10 MARCH 1917, Page 2

Yet miraculous as it Seems, we have never -heard -any

gruinblingte or complaints in regard to Mr. Page's attitude, either by -Americans, pro-German or pro-Ally, or by-Englishmen. Presumably he must have been 'criticized in Berlin by 'the baser sort of newspaper, for few escape. that honour ; but if he has-been; the criticisms cannot have been very loud, for we can recall no examples. Considering the narrow and very slippery path which an Ambassador has to tread, it is-an astonishing diplomatic record. No one can dare to say that' he is pro-Ally or pro-German, or anything but what he ought to be--prosAmerican. He has fulfilled his arduous duties to his own country silently, sincerely, and therefore successfully.