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Hill (DAVID JAYNE an American)

DAVID JAYNE, an American diplomat and historian, born in Plainfield, N. J., in 1850. He was educated at Bucknell University, from which he graduated in 1874, served as professor of rhetoric in this institution from 1877 to 1879, and was for the eight years fol- DAVID JAYNE HILL in the latter year. Two years later he was appointed Minister to Holland. From 1908 to 1911 he was Ambassador to Germany. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1914. He served for a time as pro- fessor of European diplomacy in the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy at Washington and was a member of the Permanent Administrative Council of The Hague Tribunal. During the progress of the World War, and especially after the participation of the United States, he wrote much in criticism of the attitude of the Democratic administration toward the war. July, 1920 he was chairman of the Republican State Convention in New York. He wrote much on historical and literary subjects. Among his writings are: ary subjects. Among his writings are: "The Contemporary Development of Diplomacy" (1904); "World Organization as Affected by the Nature of the tion as Affected by the Nature of the Diplomacy in the International Develop- In HILL HILL ment of Europe" (1905-1914); "Rebuild- dent. Born in 1838 in Ontario, Canada. ing of Europe" (1917). and ; "Lincoln