THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1920. Inside Story of a Diplomatic Tempest in the Far East - too choked with emotion to be able to swallow even one prawn. Mr Gary decided One Who Helped Straighten Out Tangle Tells to have the mob removed, pleading some Hampson Gary's Plight Due to Demonstration (xcuae, he succeeded In reaching the tele How Sultan Prov ed Embarrassing hone and there summoned the native po- Natives That Threatened to bet Guest lice. bv These spindle-shanke- d worthies, arriving of American Representative in Cairo upon the scene were prompily swallowed by British Lion to Roaring the crowd and the uproar continued with -- row tipples' made In front m Br LIEUT. NEGLEY F ARSON, R A F. undiminished violence. stand up" at ShephearcTs bar. the Consul what a those hap- Agency last night wasn't GREAT Balkan Matters had reached a fearful contretemps nought me out After explaining the the Itr statesman ha a just went to meet approval of the Sultan, "Ra-atber- iv of prfvinus evening he stated was Mr answer. given 'u L when Mr. Gary thought of the Are brigade; penings the ua hi reminiscence Written f to how Then we would pry ourselves loose frosj A A pertect indulged thla waa summoned If there Is one thing thai he had been instructed ascertain cleansing waa next Mr to a. the, were, after the smoke of the w, , that the native Egyptian loathe on the much importance the different Englishmen him and inveigle the Wf Jgjg rrlwsl was have a drink; whereupon we would diplo- aorld var had cleared away ihey aland aa m m uch a apoUeaa place. And on the morn uiside It Is water. In Cairo attached to the incident It a -- Of the matically lead the conversation to last night i lassie In the "I told you at." form ol lng of hi, visit to show a full and thriving The city of Cairo's Are fighters galloped from the manner of their reception literature, pointedly o up. hel- Mr Gary must lake his cue for disturbance. and remind on of the hopltal. oil icoU-is- t were bad resplendent in their brass Roman affair that paint pt a-alher" seemed to be the correct and old Swedish proverb. Ton can always pick fo bed. where In long agonized rowe we mets The kng hose was unrolled and a action. response to our leading question, " winner aner the rate. awaited the pleasure of hia Highness. It Niagara of water descended upon the na- "Come over to the Turf Club." said th universal ' Englishman' talk upon the sub- And. aa all correct!- written miiiiuiv was a mark of aianal eaieem a nit one 1 tive. It saved the night With howls of Consul. "We will feel their pulse." and the ar I part stopped with that one sord. should, they leave with ycu the impression shall never forget a I waa forced to give execration the bedraggled students of Tnls is where plaed my m.Wi ject usually cWar up that their author rouat have been a great up a hm neon engagement 1 had for that and their converts disperaed to their m assisting to the incident The End of a Diplomatic Day. man Mr. evening. Mr the Con- In thla eaae he waa. day at the Union Club In Alexandria' respective homes, and Gary and the "Good Acting as a buffer state for the Consul I - sul bowed a thirsty planter or civil ser- mention this because In following hia Dressed in the red tarboosh and khaki Sultan wert- left to continue their dinner 0 conversation I found that I waa consuming I introduce you Mr example aa aure that I am committing no uniform of an officer In the Egyptian army, The SuJtan appeared quite unmoved, but the vice official." let me to. an inordinate amount of whiskey and (da. diplomatic oi United of X " The Consul then bowed to me and ireach of etiquette In revealing the Sultan, followed by hia imposing staff, representative the State so my part of the conversations became to the my bed. fall in with mood e the falr.ie-s- t flicker of a wink world the secret of a certain dinner strode to sick America could not his smaller and smaller as the time, and the In He knew within forty-eig- hours I would shake hands with Mr So-an- d Bo i'ariy Cairo that nearly caused an open "Vous etes blesse. M"sJeuT that Mr. passed by And rupture Downing and Washington would be and then, looking at the Consul, say in a various between the two great friendly "Ah. oui. Votre Haut Street finally, to my sincere relief, he announced Powers 1 dewnmage'" bubbling with discussion over haJ dry voice. "'I say. let's have a drink." Creai Britain and America Aa "Cest what we were through for the day. was "Ah. oui Voire Haut taken place; for him the incident meant the "Certainly." would repjy the Consul to me. that fortunate enough, in a modest way. to Driving back to Sbeoheard the cool hreete af "J'espere que vous serai raieux ." beginning of of en'.rarra.sdne officis Won't you join Us. Mr. assistance in clearing up this incident. hientot retms Jtvlved me somewhat. "I think our mission I feel that I am free, good "Ah. oui, Votre Hauteooe." explanA'icn and stiff correspondence. And Mr. invariably would' and in a position, was a 'dud.' " I declared, "all that you could to give the He impressed me as an extraordinarily But Mr. Gary' as 1 have remarked, was We would then sit down on the old true account of what actually gei out of them was " took place kind and human potentate, who. Jn an able diplomat; he knew the art of throw- hide divan under the head qf the that He smiled was enough. 