The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-29

Britain" he said, "could not have emerged a victor from the World War except for the assist ance from the United States be- fore and after her entrance"
 In England, where the be- littling of the A. E. F. is illus trated by the reference to the Rainbow Division as "the one which came after the storm," this was almost a revolutionary statement. The fact that the man who made it now is coming to the United States as ambassador is the most significant move in Anglo-American relations in a decade.
 It means that Britain now con- siders the support of the United States -as important as it did when the A. E. F. brought cheer to the desperately fighting AL lies in 1917.
 TAX POOR
 The new ambassador is a wealthy bachelor of 57 with more titles than he can write on a calling card. once he was known merely as Philip Henry Kerr (pro- nounced Car), wartime secretary to Lloyd George. Then he suc- ceeded to, the title and estates : (30,0OO acres) of his cousin, and became Marquess of Lothian, Earl of Ancrum, Baron ong-Newton and Dolphingston, Viscount of Brien, Baron Kerr of Newbattle, Baron Jedburgh in Scotland, Baron Ker of Kersheugh in the United Kingdom, and few other things.
 Although his is one of the rich est families in England, having inherited South African gold mines, the Marquess has more acres than guineas; for the in- heritance taxes imposed upon him when he came into. the property were more than he could bear and he has not yet paid them off. M Goth ermineS, eetaoinShrdlu- Since the property was entailed he was unable to sell any of it to meet the tax bill, and was forced to sell instead some of its historic treasures and furnishings.
 Lothian did not, however, sell the baptismal font at which Mary, Queen of Scots was baptized, or the saddle of Robert Bruce, ia nous King of Scotland in 1906. Lothian's own family dates back to 1857.
 EMPIRE SALESMAN
 Lothian's coming to Washington is expected to bring 8 marked change in the management of British affairs in the U. s. A. Sir Ronald Lindsay, who retires as ambassador, was conservative, shy and timid about travelling around the country for fear he would be accused of spreading British propaganda. Once a newspaperman asked Sir Willmott Lewis of The London Times if the ambassador could not receive newspapermen at the Embassy, and the reply was negative. Lind- say did not want to appear to be proselyting the press.
 Lord Lothian, on the other hand, is intimately acquainted with the United States, may be expected to move about the country as he has done in the past. He has been a regular visitor as secre- tary of the Rhodes Trust (for Rhodes scholars). Only last win- ter he came here, ostensibly on Rhodes matters, but actually to sound out American sentiment toward British policy. He travelled widely, talked with all sorts of people, from newspaper editors to Tom Corcoran, and learned far more than Anthony Eden did in his more spotlighted visit.
 RELIGIOUS MYSTIC
 The new Ambassador is deeply religious, something of a mystic, and is a man who is not afraid to express himself on almost any question. He is absolutely the reverse of the close Tipped career diplomats who have held the post of British ambassador in recent years.
 Visiting the United states in
 1923, he told the WilIlamstown
 Institute of Politics that prohi-
 bition might be q cause of fu-
 ture wars between the United
 States and 'swct' countries. This was In the days of our squabblcs
 over rum-running. The Ten 2 Commandments aud the Sermon