The San Francisco call., 1904-12-31
FOREIGN POSTS
FOR NEW MEN
President Decides Upon Many
Changes in the Diplomatic
Service of the Country
THOMPSON TO MEXICO
Minister to Brazil Will
Get Place After COnger
Serves for Few Months

WASHINGTON. Dec 30-President
Roosevelt is devoting some time at
present to the consideration of i'm
portant appointments in the diplomatic
and consular service Of the Govern
nent, which are to be made formally
by him next March. Secretary Hay
had a conference with the President
to-day before the meeting of the Cabi-
net, and 1t is understood that the mat
ter of appointments in the diploma tic
service was one of the subjects dis
cussed.
While no official announcement Of
the Presidents intention regarding the
positions has yet been made, it is
known that he has decided upon sew
eral changes. Joseph H Choate EN-
bassador to the Court of st. James,
has indicated that he does not desire
longer to continue as representative of
this Government in Great Britain, and
he expects, when relieved, to return to
America to look after his personal in
terests here. He will be succeeded by
Whitelaw Reid, proprietor of the New
York Tribune, who was at one tine
Minister to France.
PORTER WILL RETIRE.
General Horace Porter. American
ambassador to France, will retire from
that post soon after March 4. He was
appointed by President Mckinley, and,
with the expiration of his present term,
will have served the United States at
the French capital eight years. The
President has decided on General Por-
for hflf of this ffV1o no
nouncement of his decision can be
made.
Charlemagne Tower. American EmA
bassador to Germany, and Robert s.
Mccormick, American ambassador to
Russia, will continue at their respec-
tive posts.
Bellamy Storer, American Embassa-
dor to Austria Hungary, will continue
in his present place until the President
decides to transfer him to another post
in the diplomatic service.
AS to the Enthusiastically to Italy
nothing of definite nature can be said
now. 1t has been rumored that En-
bassador George Won L. Meyer is to
succeed General Porter at Paris. but
it can be said that such a change is
not certain. The probabilities are that
Embassadcr Meyer will remain at
Rome.
General Powell Clayton, having de-
cided to relinquish his post as Embas-
sador to Mexico at the end of the pres
ent administration, will be succeeded
by Edwin II. Conger, now United
States Minister to China. 1t is not
expected that Conger will continue
long at the Mexican capital, as 1t is
understood that he intends to return
tc his home State of Iowa to be a can
didate TO succeed Governor Cummins.
SLATED FOR MEXICO.
Clayton will be succeeded by David E.
Thompson of Nebraska who at pres
ent is Minister to Brazil. Thompson
accepted the appointment to Brazil
with the understanding that he would
be appointed to higher place in the
diplomatic service as soon as oppor-
tunity afforded,
Minister Conger will be succeeded at
the court of Peking by William W.
Rockhill, at present director of the
Bureau of American Republics, who is
recognized as an authority on all sub
jects pertaining to China and the Chi
nese.
John K. Gowdy. who was appointed
by President Mckinley as American
Consul General at Paris, will be sue
ceeded by Frank H. Mason, who is now
Consul General to Berlin. In success
sion to Mason John Lewis Griffiths of
Indianapolis will be named
1t is expected that some other
changes will be made in the corps of
American Ministers hut at this time
they are not obtainable for pub
lication.