1 blistering heat was suffering from too much ing up straws to see which way the wind Cape buffalo, and either the Consul or I That It wasi Fuad U the present Sultan of Egypt, is way looked adipose- tissue. blowsl And the next day. at the sundown eould casually remark. "Extraordinary, what they said, it was the they the eighth ruler of the dynasty of Muham-me- d A Egypt and the way they said it that I wanted la All. who. appointed Governor of Egypt is under the British Protectorate the position of the leading see" Then he looked at me and laughed in IkOl. made himself absolute master of foreign diplomats the accredited to the 'They're a great race, aren't they V country by force of arm, in 1S11 The Sultan is of a necessity title extremely ambiguous a "Tha's a far'." said I. g.ven to Muhammed All and his immediate and specie of hybrid official, a crot between the diplomatic "Listen.' he sa.d seriously, "when dealinc successors was the Turkish one of Vali or and consular service, is the way lth Englishmen and England here' a liiik Viceroy, which was changed by the Imperial in which the problem has been solved officials, ESS tit of poetry you ought to remember: firman of June It, 1M7, into the Persian These I carrying water on both shoulders, have "If England was what England stems. AraMc of the Khidew-Mis- r. or as com- the more title Consul General "And not the England of our dream. monly called the Khedive. and Diplomatic Agent assHiL At the time of which I the repre- "But only putty, brass and paint write " Rise and Fall of Issaail I. sentative of the United State of America "How quick we'd chuck her-- but she ain't I I Isma.: . father of ;be present Sultan, in this office was Hampson Gary, now the "That's a lac'," said approvingly. recognized as Khedive by the Imperial Haitiiu I'nited States Minister to Switzerland 'ur 'pas'Tir' pulled up at Shepheard Through "1 111 Sherif of FeVaary la. 1M1. iKFU'--d under tile no fault of hia own. this ab diplo- "Come on." said the Consul, think lake guarantee of the five European Power mat was to that hia position could you up to your room, you bad better lie By a have disadvantages firman issued June . 1171, the Sul-U- n its and be fraught with d' wn for a bit" of Turkey granted considerable Jl He smiled. "This d'plomatjc life I wearing to Ismail I. the embarrassment One right' hitherto withheld of concluding com-roerci- of the prime requisites for an Ambas- you out" treaties with foreign posers aad of sador abroad Is having the ability and the maintaining armie. finances with which to lavishly, me with bitter emphasis: they'd i. entertain "If Just TV. Ismail 1 did not pay up to form, and In and In particular to provide good dinner. me go in there with about two hundred of State Richer by $4,000,000 he was IKi forced to aidicate under pres- And it was in the excellent repast he laid my men . . we'd cut, the heart right M. TRAVIS. State Comptroller, sure of the British and French government before the Sultan in November. that out of all this bail) agitation." OB Decemr-e- ltlt. EUGENE in his July pamphlet of the . a British Protec- Mr Gary unwittingly trod upon the toe of I don't know, of course, but I think tha' a torate over Egypt was declared, and or, the the British lion m the residency across the upon the night he had the honor of enter- York State finance that Fed- i trt day a proclamation was issued depos- way. taining the Sultan Mr Gtry must eral fund amounting to II. OH M(' may ing have trust A:aa Hilmi and conferring the title hirbored much the came strong sentiments. to the State's coffers in tne next o.' Clouds of Political Unrest revert Sultan of Egypt upon Hussein KamlL The Consul -- General and Diplomatic Agent few months. This loan, called the United tie eldest living At Prince of the fam.;v of that time the political unrest that broke had no ulterior motive in asking the 801-a- n Deposit Kund, was originally created II Slates uhammed All. out in 11 was beginning to smoulder among to dine with him other than to extend out of