We much regret to record the death of M. Paul
Cambon, who was French Ambassador here for twenty-two- years. He arrived when the bitterness of the Fashoda episode was not yet passed- and the traditional enmity between the two countries was still running strong. But in those discouraging conditions he set himself to bring about the Anglo-French understanding which was the inspiration of his diplomacy and the dream of his- life. He did not succeed- at first with Lord Salisbury-, who thought that the time was not yet ripe. In 1903, however, King Edward- became a ready and accom- plished agent in the service of the growing feeling in favour of organized friendship with France. No doubt the blundering provocations of the Kaiser at Tangier and at Agadir greatly helped to unite the two countries which he was all the time designing to keep apart ; but that fact does not detract from the remarkable diplomatic achievement of . M. Delcasse and his great diplomat, M. Paul Cambon.
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