The Washington times., 1906-12-05
Transfers Mean Promo
tionS-Italy'S Objec-
tiOnS to White Not
Confirmed.
HENRY WHITE,

President Roosevelts decision 70 trans
fer Henry White. ambassador 10 Italy,
60 the like post lu France, as the sue
clssrr OF Robert s. Mccormick. re-
signed ard 20 promote Ambassador
GriSccm from Brazil To italy. as an
uouucrd exclusively I'm The Times yes
terGay. has brought good cheer 10 the
many friends of Ambassadors White
and Gr.scom iu ohC.al ana Congrrs.
sioual circles Both Air White aud Mr.
Griscom by this change viii receive inn
p0riant promotions, Mr.. White going
70 the second post I'm importance iu the
diplomatic service.
The report from Rome stating that
Ambassador white is being transferred
az the iustauee Of the Italian govern
rleut cannot Be confirmed al the State
Department
Report Discredited.
II is generally discredited, however.
ou the grounds that if the objections
were of sufficient consequence TO result
IN The ambass ssad0r's removal from
Rome he probably would be recalled
from the diplomatic service altogether.
Yet. those who know AIr White int-
mateIy hold that IL would not be a bit
unlike him 90 object to the presence Of
members or the Roman court whose
moral standing was in doubt. Il is said
i'm the report from Rome thaJ when the
court chamberlain submitted the list Of
guests that had been framed up to at
tend the ambassador first reception, he
and Mrs. White promptly scratched on
the name of several men and women
One of the latter IS said TO have been
Countess Grazzioli. a universal iayorite
in Roman society and at court
Mccormick Not Recalled.
There is only one other post that is
considered more desirable than the one
given to Mr. Whlre-London. The TWO
highest posts in the diplomatic service
are dlled at present by newspaper edi-
tors and publishers-Whitelaw Reid. of
the New York Tribune at LondOn, and
Robert 5. Mccormick. Of the Chicago
Tribune al Paris
1t ear be stated on reliable authority
that the reports that Mr.. Mccormick
has been recalled are not true. II IS
learned from this source that when Mr.
Mccormick was sent 70 Paris from St.
Petersburg il was the understanding
between him ard the President that he
was to retire from the service last
March. Early the present year II IS
said. he reminded the President of this
in a letter. and, after much correspond
ence. he was finally prevailed upon 10
agree TO remain ct his post nine months
longer.
According to this. Mr., Mccormick was
due TO retirement the first of the pres
ent month Six weeks ago ii was first
announced he was leaving the service,
and at that time the President thought
he had the slate of promotions that
would result in consequence fixed up.
Mr.. GriscOm was selected Tor IIaly, ana
another man. whose name IS not ilade
known, was selected 10 De sent from
Europe to Brill.
Brazil President Balks.
Mr.. Griscom was promptly accepted
bv the Italian government. but for some
reason the new President of Brazil, i'm
mediately upon coming into office. found
objections TO the man selected for that
post. Accordingly, the President and
Secretary Root were compelled 10 look
around for another selection. It is un-
dersto0d now that the plan Is to promote
a minister in the I.attu-American service
to the post. and the name most proml-
nently mentioned is john Barrett, now
minister 10 Colombia. Charles Page
Rrvan of Illinois, minister TO Portugal,
who was promoted TO that post from
minister to Brazil. has been mentioned
for the place. The second name IS now
before BraZiIs President and a favorable
reply is expected within the next few
/ days
Successor to Meyer.
It is understood that no decision has
been reached as to who shall be sent
to St Petersburg upon Mr.. Meyer being
transferred to Washington. It is thought
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