It is with profound regret that we record the death
of Mr. W. H. Page, who served as American Ambassador in London from 1913 till his retirement a few months ago. As editor of the Atlantic Monthly and as an enlightened publisher Mr. Page had won many British friends and admirers before he came to this country as Ambassador. But he achieved such remarkable success in the unfamiliar paths of diplomacy that he quiekly gained the esteem and affection of us all. In the early years of the war, when our blockade of Germany raised many delicate and difficult questions relative to American trade and shipping, Mr. Page's courtesy, tact, and personal popularity were of the greatest possible value in assuaging controversy and strengthening the good relations between London and Washington. Only those who were concerned in the negotiations can appreciate the full importance of Mr. Page's work during these critical months. But no one man did more than he to bring about that close friendship between Great Britain and America which will remain, we trust, as a permanent outcome of the Great War.
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