New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-20
GIBSON LEAVES HAVANA
LEGATION Secretary Assaulted
by Reporter Sent to Belgium.
Mr.. LAUGHLIN TO LONDON
Succeeds William Phillips as
Secretary of Embassy
Other Diplomatic Changes.
From The Tribune Bureau.

Washington. Sept ls-SeVeraI lhpoT ldiI'
changes in the diplomatic service. includ-
ing the transfer of Hugh S. Gibson, sec
rotary Of the legation at Havana, VINO
was recently brutally assaulted by En-
rique Maza n Cuban newspaper reporter
70 the secretaryship OF the legation at
Brussels. were announced by the Depart
ment Of state to-day. j. Butler Wright,
of wyoming. who has been on special
duty I'm the department. is named to sue
coed Mr.. Gibson.
Mr.. Wright. who Is a graduate Of
Princeton. was formerly engaged in the
banking business and was also interested
in stock raising tn Wyoming until 1872,
when he was appointed secretary OF lega-
tion at Tegucigalpa. This year he was
appointed secretary Of the legation and
consul general 20 RuInania. Servia. and
Bulgaria. but did not go 20 his post.
state Department officials regard Mr..
Glbson's transfer a. n distinct promotion.
II f. admitted that the change VIII re-
lleve Mr.. Gibson OF any embarrassment
IN continuing az a post where HIS expert
ences have been so unpleasant. There IL
no doubt that the change. in the very
nature Of things, viii also tend 70 relieve
the strained relations. the result Of Mr..
Gibson's conduct Of the Reilly claim.
which was strictly IN accordance with his
Instructions from this government, and
the subsequent attack. His transfer, how
ever. does not AFFECT this governments
demand upon cuba that his assailant be
punished according TO the cuban law.
Irwin 2. LaUghlin, u Pennsylvania, sec
rotary of the embassy AT Berlin. is trans
rerred TO the secretaryship Of the en-
bassv AZ London. 20 succeed william
Phillips. VINO has resigned from tho diplo-
matte service Mr. Laughlin married Miss
Therese r. Iselin st New Rochelle yester-
day. Joseph c. Grew. OF Massachusetts
secretary Of the embassy at Vienna, sue
reeds Mr. Laughlir, and Mr.. Crews place
is taken By T. Grant-smith, OF Pennsyl-
varia secretary OF the legation at Brus-
sells
Fred W Carpenter OF California. soc
rotary 10 President Taft from 1903 20
1910. Is named as Minister TO Siam. He
was appointed as Minister 10 Morocco on
June z. 1910. when he retired as Mr.. Tafts
secretary. lie is a graduate Of the Uni
.ersitv 81 Minnesota and a member Of the
bar IN Minnesota and California. From
1900 10 1903 no was secretary 20 Governor
Taft In che Philippines.
Mr. Laughlin. who is Yale man. was
private secretary 20 the Minister 70
Japan In lsof-O5. and IN 1905 was ap-
pointed secretary Of the legation at Toxic.
since then he has served as secretary OF
the legation and consul general al Bang
kok. second secretary Of the legation at
Picking. second secretary OF the embassy
at ST. Petersburg. secretary Of the lega-
ton 20 Greece and Montenegro. second
secretary Of the embassy at Paris and
secretary Of the legation az Brussels.
Mr. Phillips whom Mr.. LAughlin sue
ceeds has wished to retire from the diplo-
matte service since 1903, 1t is understood.
lie served as secretary Of the embassy
al London FOR about three years. Mrs
Phillips was Miss Caroline Aston Dray-
ton of New York