Evening star., 1909-03-08
Gossip as to impending
Changes in Service.
ASPIRANTS- FOR ST. JAMES
Timothy Woodruff, DR.. Eliot and
Seth Low Are Mentioned.
MR.. WHITE MAY LEAVE PARIS
Likely to Be Succeeded by Tried
Man-Straus to Go to Japan.
L Williams Slated for Post.

That there will be important changes
in the diplomatic service within the next
few months is well understood by those
in close touch with President Taft
In his characteristically deliberate and
conservative way, President Taft will
take up these matters with Secretary
Knox when the pressure of work attend
ing the first. days of new administia a
ton is relieved. Even at this early day.
however, there can be assorted from
rumors and suggestions some possibilities
regarding various important posts.
Aspirants for st. James.
For the post of ambassador to Great
Britain. which Whi;elaw Reid is ex-
pected 10 relinquish some time this sum
mer. three names have been mentioned
Timothy Woodruff. republican state
chairman of New York, whose ambition
to enter the cabinet or the Senate has
never been attained is one of these
He is graduate of Yale, in class a
few years behind President Taft He
was in conference with Mr.. Taft this
afternoon, with Senator Root pre>ent
Or. Charles Eliot, cX-presidcnt of IIar-
ward. and cXMayor Seth Low of New
York arc til" other two candidates DR.
Eliot born in England.
For the Paris embassy several possibili
ties are also discussed Henry White
now ut that post. has been i'm the dip
lomatic service many years. He was sec
retary of the London embassy until five
or six years ago. He may remain where
he is for some months longer, but is al
most certain to be succeeded by Robert
Mccormick, or some other approved dip
lomat.
Bacon Going to Rome.
E.X-Sccrctary Trueman II. Ncwbcrry re-
cent Secretary of the Navy. was offered
aud declined. the posi- of ambassador tc
Rome Robert Bacon. ex-Secretary OF
State. will eventually he appointed to this
embassy.
Ambassador Francis, AT Vienna is
threatened by many likely aspirants
Gen Corbin and I.arz Anderson of this
city, both warm personal friends OF
President Taft are iaI>ed Of Both con
tributed largely to the republican cam
paign fund.
The appointment OF Oscar Nj. StrauS a.
ambassador to Toxic. Japan, is looked
for so soon as the Japanese government
has been communicated with on the sub
ject and expresses its Willingness to re
! ceive MI Straus.
James T. Williams, jr.. a Washington
newspaper man, is generally believed t.
| be slated for IL good diplomatic post
| Just where has not been determined.
! Lombard Seeks Post.
/ Louis Lombard. d wealthy American
who lives in Italy. where he has castles
on Lake Lugano. wants 10 so as ambas
sador to Spain, China or some other i'm
! n,
consular service wants promotion.
/ He is not the only one in this cas
who hopes to go up. There are twent,
or thirty aspirants for advancement.
There is reasonable expectation tha
! some New York men now in the diplO
! matte service must give way. The retire
| ment Of Whitelaw Reid will make one va
| cancy among the representatives of tha
! stale Henry White will be another.
I Or David Jayne Hill. who is at Berlin
! is a New York man. 1t is believed In
| will stay where he is.
Among the ministers who live in New