS to ~
Haaa. e u he himself who 10
sent vpen gltng, His health has
oesn tmnaired by the sxhausting
YORK that has heen placed upon his
eao0lders and ~ the terrible ankle
ties throughout the war.
During the Arst two year, Of the
war he. IN addition to his daily lsbors
In court ~ Lord Chisf Justice, ike
wise acted ~ the principal financial
adviser to David Lloyd George, then
Chancellor OF the Exehsquer, ana
during the hours that he vas not on
the bench he was at the Treasury,
oftsn until far away into the night,
devtstng these marvellous and sane
methods 0f -hnaneing the war which
hays excited the admiration Of busi-
ness nsn IN Ill parta OF the world.
aliks IN Frencs and In Germany
methods. thanks 70 which Great Brit
ain has emerged frem the conflict
better on in an economic sense than
any other Of the beiiiserent or neu-
trai nations. excepting. Of course, the
United States.
4 Then. in the summer of is1s, he was
dispatched to this country TO nego-
tate loans for the British and French
governments, under circumstance Of
the utmost Asiicacy and dimculty.
thanks TO the uneasiness created by
0ermanys military successes and to
the peculiarly unfavorable conditions
OF the American and foreign money
ua{kets. His success In this matter
naturally resulted In his being sent
back here In the following year as
High Commissioner of Great Britain.
after the United States came into the
war and 1etned the cause of the
Entente; and finally in January, isls.
On the untimely death of Sir Cecil
aprinG-Rice, tho additional burden of
the Ambaasadorship at washinxtcn
Wa placed on his already overbur-
densd shoulders.
Last autumn Lord Reading was
summoned home to advise his gov
ernment with regard to the aege-
tiations Of peace. and until his re-
cent return to America was kusiiy
engaged in Paris as q member of
the peace congress COMMITTEES for
the feeding of the famine stricken
allied and enemy nations Of Eu-
rope, This may convey some ne
tion Of the multifarieus nature Of
his activities since the outbreak
OF the great war in 1914, and why
he should look forward to the re-
sumption of his seat ON the bench
as Lord Chief Justice of the Realm,
as comparative rest. and in the
hght OF sorely needed repose.
Lord Reading is q past mastsy on
all subjects of negotiation. and of
all pending issues, between the two
great English speaking powers He
has every thread thereof-and they
form q perfect network of the most
intricate character-within his
grasp. sfe has succeeded in mas
tering TO a very remarkable degree
the knowledge of all the conditions
of American life, of American SEN
timent, of American prejudice, of
American susceptibility and of
American traditions, and ethics. He
has managed to win the acquaint-
ance, in many cases the friendship,
and to an amazing degree the
confidence. of the leading men of
the nation, of the statesmen, of the
official world, of the politicians, of
the representatives of the great
business interests, and last, but not
least, of the members of the
American Bar. who are ubiquitous,
and who have a very important
and often dominant finger in every
conceivable United States pie.
Lord Reading came here under a
disadvantage. He arrived here with
the reputation of being the most sue
cessful and adroit lawyer in England.
When the services of a lawyer are
invoked 1t is usually for the purpose
of getting the better OF the other
party. in any issue, and of finding
some oft tortuous way around the DO