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Show FORMER ENVOY ' TO BRITAIN DEAD , Walter Hines Page Returns'; Home and Dies After Long Illness. PINEHURST, N. C, Dec. 22 Walter Hines Page, former ambassador to Great Britain, died here last night, after af-ter an illness of many weeks. Dr. Page's health began to fail nearly a year ago, and he- gave up his post as American representative at the court of SL James late In the summer. Dr. Page returned- to the United States on October 12 and he was moved mov-ed directly from the steamer to a hospital hos-pital In New York. For a time his condition showed improvement, but late In November he suffered a re-1 I lapse. Early this month he rallied and ten days ago was brought to Pinehurst ' ! For a while he seemed to grow stronger, strong-er, but suffered a second relapse last Thursday. Most of the members of Dr. Page's family were with him when death came. They Included Mrs. Page; his daughter, Mrs. Charles G. Loring of Boston; his son, Ralph W. Page, and his brothers, Henry A. Pago, Junius R. Page and former Congressman Robert M. Page. Major Frank C. Pago, who accompanied his father home from England, arirved this morning. Another Anoth-er son, Captain Arthur W. Page, is now serving in England. Selection Popular Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed, but it was an-1 nounced that services will be held I Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, at the Page Memorial church at Aberdeen, N. C. Walter Hines Page was editor of the magazine. The World's Work, and a member of the publishing firm of Doubdleday, Page & Co., of Garden City, L. I., when in March, 1913. President Pres-ident Wilson appointed him American ambassador to Great Britain. The president's selection of an editor edi-tor and an author for this post elicited favorable comment in Great Britain, where Mr. Page was referred to as a "scholar-diplomat," and his appointment appoint-ment was characterized as an interesting inter-esting experiment. His selection was considered in somo British circles as a compliment to the good sense of the British peoplo, who, it was stated, preferred pre-ferred a man of personality and achievement as American ambassador rather than a man of wealth capable of giving laislfahd expensive entertainments. In Literary Work Virtually all Mr. Page's life before his ambassadorial appointment had been spent in literary work. He was the author of works on tho develop ment of the southern portion of ihe United States, in which he was par ticularly interested as a native of Cary, N. C, where he was born, August 11, 1S55. In his work on the "Upbuilding "Upbuild-ing of Old Commonwealths" Mr. Page disclosed his interest in the culture of a broad national feeling in the south. He was interested in the moral and political education of the negro and formerly was a member of the sanitary commission, for tho eradication of the hookworm, to which John D Roeln -foller contributed. For years Mr. Pace was a close student of finance. Commissioned Com-missioned as an educational export lo visit all the principle cities of the United Uni-ted States and investigate the work done in the public schools, Mr. Page wrote a series of articles which wen influential in causing the reorganization reorganiza-tion of school systems in several iarg cities. At one time Mr. Page was engaged In journalism, being connected with the staffs of the New York Evening Post. For five years he was editor of tho magazine The Forum, afterward editor of The Atlantic Monthly and literary advisor to the Houghton, Mifflin Miff-lin company, Ono of his books, "The Southerner," aroused much comment in the south. As American ambassador, Mr. Page participated in many of tho important diplomatic conferences and exchanges growing out of the delicate relations between the United States and Great Britain at the time when England was" blockading Germany. oo |