The times., 1901-06-18
LOOMS To GO TO PORTUGAL.
Bowen Slated for Caracas and Girls
com for Tchernn

| however and VIII succeed John \. Irwin,
Of Iowa, who has resigned as United
States Minister to Portugal This an
nouncement was made yesterday after
noon at the State Department 1t is said
that DIR. LoOmis personally requested
transfer from Venezuela on account of
his health. He has not been well for some
! time and 1t is said that the climate of that
/ country does not agree with him. He is
| now in England on leave of absence recu-
perating.
1t is not denied however, that Mr.
| Loomis was not satisfactory to the Vene-
| zuelan Government, largely by reason of
| his attitude in the matter of the asphalt
| controversy. But as he was acting under
! instructions from the State Department in
4 the matter and carrying out its wishes
he could not well be dismissed from the
/ service, and in consequence a new mission
/ was found for him. He is to be succeeded
by Herbert w. Bowen, now Minister to
Teheran, Persia.
| The grade of the Minister to Lisbon is
the same as that to Caracas but there is
a difference of $3.50 in the salary paid, the
former being worth $500 annually and the
! latter $4,000. Mr.. Loomis believes, how
| ever, that the new post will be more con
genial, in spite of the reduced salary.
! The trouble between Mr.. Loomis and
| President Castro began in the active
interest Mr. Loomis took in the contro-
versy arising from the attempt of the
! Venezuelan Government to Gust the New
| York and Bermudez Asphalt Company
from part of It's pitch lake possessions
| in the Department of Sucre formerly the
Department of Bermudez) and trans
| ferring part of the concession to the
Warner-Quinlan syndicate, of Syracuse,
| n. Y.
President Castro has been quoted in
| interviews as attributing unworthy mo-
| tives to Mr. Loomis in pressing the case
of the New York and Bermudez Company.
| The State Department has taken no
notice Of these insinuatious, although no
| doubt Of their substantial accuracy IS
| felt in official circles Mr., LooInis was
srata to the Castro administration, and
| the United States Government finally
withdrew him as a mark of its disap-
provat of the manner in which he had
been treated.
The decision not to send Mr. Loomis
| back to Venezuela WAS contingent on the
continuance of President Castro In office.
| BAD there been change in government
there Mr.. LoomiS would probably have
returned, but i'll view of the understand
| ing that the attacks on him had been in
spired by the Castro administration and
| the knowledge that ne was personally
| Objectionable to the Venezuelan Presi-
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was ended for the period of CastrO's
reign.
1t is now admitted here that Mr.. I4oomis
| was recalled from Caracas because of
the dIscourteouS treatment he received at
the hands of the Government to which he
was accredited In order to make his
recall more marked the United States
gu2bOat Scorpion was gent to La Guayra,
the port of Caracas, to take him away.
and it was the intention of this Govern
ment to refrain from sending Minister
to Caracas as further mark of the dis
approval OF CaStroS course But after
careful consideration of the situation
the Government has reached the cOnclu-
sion that President Castro is proof
against any such indirect expression Of
American disapproval He has not ap-
preCiated the fact that this Government,
| in retaining only a charge d'affaires at
Caracas has endeaVOred TO emphasize
me desire to have as little as possible to
do with Venezuela while that Govern
ment continues to act in such high
handed manner toward the United States
and the interest Of its citizens.
The Administration in Washington
therefore decided that Castro could best
be handled by the direct method, and as
Il consequence Bir Bowen. who has the
reputation of being a good business man
as well as a good diplomatiSt, was ap-
pointed in Mr.. LOOmis place. 1t would
have been folly to have sent MIR. LOoms
back to Caracas, according to the opinion
Of officials here, and endless friction and
perhaps something worse would have re-
suited from the feeling against him on
the part Of Castro and his advisers.
A gentleman familiar with the Vene-
zuelan situation said last night: Il sup
pose Castro viii think he has won VIC
tory. Wen, let him think so. In any other
nation. with th- proper men at its head,
the recall of a Minister in a Warship in
the circumstances that led to MIR. LOOMS
recall would have been sufficient to have
made that nation understand the serious
ness OF the situation, and that the recall
was intended as mark of disfavor.
1t was said frankly by officials yester-
day that Mr.. Bowen would receive the
same instructions that had been given TO
Mr.. LOomis and the statement was re
peated that the latter had never gone be-
ycnd the spirit or the letter of the direc-
tions he had received from the State De-
DartmeHt in pressing for a satisfactory
disposition of the asphalt troubles. Mr..
Bowen has the advantage Of going to Ca
racas without any precOnceiYed notions
about the asphalt controversy and can
not be charged with taking sides in the
matter. The asphalt troubles are now in
course Of adjudication by the Venezuelan
courts, but this Government reserves the
right to review the final decision. and to
make representa- to Venezuela, If the
decision is regarded as a denial of JUS
tice TO either of the American concerns
involved
Mr. Bowen is the son Of the late pro
prietor Of the magazine the 'Indepen-
dent" He was Consul General at BARGE
Iona, Spain, at the outbreak OF the Span
ish war, and was then transferred to
ivnHTln Minister resident.
Several other changes in the Diplomatic
Corps were also announced yesterday.
Lloyd c. GriscOm. of Pennsylvania, at
present First Secretary of the Legation
at Constantinople, is to be made Minister
to Persia in place of Mr.. Bowen. Spencer
f. Eddy, OF Illinois. now Second Secretary
of the Embassy at Paris. is to succeed
Mr. Griscom, and is himself to be sue
ceeded by Arthur Bailly Blanchard, of
Louisiana now Third Secretary at Paris
No appointment has vet been made to the
post to be vacated by Mr.. Blanchard.
OF those selected for advancement Mi
Griscom is by far the best known, by
reason of the manner in which he has
handled the interests of this Government
at the Porte within the past year while
acting as Charge d Afaires. He was late
ly in this country on leave of absence.
Mr. Griscom is son of Clement A
GriscOm. OF Philadelphia, President of the
International Navigation Company, and
served as an officer in the Spanish-Amsri-
can war. His experience in the diplo-
matte service consisted of sixteen months
service as private secretary to Thomas +.
Bayard when the latter was Ambassador
at London, and nearly two years as nrst
secretary of the legation at CONSTANT
uople He made an excellent record in
the Turkish capital after the Minister
Oscar Straus returned to the United
States. He was particularly diligent In
carving out his instructions to press the
Sultan and the Porte for the payment of
the Armenian indemnity claimed by the
United States. His efforts in that direc-
tion will probably be rewarded according
to recent information received from Mr..
Leishmann, the present Minister at Con
stantinople.
MIR. Eddy, who is from Chicago, is a
Young man of means and ability who was
private secretary TO John Hay when Am
bassador in London until the latter was
appointed Secretary of State. After d
briaf sary-ica with Mr. HaV in Washing