Evening star., 1939-06-08
Royal Visit Contrasts
Sharply With Early
British Relations
England Finally Found
Envoy Who Agreed
To Come to U. S.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
King George and Queen Elizabeth,
calling on President and Mrs. Roose-
velt to foster good will between this
nation and their own, are re-
versing in more ways than one
the early British policy toward
America.
The state Of the present inter-
national situation is such that one
OF the unspoken, but no less keen,
hopes of the British is that such
cordial ties will exist between the
two countries that If war should
come, a steady flow of American
goods to Britain might be assured.
In the early days of the United
States. the British not only had
trouble finding man who wanted
to come here as minister but when
one did come, he got very much
excited over plans of the Americans
TO begin manufacturing some Of
the goods they needed. He thought
Great Britain should put a stop
to the manufactures of the venture
some young rebel.
1t was not until two years after
George Washington's Inauguration
that Great Britain got around to
sending a minister.
Reasons for Inaction.
John Adams and Gouverneur
Morris, speaking for the Confedera-
ton OF States, tried in London to
learn why. They got three rea-
sons: Such Federal Government as
existed had no titular head to whom
foreign envoy might be accredited,
Its capital city kept moving about so
that even members of Congress had
trouble keeping up with it; and
the British government was having
trouble finding diplomat who
would take the job.
One statesman after another de-
clined the post. Many fearful
stories were being circulated about
the unruly mob of Republicans
across the Atlantic. Finally David
Hartley, the Minister to Versailles,
after turning down the job himself,
recommended his former secretary,
young man then stationed as
counselor of Legation at Madrid.
First Minister Was %.
So George Hammond, just turned
%, came to America as the first
Minister from Great Britain.
He reached the United States
October 20, 1871. and presented his
credentials to President Washing
ton about month later at Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Hammond reported that
Washington was very tall. florid
and somewhat angular in person,
his voice high pitched, but dignifed
and urbane in manner"
Mr.. Hammond informed his gov
ernment:
The President received me with
the utmost politeness and respect" {"
Not long afterward, however, Mr.
Hammond was writing of plans that
were being worked sout for the
establishment of factories in the
United States and urging that some
thing be done to stop it.
Tells of Economic Spies.
Il have received information from
various quarters" he wrote, that
agents from the promoters OF this
scheme are at this instant actually
employed in the chief manufactur-
ing towns of England for the pur-
pose of enticing skillful workmen
and procuring models of the ma
chimes which may be most serv-
lceable in the manufactures intend
ed to be established"
The promoters already had set up
a plant at Paterson. N. J.
To defeat the plans, Mr.. Ham
mond thought the British govern
ment should exercise great vigilance.
He proposed that a watch be set
at all of the principal British sea-
ports to stop the emigration of
skilled workers to America and pre-
vent the development OF industries
in the new land.