It has been arranged that, subject to the ratification of
the Senate, the next American Ambassador in London shall be Colonel George Harvey. By this choice America carries on what is becoming a tradition, to send to London a man dis- tinguished in letters or oratory. But Colonel Harvey, though he resembles Lowell, Choate, and Dr. Page in some respects, is unlike them in that his methods tend to be methods of invective. He can be a real thorn on the flesh of his political opponents. Fortunately for us, ho has always been a good friend to Britain and has been a frequent visitor here. He became famous as the owner of the North American Review, and lately his writings have been a special force in American politics in Harvey's Weekly. In a short biography of Colonel Harvey, the Times reminds us that it was he who induced Mr. Wilson, then a professor at Princeton, to take up political life and stand for the Governorship of New Jersey. He saw in Mr. Wilson a future President.
But having helped Mr. Wilson to the Presidentship Colonel Harvey split with him and becamoMne of „his-most uncompro- mising opponents. It was an extraordinary fact that having done sa much to steer a Demeeratto the White House, he became the chief instrument in bringing about the compromise which caused the election of Mr. Harding, as-. Republican President. Colonel Harvey had, in fact, completely changed round as a result of his experience of Mr. Wilson's methods. In his own phrase, he preferred " American nationalism to rainbow inter- nationalism."
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