The age-herald., 1901-06-18
Minister LoOmis is Transferred from Venezuela to POrtu-
 gal At His Request
HE LOSES $25OO 4 YEAR
His Transfer Is Said to Have No Po- litical gnificance-Herbert w. Bowen of New York
 Goes to Venezuela.

Washington. June 1.-The following changes in diplomatic posts were an- nounced today:
 Frank B. Loomis minister to Venezue- la, has been transferred to be minister to Portugal, vice John N. Irwin of Iowa. re- signed
 Herbert w. Bowen of New York, pres ent minister to Persia, has been transfer. red to Caracas, succeeding MT. Loomis as minister to Venezuela.
 Lloyd C. Griscom of Pennsylvania, pres ent first secretary of legation at Constan- tinople, has been appointed minister to Persia
 Spencer F. Eddy of Illionis, present sec ond secretary at Paris. has been made first secretary at Constantinople to sue ceed MT. Griscom.
 Arthur Baily Blanard of Louisiana has been promoted from third to second sec retary at Paris
 The change so far as 1t concerns the Venezuelan ministers, Is said at the State Department to hae no particular political significance. MT. Loomis goes elsewhere than Caracas at his own request and de- SAA u 10 U uC lldL lllC NeneZuelan gov ernment has expressed dissatisfaction with Mir Loomis in more ways than one, but the fact that the minister is not re- moved from the diplomatic service, but is given another post of equal dignity and honor, is a mark of the esteem of the State Department. Also it may be noticed that MT Bowen, the new minister to | ( (to 41 l.t tions on the same lines as those supplied to Mir. Loomis, which formed the oasis for his action, so that MT. Bowen, who is a man of great vigor, is likely to follow MT. Loomis' footsteps in the matter or policy.
 By his transfer from Venezuela to Por- tugal Minister Loomis loses S2500 a year He Is now on leave in England. His ac- tual rank will be the same, namely, min ister extraordinary and envoy plenipoten- tiary Herbert w. Bowen, the new minis ter to Venezuela became United States conusl to Barcelona in 1890, and was raised to the rank of consul general five years afterward. MT. Bowen stuck to his post during the exciting days preceding the Spanish-American war as long as any American could have found safety on Spanish soil. At the conclusion of the war he was about to return to his old post, but instead was appointed minister resident and consul general to Persia. Lloyd Griscom has had short but bril- liant career as first secretary of legation at Constantinople. He has discharged his full duties as minister at that important capital for several years. and if the American mission claims have been suc- cessfully adjusted at last. a large part of the credit belongs to MT. Griscom. He receives in his new capacity salary of $50O0 year. He is a son of the president of the American Steamship Line Com pany.
 H. A Eddy has great deal of experi- ence in diplomatic life. When Secretary Hay was ambassador to London MT. Eddy who was a resident of Chicago, became an honorary and personal attache to the ann 1 bassador. When MT Eddy returned with MT. Hay to Washington, he was appoint ed third secretary of embassy at London in February in 1899. Four months later he was promoted to be second secretary of embassy at Paris, where he has achieved great popularity and discharged a multi tude of delicate and difficult tasks during the exposition.
 Mir Blanchard, who became the second secretary to the embassy in Paris, has been in Paris less than one year. He is related to ex-Senator Blanchard of Louis jana.