The Washington herald., 1920-05-23


III. on the occasion Of the inaugu-
ration of this wonderful internar
tional waterway. IA
CONSIDERS DE LEssEP's q pid
MOVE ILLUsTRIOUs.
Charles de Lesseps has never
cared to assume the title Of Duke Of
Suez, 10 which he has every right
He Justly considers the name OF Dc
Lesseps more illustrious. and . ,
suredly more historic. He still r
mains a member OF the board OF y
rectors Of the Suez Canal. to which.
he has belonged for more than half
century. being. indeed. its deF -
and for many years past Minisf
Cremer has been associated
him on the board as the official ma
resentative Of the Netherlands. she
Minister Cremer has freques
filled cabinet once and has ser ioii
several terms as governor geneI sAi
OF the East Indies. which is u
greatest viceregal satrapy Of thy
crown of the Netherlands.
During the minority OF Queen
wIlhelmina, Minister Cremer was
closely associated with her mother,
the regent. as one OF her principal
advisers, and he does not hesitate
to state that, despite her German
birth, she showed herself so entire
ly Indifferent thereto and so COM
pletely identified herself with the
land of her adoption that she con-
veyed to him the impression that.
IL anything. she leaned toward
France rather than toward Ger
many, appearing. like the masses ot
the Dutch people in those days, TO
dread the possibility OF the rcaliza-
avowed determination TO bring the
Netherlands, and especially their
rich and extraordinarily valuable
colonies, within the sphere Of the
Teuton empire
WIFE Is ENGLISH AND
DAUGHTER Welded OFFICER
What Minister Crcmer's own
sympathies have Been in the great
war may be gathered from the fact
( that his wife is an Englishwoman
and that during the war his favor
lite daughter. with his full consent
married an English officer, who az
ter being wounded had been in
/ termed in Holland and had been
nursed back to health, largely
through her care and devotion.
GEDDEs GOADED
BY CRITICISM.
| Also the marQuise says that:
From London come persistent re-
ports to the effect that Sir Eric Gcd-
dcs is about to resign his office as
minister of transport, in which he
has accomplished marVels, and TO
follow his brother, Sir Auckland.
( across the Atlantic, not, however, to
! the United States, but to South
/ America. Sir Eric, while wonder
fully able and resourCefUl, Is i'm
| patient of criticism and eNasperated
4 by the continual attacks OF an OFF,
4 cial and even personal character
aimed at him both in and out OF Par
lament by individuals and concerns
that find their interests affected by
lis determination TO bring about re-
forms that are indispensable TO the
solution Of the entire problem Of
transportation in these present diff
cult times.
1T is reported on excellent author
ity that he has been offered a very
large annual salary. amounting. il
is said, to S25O.OOO. by a great syndi-
cate of Lombard street banking
houses in London to proceed 10
South America and TO assume COM
plete charge Of their vast railroad
interests there. especially in Argen-
tina and Brazil. He feels that he
would have more freedom there than
IL he remains in England, where the
tenure, OF his present troublesome
cfice. with its relatively insiEaifi-
cant pay. depends entirely upon the
existence of the prest Mt Lloyd
George Administration"
PRESIDENT MAY RECEIVE
SIR AUCKLAND THIS WEEK.
II Sir Eric has visited in Washin Eton
so We are interested in him here
, personally, in addition to the fact
? that he is a brother OF Sir AUCk-
I land. The latter is more apt 10 have
. an audience with our President this
= week, though he is the last OF ihe
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