On Saturday last Mr. George Harvey left England after two
and a half years as American Ambassador here. To say that he filled a post which has been held by an extraordinarily distinguished tine of men in a way that enhanced that great tradition would be to describe only one aspect of his tenure of office. When he came to England he was, to us, comparatively an unknown man, or known 'only for his vehement opposition to President Wilson. To-day he leaves us, having proved that the qualities of a great polemical journalist and of a successful diplomatist, at first sight so opposite, are by no means mutually exclusive. In other Words, Mr. Harvey is the happy possessor of an intellect as flexible as it is strong, which enables him to adapt himself, with surprising success, to every new task as it presents itself. In the last two years the four great causes of Anglo- American friction—the Japanese Alliance, the Irish Question, the British Debt, the threat of Naval Com- petition--have all vanished. Mr. Harvey has played his part in the solution of each of those problems. Could any man have a higher claim to the notice and to the commendation of history ?
