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new AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA.
JOHN ". RIDDLE TO SUCCEED
GEORGE Y. l.. MEYER.

Leslie Combs 10 Be Transferred From
Guatemala to Peru-Hcnry white and
Lloyd &. GriscOm TO Receive Expected
Promotions In Inc Diplomatic Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IO.-John W. Riddle
OF Minnesota, now Minister to Rumania
and Servia, has been selected by President
Roosevelt as Ambassador Of the United
States TO Russia to succeed George Won Il.
Meyer, who has been appointed Postmaster
General. An official nnouncement OF this
and various other diplomatic changes is
expected soon, and probably tomorrow
the President will send the list OF names
to the Senate for confirmation.
Henry White, now Ambassador at Rome,
will be nominated to be Ambassador to
France; Lloyd c. Griscom, Ambassador to
Brazil. will be transferred to Rome; Irving
d. Dudley, now Minister to Peru. will be
made Ambassador to Brazil and will be
succeeded in Peru by Leslie Combs, the
present Minister to Guatemala. IL is ex-
pectcd, although not definitely known, that
William c. Fox, the present head OF the
Bureau OF American Republics will be sent
to Guatemala, succeeding Mr.. Combs.
John Barrett, the present Minister oColom-
bia, is to be selected by the governing board
Of the Bureau Of American Republics to
succeed Mr.. Fox. There has been no in
timation as to who will succeed Mr.. Barrett
at Bogota nor who will take the mission
now intrlsted to Nr. Riddle at Bucharest.
That Mr.. White would be sent to Paris,
Mr.. Griscom to Rome and Mr.. Dudley 10
Brazil has been known for the last few
days, but the appointment Of Mr.. hioole
has had no place in the gossip concerning
the imT ending changes. With regard TO
Mr.. Combs, whose promotion became
known for the first time to-day, there Is
not much surprise, as il has been known
that the Administrators intended TO re-
ward him for his labors in Guatemala,
81 especially those which brought about an
end TO the troubles in Central America
last INNER. The making of Mr.. Fox Min
lister to Guatemala will be a promotion.
MIR. Fox was asked by the Gustemalan
Government to attend officially the funeral
of Senior Munoz, the late Minister Of Guate-
mala here, as the REL resentative OF the
diplomats family, all the members OF
which were in Guatemala at the time.
Mr.. Riddle will be in a familiar field when
he goes TO 81. Petersburg, as he was sec
rotary of the American Embassy there
for two years and has a wide acquaintance
among the officials Of the Russian Gov
ernment One Of the greatest advantages
he has is his ability 10 81 eak Russian. He
entered the cir lombtiC service in ATr1l,
1893, as secretary of the American Iega-
ton in Constantlnople. He servei there
until June, 1890, when he retired from the
service He reertered in November,
1901, when he was made seCretary OF
the embassy in -. Petersburg. He served
there until Sertember, 1903. when he was
made diplomatic agent and Consul-General
of the United States at Cairo. In March,
1905, he was appointed to his Present mis-
sion as Minister TO Rumania and Servia.
He has served there continuously since
then.
Leslie Combs, who is going to Peru. ives
appointed 70 his present rost, his first IN
the Government service, from Kentucky
in November, 1902. He was born in Rhode
Island.