Evening star., 1928-11-20
!. .ANS|NG MEMORY
PAID HIGH TRIBUTE
James NJ. Beck and Others
Praise Him as "Perfect
Gentleman"

A high tribute to the memory OF
/ Robert Lansing was paid yesterday al
! the twenty-seventh annual meeting OF
! the Archaeological Society of Washing
| ton, held at the residence of Mrs. Henry
I F. Dimock, 1901 Sixteenth street, by
! James M. Beck who succeeded Mr..
Lansing as president of the organiza =
ton at the late presidents request
| and by other notables.
Mr.. Beck. who was inducted into OIL
fee with Irwin B. Laughlin, former
Minister to Greece, in tchheair, declar-
ed that Mr.. Lansing was "the scholar
| In politics, type of statesman OF
which our country stands in sore need.
Robert Lansing was not merely a
good lawyer and an able Secretary of
State" Mr.. Beck asserted, but he was
always gentleman in the truest anc
1oblest sense of that word, and gentle
man he remained to the end. l be-
lieve it could be said of him. as truly
as it could be said of any public man
of whom I have any knowledge. that
he never did an unjust thing or uttered
an inconsiderate word or harbored an
ungenerous thought
Sir Esme Speaks.
Sir Esne Howard, British Ambassa-
dor and dean of the diplomatic corps,
paying tribute to Mr.. Lansing. re-
called that he had met him in Paris in
1918 and 1919 during the conference
that led up to the peace of Versailles.
1T was easy to recognize in him at
once 2 man OF cultivated mind and
wide reading of great charm Of man.
ner. and of readineSs-that most i'm
portant qualification for a diplomatist
TO listen to the other side" Sir ESne
tall AZ cnniofU-Ho
allow himself to be swayed by preju-
dices or by gusts of emotion, but one
who, while always upholding the in
terests of his country, could yet keep
judicial attitude towards all the most
difficult and complicated questions OF
that time as they arose. He was always
courteous but firm in his dealings with
others. and his quiet, judicial handling
Of all questions was. I believe l may
say. universally appreciated"
Jusserand Pays Tribute.
Arthur Stanley Riggs, director and
secretary of the society, read this brief
message of tribute from former AM
bassador Jules ,Jusserand of France,
life member of the society:
"Our hearts ache at the news that
Robert Lansing is no more. His youth
full appearance, his lucidity of mind
his ever active pen seemed to promise
years and years of useful life.
''I mourn friend of many days, one
ever to be trusted in stormy times or
calm, a level headed man If ever there
was one, bent on duty, whatever the
consequences, and following the dc
tates of his conscience with no trace of
ostentation. doing what he considered
right cs the most natural thing In the
world, simply because he thought 1t
right.
Deeply concerned in general prob
lens and questions of principle, he was
thinker and sage.
Wisdom was the characteristic of
his advice; those who were chiefly
struck by his quiet tones did not al
ways notice how firm that advice could
be and did not remark the Subdued,
never bitter, humor that favored his
judgments.
His loss is grievous one for all
those who knew him; 1t Is a grievous
loss for the Republic"
Resolution Adopted.
Mr.. Riggs read resolution adopted
by the board Of trustees and formal
report of the scientific and financial
achievements of the society under
President Lansing's term of nine years
in Office.
The society's next meeting will be
held December at the National Mu-
scum. Count Byron Khun de Prorcii
will address the meeting on his two and
half years OF exploration in the
Libyan Desert. where he studied the
almost unknown oasis of Jupiter AM
mon and the fortified citadel of silva.