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Show CXVO M00OOOOOOOOCHCHOOOOOOOCKVCK00000000K O PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT A00OO00pCKOO0O0OOOOO0OKCKCKOCKOCKO0O0OOH16 NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR Tho announcement of tho coming of Jainoa 9, U Bryco ns tho British nmbassndor to this country m meets with tho unanimous approval of tho people Wfa ,. and tho press. Ono of tho threo great liberal lend- VmNKs? ors Camplfcll-Bannonnau, Morley and Dryce TK!J r loaders who kopt their colors flying during tho W&HL fc years that their party ws out of power, thnt long, BniV x dreary and disheartening season whon It nppeared ZfWrjMA N that liberalism was Buffering from what Justin iKwIrlid 7 McCarthy called "dry rot;" when torylsm and TBbV W Jingoism wcro in tho ascendency who refused to y 'Jk ndmlt thnt a losing cnuso was n lost causo, but Fk jr A fought on valiantly, compelling attention to thclt ssssssm ississV H principles In tho houso of commons, and who, sssbsBbsssmbbsbV while other liberals woro fnlnt-henrtcd and dls- I podcd to consider tho struggle useless, kept on until rewarded In tho victory which camo with tho successful formation of tho nrnsnnt Tirltlnh cabinet. With "C.-B." at its bond, Mr. Bryco wns mado secretary for Ireland, nnd it Is said thnt his hesitancy In announcing his nccoptanco of tho most Important Im-portant diplomatic post in tho gift of tho English people wns caused by his desire to havo chnrgo of nn IrlBh homo rulo bill, which Is to bo presented by tho party 'now In powor. Ho has always boon nn Irish nationalist, a steady and consistent supporter of tho demand for Irish homo rule, nnd it is not unnatural un-natural that, with tho party which Is pledged to that jwllcy In powor, ho Bhould hayo chorlshod a dcslro to round out his parliamentary career In working work-ing for tho passage of tho moasuro to which ho has dovotod so mnny years. Mr. Bryco Is ono of tho most noted Btudonts and writers on history In tho world nnd is highly versed In international affairs. Ho Is best known as author of "Tho American Commonwealth." ' He wns born In Bolfnst on tho 10th dny of May, 1838, tho eldest Bon of tho Into James Bryco, LL. D., of Glasgow. Ho attendod tho high school of tho lattor city nnd nlso Its university, but was grnduntod from Trinity college, Oxford, after a distinguished enrcor, In 18C2. After studying for tho bnr Mr. Bryco wns appointed ipkIuk piofessnr of civil lawat Oxford in 1870 tho dato of his first vIhU to Amurlcu nnd held that offlco until 1893. Aftor sovcrnl unsuccessful attempts ho was In 1880 elected n member of parliament, and In 188C wns nppolntcd under secretary o( stato for foreign affairs. In 1892 ho obtalnod a sent In tho cabinet ns chancellor chan-cellor of tho duchy of Lancaster, and two years later ho bocaino president of tho board of trade. |