surplus revenues which the United In 1M7 he died, and October . H17, the the Egyptian Nationalist and all realixec the courtesy of an official but neverthe.ess States distributed to the several commo- present hat we Sulun. Ahmed Fuad Pasha. G C. stood upon the verge of great trouble excellent dinner, and as one of the Sultan's nwealths In 1IT. The total amount appor- B- - succeeded to the throne at the reason- with the native. The Mohammedan Uni- chief duties Is the eating of such dinners tioned was of which New York's able age of h This versity of BMtUH British Protectorate at Cairo was responsible he accepted with alacrity. share Is the above named sum. This shart was recognized by France. for most Russia Be .glum of this discontent as from Its baa since been held in trust the annual in- Oram Portugal and the mosque Native in Wild Demonstration. United States, ani protected portals emanated most of now exceeding $1 . being used for half-witte- d terest wrap anti-Bntis- h Unfortunately the intelligence u.iuri JLi j wjfnoer.i '" nerre propaganda that was psxrpssssa, Fuad of the students saw In thia educational - remembering the unhappy record difturblng the follower of the Prophet iinner Comptroller says his pamphlet that Of his the recognition by (be The in Dndnaaww. has ruled as all good And not desiring to make any move In United Stales of the America of "Egypt In years gone by the management of the nutans Moats, with the result that Egypt East that could be mnnr. mm for the Egyptian" their s ogan fund was vested in cognty loan commis- hi had prosperity such as she has never against the precepts of Islam, of the moment and a few moments known the British a;er of sioners, who made many unwise and reckless in modern history If he lnher-lit- d were rest the arrival the Sultan the street has rained from taking any step o c-a- l any curb in of the agency as packed investments in estate and mortgages, o.' the warlike spirit of the ong-tr- this baleful influence. front with a In fact so tolerant mcjro it was not until 11( that the Comptrol- Muhammed All he prefers no; to show as the British howling of native, screeching In a and administration toward this of Arabic ler was authorized to Invest the funds in It but has been content to occupy 1 bale! and broken English. his institution that had often heard highlv fHcurities Since then the total amount trnate palaces of Montaxa. Rarr.leri placed The British Residency is on the diagonal and British army officials complaining loaned on mortgages has been reduced ethers: to maintain his racing the political comer from the American Agency, and Sir these stabs and tl.it service did not seem to be from S1.S1I.1M to HTCXM (ltM). At to carry out his official duties in even Reginald Wingate and his staff, as a conse- 11 the man- aware of the major part taken by the to amount are stiS ner suggested by his advisers. England. quence, could not help but hear all that present mortgages this students of this school in the agitation C'Utstanding. although each year number lth her sagac.ous reispect for the religions against 'ook place in front of the abode of a the British rule throughout the en- paid or assigned, about and institutions of the lands she occupies tire East official. are either until Mr Gary realized this, crie.-t-- H (X0.OO is now Invested in salable munic- acrwds him the Itreatesi dignity in her Having from and when the f leiauonship Russia where during "Down with the English' Egypt for the ipal securities bearing a profitable rat of !be revolution I had seen this same type ' I had occasion to of Egyptian " and 'Long live America 1" witness an excellent conceited half baked student playing 'about mftance of This.deft.renc paid to a puppe; among reached his astonished ears his appetite York and about two or three other the peasants with a lot of wild polit- got only common wealths isrone in the summer of 1S1I when 1 wa fimptly up and left He saw that he States have been the ical tnrorV in much the same marr.er an a patient la hos-p.t- al hed made a diplomatic "bull"; the presence who have preserved this trust fund Intact the Ras el Tin military ignorant child would carry at an exposed candle the Sultan in the American Agency Recently the Government authorities recom- Alexandria During my stay there through an open powder ft at we were inspected magajcne I saw rich a time was a mistake. It was obvious mended thai this item of indebtedness be by nearly all the at once in these popeyed students of E' lhat he could rot ask the Sultan leave, wiped off but the necessary legis- who Slatted the city, among whom Azhar the same dangerous, to the tooks. Gens ignorant con- and the Sultan, daintily tiltivating