Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-28
Viscount Grey, New British Envoy
To United States, is One of Most
Interesting Men in United Kingdom

New York, Sept 27.-Viscount Ed
ward Grey, former minister for for
eign affairs, the newly appointed
British Ambassador to Washington,
one of the most conspicuous figures
in British public life, is known chief
ly by the diplomatic efforts he made
to avert the world war and by the
fact that, when he failed, and the con-
flict became inevitable, he insisted
Great Britain could not with honor
remain out of it. He arrived here
yesterday.
John Morley, the historian, said Of
Grey rs years ago: "That young man
/ will go far He will be prime minis
ter of England some day." Gladstone
said Grey might be anything he
chose-but that che chose to go fish
ing"
Viscount Grey Of Fallodon, title
to which he was elevated in 1916.
was born April 25, 1862, the son of
Captain George Grey, "a Grey Of
Northumberland" from whose father
he inherited baronetcy. Before the
war he was known as an aristocratic
democrat, a "silent pilot of British
diplomacy" and the greatest living
authority on fly-casting. Gladstone.
carrying his illusion further, said Of
him in his early days in the house of
! commons: 81 never knew in man
such aptitude for political life and
such Discrimination for it," Viscount
Grey. according to the British "Who's
Who" is the author of only one book
1t is entitled "Fly Fishing" Wher
Theadore Roosevelt visited the Wis.,
count, instead of talking world poll
tics they went on foot-iourney thru
rural England to study English bird
life on which Viscount Gray is an
authority as Roosevelt was on Ameri-
can bird life.
The career of the man, who of all
other Britons, it has been said, was
most cordially hated by the Germans
because he INCREASINGLY advocated
England's entrance into the war for
the preservation of the neutrality Of
Belgium, was quite unlike that of al
public life He is not lawyer. In fact
when he became under secretary Of
state for foreign affairs in 1892,
position he held for three years, he
was chairman of the board of direct
ors of the Northeastern railway. -,
FOrceful Speaker.
Educated at Winchester and Bal,
.liol college, Oxford the prospective
viscount was elected liberal member
from Berwick Tweed to the house
of commons at the age of % and had
been repeatedly reelected from 1885
to 1916 when he was made peer.
An athlete at college. he won the
Queens club and other champion ten
mis- prizes. In 1912, as mark of
distinction for his public services.
King George made him a member of
the Order Of the Garter, the only
commoner, it is said, so honored.
Viscount Grey is noted as force
full speaker. He is an Englishman of
Englishmen, it is said. "cold, reserved
and correct in speech and deport-
ment." His sneeches in parliament
were mainly plain, simple statements
of fact. vigorously put without any
attempt on his part to be histrionic
or eloquent. The new ambassador in
other words, is said to possess logi-
cal mind.
When Viscount Grey became Brit
ish foreign minister ID years ago, he
sought to strengthen the ties of
friendship between his country and
other governments. The Anglo
French entente cordiale and the An
glo- Russian entente which was
brought about in 1907 were regarded
as the cornerstone of his foreign pol
icy, and together they paved the way
for entente alliance in the great war.