New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
CHANCES Soon To Be Made.

Changes Soon To Be Made.
There are soon 10 be several changes
in the service These will include the re-
tirement Of W. " Rockhill. American
Ambassador 20 Turkey. ss has already
been told in The Tribune. Mr.. Rockhill
who is In this country on leave, will re-
turn 20 Constantinople TO present his let
tiers OF recall. and will then come back
10 the United States FOR good.
So far a. can be learned. the govern
ment will find no further use for this ca
perienced diplomat II was thought al
one time that Mr.. Rockhil might be re
tanned because Of his long service, and
also because OF the fact that he was
Assistant Secretary OF State under Presi-
dent Cleveland. These facts. however.
do not seem to count and they illustrate
the Presidents determine ton TO make a
clean sweep.
The case of W. w Russell Minister
to Santo Domingo. IL another example.
He was appointed by President Cleveland
and weathered several Republican admin
istrations.
John r. Jackson. Minister 10 Bulgaria.
Rumania and Servia. is another veteran
who will soon be retired. Mr.. Jackson
has been in the diplomatic corps since
1880. and. in point Of continuous service
Is the veteran of the corps.
Fred w. Carpenter. Minister 10 Siam, IS
also slated for early retirement. MT
Carpenter WAS President Tafts secretary
during the first half Of his administra-
ton He was made Minister TO Morocco
in June. 1910. and In September 1912. he
was transferred 10 Siam.
There are forty-two ministers and am
bassadors in the American diplomatic
CORPS. Twenty OF these are already out
of the service, their successors having
been appointed and practically all Of
them confirmed BY the Senate. Among
those I'm this list are men OF long dip
lomatlc experience.
Dozen for Early Retirement.
There are a dozen men now In the
service who are slated for early retire.
nent They are Myron 4. Herrick, Am
bassador 10 France. r. s. Hit, Minister
Ia Guatemala: Charles D. White. Minis
ter 10 Honduras: Henry Lane Wilson.
Ambassador TO Mexico, Charles W. Rus
sell. Minister TO Persia. Curtis Guild, IL,
Ambassador TO Russia; Fred w. Carpen-
tor Minister TO Slam. William Heinke.
Minister 10 Salvador; W. W. Rockh1lI'
Ambassador to Turkey; Jacob &. schur-
man. Minister TO Greece and Montenegro
John 4. jackson. Minister 10 Rumania.
Servia and Bulgaria. and cyrus T..
Woods. Minister 10 Portugal.
There are only seven men, according 10
the information acquired by The Tribune
correspondent, who can be put INTO what
might he called a doubtful column and
II is not considered that more than two
Of these have more than slight chance
OF being retained. The main reason Tor
putting them i'm the doubtful list at all Is
that It is impossible TO get any definite
line on them either one way or the other.
They are John W. Garrett, Minister 10
Argentina: Theodore Marburg, Minister
TO Belgium; Henry Il. Fletcher Minister
70 Chill: Maurice Francis Egan, Minister
IN Denmark; Nicolay A. Grevstad, Min
,ster 10 Uruguay and Paraguay; Charles
II. Graves. Minister TO Sweden and Ed
win V. Morgan. Ambassador 10 Brazil.
or these IL is believed there Is chance
that Maurice Francis EGan and John w
Garrett will be retained. The fact that
Mr.. Egan was offered the Enthusiastically
10 Austria, Hungary is taken TO Indicate
that hs stands we'll with this administra-
ton and Il is consequently considered
possible he will remain in the service. Mr..
Garrett is Princeton man, and his
family has been prominent in Princeton
affairs. Some of his friends here, how
ever. say that Mr.. Garrett is not at all
confident that he will be retained.
The foregoing lists account for all ex-
cept two of the diplomatic missions
Morocco and Liberia. Since the transfer
OF Mr. Carpenter from Morocco. In 1917
there has been no minister there. and II
is understood that the mission IN TO De
o abolished. The French have taken charge
OF things in Morocco, and there is no