Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-08
BEING MENTIONED
As AMBASSADOR
TO GERMANY
the RAGE
Presidents Official Roster for
Important Diplomatic Post
is a Large One According to
Washington Gossip.
STATESMEN LARGE AND
SMALL SEEK THE OFFICE
,>Gecr'n, C"rrs.e"SSar"rr :" 'nr Mrr.'1

especial CorrespOedrnre to the W~rsldp !
Washington. MAY About the |
most fashionable thing In Washington
these days Is TO be mentioned" for
the amhassadorshi 20 Germany.
There ~ not a prominent man IN the
city-tcm temporarily ouj of a Job
whose name has not been proposed
rs the possible succcssor to Dr David
Jayne Hill
The list OF the iohless. Including
all conversational lame ducks. has now
been exhausted. and the lad has
spread beyond Washington Mean.
while the presideni is just sitting
tight and smiling lie offers no In
tlmaiiun as 10 the identity OF the new
envoy There is a strong suspicion
that Mr. Taft has long ag1 fixed upon
The man for this important post, bu'.
IT he has. he has shown The office
hungry Washingionians that hr
knows how to keen u secret
IN the interim NE roster of those
whom the president is supposed 10 be
considering IN growing Never before
during the prcsenf administration
have 50 many wOud.bo Diplomats
been put forward Tor a single office
The last count showed that about ten
names had been offered for the honor
OF going 10 German
The scramble ior this ambassador.
ship has not quite degenerated into
ioke--not yet--hui il Is In q fair
way of doing so, People IN the city
have begun to call up the White
"A ual
| have just heard that Former Sen
ator Beycrldgc of Indiana will be ap'
pointed ambassador Wont Won
please ask the president II II Is
/ true9" Or What Is there in the re.
port that Lars Anderson of Boston
Is 10 be ambassador" Or. Please
| tell the president not 10 do anything
| about the Berlin matter until he has
seen me
This Is a dally almost hourly inci-
| dent At the executive offices and Sec
retnry Iiles Is being made mlser-
able.
There are whole lot of things
| which have made the vacancy Ia the
! German embassy Of unusual interest
| In the first place. II Is looked upon as
being the most desirable diplomatic
pos, on the continent Then, TOO Il
has been In the limeliGht more con.
! sistently than any other embassy In
| Europe
This Was due To the fashion ~
which the ambassador, Charlmagnc
Tower. performed his duties He soon
became known as the most la9ish
spendcr abroad. His receptions were
marvcls of luxury His dinners were
famous his parties splendid
II Is said of him that. if he went 10
one of Emperor Williams entcrtain'
men,s and found fifteen lackios in
livery assigned 10 rake the coats and
hats. he would at his next entertain
mcnt. have twenty-five livSricd ser
wants assigned 10 the same service
II was Mr. Towers idea tha, tho
official represent alive OF the United
States should not be outdone or out
shown IN anything that money could
buy, even by the emperor OF Ger
Many. For Instance. one summer II
developed that he emperor would a
different times occupy six different
castles ON the Rhine. MI Tower al
once sent oul his agen,s and leased
for the summer seven castles foi his
summer use % IS said
All this pleased the German rdlei
and II pleased the German people
They rather liked To see he show and
they were not backward in relieving
Mr. Tower OF all his spare cash nu'
this record has made the German en-
hassy The hardest to nh ncceplably
Hut the president has from nCW nm
I'll July to illl this vacancy. II b. has
not already settied upon a man h,
need he in no hurry about doing so
He kaS more ihan two months u
which To look the roster over
There ls a serious side to the Ger
man diplomatic work just AZ His
time and this is on the president
mind There are some big issues uu
) settled between this government ave
Germany. and It will take a big man
who III not merely rich man 10 han
, die the situation.
The potash controversy Is SIN cy
tani The Germans have not prom
Used 10 remove the tax witch the
have placed on every American farm
or who uses potash in his fertilizers
: II IL said that the Germans will g,
further and refuse to accode TO IN,
demands Of this government. In an
! '''ua, wv ibl'"Ho"uei, WHO ~ pul
half qualified Tor his work will be ~
able To prevail uIOn Germany in thi
matter
Then there II the proposed arbi,ra
iion treaty President Taf, Is anxi
ous 30 extend his negotiations az
means OF settling international diff
cultios To Germany, bu' he viii be- nm
able successfully 10 do this without
strong ambassador In Germany to All
him in his program.
All these considerations may 70
| suit In the appointment OF aaothc
man oi moderate means rather thar
a replica of the renowned Tower TN
next ambassador may be truly dir
lomni rather than u successful busI
' ness man