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Show "ORDEN MAY COME. , J!f'irts from London t'tiat the new British ambassador to the United States will be Sir Kobert Borden, Canadian prime minister, persist and to this hour the premier has entered no denial of the rumors, which are credited generally in the Dominion capital as well as in England. Eng-land. Sir Eobert remains in Paris as the head of tho Canadian delegation to the peace conference, and, granting that he has been selected for tho American post, it is improbable that he will assume as-sume his new responsibilities until after tho final chapter is written to the work of the conference. Sir Bobert was plain Mr. Borden until a short time ago, when he was knighted. He led tho Conservatives of Canada to victory in the general election of 1911, and again lie scored a notable victory when parliament was dissolved and an election ordered on the issue of conscription, con-scription, being retained in power as the head of the coalition government. He is a native of Xova Scotia, and has been prominent ia Canadian public life for many years, pitted against the most formidable of, Liberal leaders, the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Color is given the report of his selection for the British ambassadorship by tho action of the Canadian Conservatives in casting about for a new party leader. 'The present parliament has some three years to run before it expires by limitation, hence a change in leadership would not necessarily neces-sarily spell mischief for the present government. gov-ernment. Great Britain has been represented in .the United States by an illustrious line of diplomats, and Sir Kobert is quali-field quali-field by education and public, experience experi-ence for a place among them. Hib selection selec-tion would involve a departure 'of no little moment, since he will come to the United States as a citizen of Canada to represent Great Biitain.' His appointment appoint-ment would indicate a purpose by the imperial government to give the overseas over-seas dominions a larger share in the responsibilities' of tho empire, while' affording af-fording a visible evidence of the solidarity solidar-ity of the mother country and her flourishing, flour-ishing, self-governing possessions. |