The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-02

Her mother. born a Miss Kernochan. was
a daughter Of the old New York family
Of that name but though Of American
origin, Nine. Jusserand was born and
brought up in Paris. and the first glimpse
she had of her own countEy was when
she came TO It as French Ambassadress-
She is. however. a loyal American, and
despite her French training, shows now
and then some Of the traits which have
made her American sisters noted the
world over. But whether most American
a diplomatist and has presided over the
embassy Of which her husband Is chief
with rare grace and charm.
Talk of HIS Transfer.
Although II has been iE the air for
some time that Baron Rosen would be
transferred from the embassy here TO
another post. he Is stIn at its head, and
Tor the first time in several years Baron
ess Rosen and the Baroness Elizabeth
Rosen are in Washington. and their
presence IS an earnest that the Russian
Embassy, after being practically closed
for two seasons, viii again be the center
of hospitality, as Il was al the time Of
the De Strives and the Cassnis
Mr. George Bahkmatieff. an attache OF
the Russian Legation at Washington in
the early SOS and the present Muscovite
Minister in Japan, is slated to succeed
Baron Rosen, although no formal an
nouncement has been made Of the pro-
posed change. Nine Bahkmatief is a
daughter Of the late Gen. Edward Beale.
a sister of Mrs John r. Mclean. and
her girlhood was passed in Washington.
So that her return here as Russian Am
bassadress will be a homecoming.
The present Russian Ambassador. Ba-
ron Rosen. knows his America thorough
~. for while he has been chief Of the
embassy for only four years. he was con
sui general in New York as esrIy as 1882.
charge d'affaires in Washington during
the first Cleveland administration, and
one Of the special ENJOYS TO the peace
conference at Portsmouth. There IS no
member Of the diplomatic corps who has
had better or more frequent opportunities
to study America and the Americans at
clase range and that he has made the
most of these opportunities his creditable
record here attests
Loyal To the Empire.
The Rosen family are Of Swedish origin
and come from the Baltic provinces.
whose inhabitants since their annexation
&c Russia nearly a hundred years ago
have rendered loyal and devoted service
to the empire that absorbed them. Baron
Rosen's usefulness at this capital has
! been enhanced by his knowledge Of Eng
fish. which he speaks with great fiuency.
Mr.. James Bryce, che British Ambassa-
dor. is as we'll known and as well liked
in America as he is in England. He is
perhaps even better liked on this side of
the water. if this be possible. than in his
own country, for in writing The Ameri-
can Commonwealth" he has done much
for this people, who are extremely SEN
sitive. hurt to the quick. when they are
! misunderstood and misinterpreted and
correspondlngly grateful when they are
understood and correctly reported. and
since no foreigner. If a BTitisher can be
called a foreigner, ever wrote of the
United States with deeper sympathy or
profounder understanding, he has been a
persona gratissima since he first took up
his residence at the Capital.
Mr. Bryces immediate predecessor, Sir
Henry Mortimer Durand, despite his
many excellent qualities and his acknowl-
edged talents. did not especially appeal
to his American cousins, and the news OF
his recall was received with lukewarm
regret and of his successors appoint
ment with reclamation.
Regarded as Ideal Man.
Mr. Bryce, indeed, from the moment it
vgas announced that he had been named
| for the post at Washington, was re-
garded as the ideal man for the place.
and this first enthusiasm has not dimin-
ished in the two years he has been sta
toned in America. for he has convinced
the people to whom he is accredited that
he is. before all else, their warm friend
and we'll wisher and a diplomat has al
ready gone far when he has accomplished
! this
/ Mr. Bryce is not what is generally
termed a trained diplomatist. He belongs
to the rank of statesmen, and Washing
ton Is the first diplomatic billet he has
held. but this fact, the fact that he is
not hampered by traditions or handi-