Show LANSING TAKES BRYANS BRYAN'S PLACE COUNSELOR ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT APPOINT APPOINT- APPOINT MENT AS PERMANENT HEAD OF STATE DEPARTMENT Members of Cabinet Said to Have Been Unanimous In Recommendation tion That New Yorker Should Succeed Former Chief Washington Robert Robert Lansing who as counselor of the state department has advised advised President Wilson in la law lawand lawand and precedent prec in the policy pursued by the United States toward belligerent ent governments since the outbreak of the ilie European war has been named secretary of state stata to succeed William Jennings Bryan Few appointments in recent years have given such widespread satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction tion in the capital Mr 1 Lansing LansIng Lansing Lan Lan- sing is a ai lifelong Democrat but he has devoted his time to international law and diplomacy and is is' as popular with former Republican officials as with hi his political colleagues Members Members Members Mem Mem- bers of the cabinet wh who t talked with the president on the subject were unanimous in their recommendation that he lie should be appointed appoint d. d Mr Lansing is 51 years old a F na two tive or watertown K li TC Y and a descendant descendant de I of the family of John Lana sing who re represented resented New York i ithe iz in inthe the constitutional convention of 1787 at t Philadelphia and later was chancellor chancellor ehan- ehan chan chan- of the the state of New New York Yok After graduating from Amherst col cOli lege in 1886 1836 Mr Ir Lansing chose chos the he profession of his father an and l an ancestors est r the the law law and and continued in private private- practice except when retained by th the American government or foreign na na-i in important cases He enjoys enjoy the distinction of having represented represented the United States in more International international international arbitrations than any living American |