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York, that he has been appointed to succeed Lord 

 Lansdowne as Governor-General of Canada. Lord 

 Lansdowne was appointed by Mr. Gladstone in 

 1883 for a seven years' term, which has two years 

 to run, and he has neither resigned nor expressed 

 any intention of resigning. All reports about the 

 appointment of his successor are purely speculative 

 and entirely premature. Mr. Chamberlain has 

 authorised Mr. Maycock, who is associated with 

 him in the fishery negotiations, to say that he would 

 not give up his political career in England for the 

 Governor-Generalship of Canada. 



Towards the end of January some scurrilous 

 paragraphs appeared in various newspapers pub- 

 lished in Washington and Philadelphia respecting 

 Mr. Chamberlain's attentions to Miss Endicott. 

 They were embroidered with narratives of incidents 

 which, needless to say, had never occurred, and 

 were remarkable examples of the inventive power 

 of sensational journalists on the " other side." They 

 naturally caused Mr. Chamberlain some momen- 

 tary annoyance, but of course he had no alter- 

 native but to treat them with the contempt they 

 deserved. 