with his accomplish has not so pro- vere Boric, Bull" Allenby .now the ceit and raalieed lation to this far High acutely the truth of the prawns a la Groppie. appeared in no cancelling and of certifi- Commissioner of Egypt) and Sir saying that a l.ttle hurry vided for the return kr.oa ledge is , dangerous to (Hi the 13m part llegiMli Wingate. then the High Commls-fion-- r thing depart contrary, he showed a cates of indebtedness which the For all thesie hos-Ht- polite indifference to what wa taking place State Issued to the Federal Government To notables both the ALio having served nearly and ourselves were scrubbed r with the outside: that was his host's affair. In pleas- correct this and to expedite the necessan and British army in Egypt, and placed in immaculate order for their official splendid n, j ,h, ing French he exchanged the customary details incident to completing the gift to the qualities of English rule there I inspection . but these preparations were bon mots with his beautiful hostess. State Comptroller has written the Fed- a sympathized with the Colonel of GARY nauah: to - a Gurkha The excitement in the street HAMPSON final be that which we uoder- regiment who disc outside eral authorities urging that action .wing said to in violence until, finding that he taken as early as possible Sizing Up in Comparison With Other Diamond Giants By CHARLES F. MATHISON laae runner. This a pos- - is quality seldom Keeler. who wa known as "Wee Willi" sidering his size. Keeler was one of the most with Chicago. . Buffalo and Detroit to line hitting. He baited right handed anf first glimp of the six feet two Msed by athieies of his size weighed neTer more than Hi pounds, stood remarkable hitters in the history of base- He was an angular, wiry chap, six feet tall usually drove the ball with terrific speed be- of tone In matching Ruth conclusion 5 THE and muscle known the feet inches, and used a bat about the size ball. and had a penchant for sending swift tween or over the beads the He is inevitable that the force with f to the :tseba!J public as Babe Ruth which he of a potato masher. Yet the little chap, who of Boston was no taller than vicious grounders shooting toward third He led the batters four times drives the ball depends largely on the wide had an eye an eagle, gives an impression of tremendous power. 9ke consistently Keeler. but was stockily built and weighed was a left handed hitter and be seemed io 187. lfisl. and lssa. swing permitted by his long arms and the ball to those parts of the field where 1(0 He was lt7 The loose fitting uniform, about pound the chop the ball with the end of his stuck and It Is noticeable that champion hatters wbs while to height and by the application of even-ounc- the defence was thinnest. "Hit 'em where champion In ls4 with .4J. In addition to drive the ball to left He seldom hit to right led leagues In pe- certain hiding de- of hi have their frequently extfnt hi muscular bulk to the blow delivered to they aint" was Keeler" motto, and It en- being a heavy and consistent hitter he was field. velopment, does, not entirely the ball. Not only rcentage, have not teen successful in the ac- conceal the is this fact driven home abled him to lead the league in ll7 with a crack . White had the distinction, of being a mem- powerfully constructed frame of the greal-e- by the borne drives of Ruth, Is cumulation of triples and homers , t but It 4JI and artin in 1?S with J7. of Providence. ber of two Big Four The first was com- batsman !r. the history of the Ameri- substantiated by of was Although Ruth has now made a greater the facts history as Keeler not famous for borne run of Boston and John McGraw of Baltimore posed G Spalding. White. can national game. furnished by the batting ol A James L number of home runs than any major league records of the past. drives, but be was successful in tapping the comparatively speaking were little fellow. Cal McVey , were with As be walks toward A and who batter, be has yet to at the top of his too home plate, list of batting champions of the National leather over the heads Of the and All were good hitters, but none ever led stand swingir.? largest Boston in the National Association. ltTl to league In the bat in use with thj League shows that only two undersized not far enough to be by out- batting percentage. ease caught the his league with the stick. lt7S. but Joined the National League at that a fairy queen might swing a players held the honors. These were Willie fielder , whose twenty-fiv- e bom feathery Among the Giants of early baseball days Chicago ha 1ST. wand, one observes that the ou- Heeler of Brooklyn and Hugh Duffy of He also made a specMty of bunting the runs were