The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-01-07
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| DIPLOMATIC JOBS
Observers Busy AnaIyxinx
Political Significance Of
Appointment.
NEW YORK IN THE LEAD
Pssts ParceIsd Ont BY Wilson Adm
istraiea Aeeerdias to Manner
Employed BY Republicans.

With the diplomatic slate Of the WI
son administration now nearly completed.
political observers in Washington are
busily engaged In analysing the political
Significance of the appointments. The
pressure for diplomatic posts has been
great. and they have been parceled
out In payment of political debts in much
the same manner that has prevailed I'm
two decades Of Republican administra-
tons Hardly any OF the appointments
have been made independent Of political
Considerations
New York has had almost a monopoly
Of the important places Walter Hines
Page. Of New York. succeeded whitelaw
Reid. OF New York. as Ambassador to
Great Britain. and Justice James W.
Gerard. Of New York. succeeded John G.
A. Leishman. OF Pennsylvania, as Am
oassador to Germany. James NJ sulli-
ter to Santo Domingo. Frederick G. PEN
held. Of New York. succeeded Richard C.
kerens. OF Missouri. as Ambassador to
Austria-Hungary. Nearly all Of the men
spoken Of for the appointment to the
French ambassadorship have been New
Workers. including william +. McCombs,
who has declined the post. and Frederick
r. Coudert
Illinois has received two important
doubtedly will go to Henry L. PindeIl. of
Peoria, whose appointment has not yet
been confirmed by the Senate, pending an
investigation OF the now famous Lewis
letter. 1t Is the expectation that Mr..
Pindell will be succeeded by Charles r.
Crane. Of Chicago, within a year. Charles
]. vopicka has been made Minister to
Roumania. Servia, and Bulgaria
PennsyIvanfa Gets One.
George W. Guthrie. o, Pennsylvania
former mayor of Pittsburgh. is the
American Ambassador to Japan This
appointment is the only one yet given to
Pennsylvania by the present administra-
ton.
by President Wilson Thomas Nelson
Page is now Ambassador to Italy and
Joseph E. Willard is Ambassador to
Spain. Both of these appointments were
made through the influence of several Of
the most powerful members of the South
ern delegation in Congress.
Paul s. Reinsch. of Wisconsin. has
been made Minister to China, and Albert
G. Schmedemann. OF the Badger State.
is the new Minister to Norway.
The Presidents home State of New
Jersey has been recognized by two APP
pointments. Henry Van Dyke to be Min
lister to the Netherlands. and Thomas
II. Birch to be Minister to Portugal
Charles S. Hartman, Of Montana. has
been made Minister to Ecuador. George
Fred Williams. of Massachusetts,. has
been appointed Minister to Greece. and
the nomination now awaits confirmation
by the Senate Benton McMillin. former
governor of Tennessee, is Minister to
Peru. Alexander Sweek, Of Oregon. sue
ceeds Fred w. Carpenter as Minister to
Siam Edward ]. Hale, Of North Caro-
lima. is Minister to Costa Rica- Thad-
deus A. Thompson, OF TEXAS. has been
confirmed as Minister to Colombia John
ID. O'Rear, of Missouri. IS Minister TO
Bolivia. Charles II. Graves, of Mime
sofa, has been named Minister to Swe-
dem Pleasant A. Stovall. Of Georgia. Is
the Minister of the United States TO
Switzerland, and Preston McGoodwin, Of
Oklahoma, is Minister to Venezuela
Three Posts Unflled.
The three important posts not yet filled
are the Ambassadorships to France. Mex
leo. and Brazil. II Is anticipated that
the Paris post will be filed in few
weeks, and the new Ambassador to Bra
I'll probably will be appointed this win
ter. For obvious reasons Mexico will not
be given an Ambassador for some time
to come
There are five appointments to min
isterial posts pending. President Wilson
has not vet appointed ministers to the
Argentine Republic, Chile, Paraguay and
Uruguay. Persia and Salvador.