Evening star., 1935-04-17
Youth and Charm of Eden
Strikes Popular Imagination

American editorial discussion Of
Great Britain's exploratory" missions
to Moscow, Warsaw, Berlin and Paris
gives much attention to Anthony Eden,
the British statesman whose youth
and charm and to popular interest in
his remarkable rise to top rank on the
diplomatic stage.
capt. Anthony Eden has had per-
haps the most brilliant career Of any
young Englishman since the days OF
the younger Pitt" says the Cincinnati
Times-Star. His career is, in fact,
composite picture of the best in back
ground, training and experience that
conservative England can produce" !"
To the Chicago Journal Of Commerce
he is a new, bright light in interna-
tional diplomacy" while the Provi-
dence Journal describes him as "a
negotiator of both force and charm" !"
This paper continues: "He is only 81
years of age but he has demonstrated
his possession Of real diplomatic
ability"
Possessing the high sense of public
duty which is inculcated from early
youth in men of his caste, he is far
above most of them in intellect"
writes the New York Herald Tribune
Of Capt. Eden. Despite his back
ground or perhaps because of it he is
q man of simple tastes and manners,
Of open speech and genuine friendh-
ness. Those who know him say he is
more at home in diplomacy than in
politics. Except for his war career,
which was unusually brilliant-he be-
came a brigade major before he was 81
years old-he has had little contact
with the general public. His strength
lies in his winning personality, his
frankness and his courage. Today he
is far more than a mere agent-he Is
a power. If his party retains fair
share of power he is sure to be one OF
those to be watched Already it Is
whispered that he will some day be
Prime Minister. Certainly he is now
in a position to command increasing
power as he continues his youthful
career"
"The British people are looking with
amazement, and with no attempt to
conceal admiration Of this man OF 81
who seems to be going places among
diplomats" declares the Alton Qll)
Evening Telegram, and the Lowell
(Mass.) Courier Citizen speaks OF him
as "a very practical diplomat, accus-
toned to think far ahead, after the
traditional fashion of the British for
eign Office"
"Capt. Eden is young enough to
know that England wants no war,
asserts the Holyoke (MaSs) Daily
Transcript. He must work toward
that end. With his youth and his
ability he holds today an immense
responsibility. Not England only, but
all the world sits in at the great game
in diplomacy now being played in
Europe, with Capt. Eden as the darl-
ing of those who hope. If he can Gre
ate a present peace, one day he will
take his place with the prime min
isters of England"
"The Joint communique, issued by
Maxim Litvinoff, Russia's astute COM
missar for foreign affairs, and An
thony Eden, Eilgland's perambulat-
ing peace explorer, suggests that Hit
Ter has done what has been done only
once before and that during the first
three years of the World War" thinks
the New Haven Journal Courier. He
has caused the two powers which Ger
man diplomacy has always attempted
to play of against each other to
combine against Germany"
The Rochester Times Union has
similar opinion. 1t states: Comment
ing on the conference Of the British