the first mark at which Rati tsiders mechanically who achieved fame with the club was James The second Big Four was composed of walk to the limits of Boston. ball and beating the throw to Con White, aimed, never led in batting, and Ed William- field first L known as the Deacon, who played Dan Brouthera. . tie and await the explosion The long son, who was credited with twenty-seve- r , to- big hands and heavy shoulders are and who first played home runs k season, Buffalo, in never was ha runt noticeable as he takes his place within the gether in and were purchased by champion. line and waves Detroit in ISIS. ltsman's hi bat men- On the other hand. Ty who has beer acingly at by no means cool The nearest approach to Ruth in size and Col, the or confident the tatting champion of the , Ruth wore his style was . who in his prime Amencai if hair long, after League twelve times, the fashion of Samson previous stood feet ; inches, weighed ;I0 pounds has never attracted to that much long rtrong man's meeting with Delilah, the first and hit left handed Brouthers was es- attention for drive female harber. and if the ball player's huge sentially a line hitter, whereas. Ruth iends John Wagner of Pittsburg, who led the League was lrrso were draped with a leopard's skin the ball soaring so high and far it seldom National in batting eight tiroes garments and his hands armed with a war come back, nor car. it be found not noted as s long distance hitter. Wagner club of antediluvian formation, he would In the early days of the game, when was a striking flirure. Six feet tall and ball tl row into the shade any of the giants of Brouthers could call for a low ball, between on the square rigged plan, with broad I cC mythical or real. V iH BBS :2BH I BBBBBBBBBaSfas SKJBBS 'ieSBBsl m the belt and the knee, his low line drives shoulders, long arms and large hand ke b' were the dismay of . seemed to get a sweep at the ball with Ween Ruth Smite the Ball ML HIBHNbV W If the ball ' was hit midway between the positions of large bat that made trouble for the fielders It is when vhSfatjaB Ruth's Tat swishes through BBBBBBi BbV?"90SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBb1 iBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSktasflHIBl centre right the speed field- every time he swung. Wagner also was bo the K and greatest of air to meet the approaching bail that ers In an legged, he was a great stop ind the power effort to close In on the flying tut short latiinj of the man is disclosed. sphere was unavailing few grounders got away from hi clutches If the wooden wearon and a stern chase to hits the ball the the fence was their Wagner was champion batter in IM'i1. 1MI spheroid speeds away as though discharged jjjjj task. fiom a Big Brouthers led the league in 1SSI with IrM. im. 17. m. 1M and 111 Bertha and seldom do the field- Hot er have the good luck to get .7. and In 1SU with JSt). while In Buffalo. Cobb first led the In their hands He led while every on Never did Thor with his with Boston in lit with J"J. and In succeeding year except It magic and ' s'edgefaammer deal more blow in while with Brooklyn, be tied he was nosed out by terrific than for first li, does Ruth when his bat smites the ball place with Cupid Child of Cleve- Cobb is a six footer, but rather slenderly And when he misses, his 15 pounds, after land with 1X5 constructed, his weight being 17 pounds. swirling atom like a dancing dervish, strikes Anson the Picturesque. He hus a remarkable batting eye and he at the ground with a like a girder a crack outfielder. Jo.t steel No more picturesque slipping from the chains at the eleventh player than Adrian AH of the great hitters of the past were C Anson ever brandished a bat at the big try. pitcher men. i feel tall or more and weifhiaf With small doubt it is the terrific strain He was I feet I inches talL weighed close to Je) pound Example were Koger Ml pounds good on his joints following the missing of the In condition. With yellow- Connor. Mike Kelly. Abner Dalrympie Be ish, closely IAll that wrenched one of Ruth's knees ani cropped hair, ruddy complexion, Delehanty, Jim O'Rourke. . Dave and arrayed in has served to handicap him in his effort to the dark blue uniform, white Orr. Tip O'Neill. . Napc-Jeo- Bad fifty home runs during the season. stocking and overwhelming confidence char- Lajoie and other Despite his great height and bulk. Ruth acteristic of the Chicago of the early Therefore it appears that weight hfirht a a fleet Anson, usually (' and abl euuVidar and a speedy BABE RUTH. JOHN WAGNER-- . referred to as the Big Swede, strength and a quick eye are required in the waa an Imposing figure. He also was given making of a champion htmn