Show OFfiCE SEEKING TilE THE MAI MA AN British Government looking for Dip Diplomat Diplomat Diplomat lomat to Pill Fill the Vacancy at Washington London Dec S The government au flu authorities authorities continue actively to the Held field fi ld of available candidates for the PSt post of ot ambassador at Washington ashington in succession to Sir Mortimer Durand vlUt the evident nt desire to make the ap appointment before March 4 in hi order to permit the now new ambassador a lr to meet American public men before tho the ad adjournment adjournment of the congress While no determination has h yet et been reached reach d the are making con cOl considerable progress In eliminating the tho possible candidates md bind thus narrow narrowIng Ing the number of o names under con consideration consideration Among eliminated is Mr r formerly secretary to the embassy at Washington and now British minister to Persia Pe ia and Gerard Lowther formerly secretary of the Washington embassy and now minister of Great Britain at Tangier Tanger who wh can cannot cannot cannot not be spared from rom their present poi positions positions owing to the conditions in those countries Among those these being considered are art Sir Maurice DeBunsen now minister at I Madrid and formerly minister at Lis Lisbon Lisbun Lisbun i bun bon Lord Sanderson for many years permanent under secretary of state staN for foreign affairs and who succeeded the th late Lord P at the foreign forel n of office LIce fice cc and Sir John Carst for India and general under und r secretary financial secretary of the treasury trea ury Lord age ase ho he was vas born in 1841 and his failing tailing eyesight how however ever eer render him unavailable |