Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-13

WASHINGTON.-- with the recogni.
ton of Gen. Carranza, new figure
has risen in international diplomacy.
This. man is not politician nor a
statesman; he doesn't even carry dip
lomatic credentials. He Is q plain
American business man, whose plain
shirt-aleeved diplomacy has done
more for Carranza's cause than yards
of gold lace and official red tape could
accomplish.
The new business diplomat Is Rich
ard Hood Cole Of Pasadena, Cal. He
is in the diplomatic game because he
is Garranza's close friend and was re
quested by the First Chic" to keep
an eye on the Constituencies. af-
fairs in Washington.
A man Of wealth and position, son
Of Nathan Cole, who was one Of the
most prominent bankers in St. Louis,
Cole has been living quietly in Wash
ington for eight months. To see this
steady, keen, blue-eyed man, whose
iron-gray hair makes a striking con-
trast to his vigorous young face, one
would be apt to place him as pros
porous banker or manufacturer. As a
protege of Lyman ]. Gage, former
Secretary OF the Treasury, Cole has
been interested in large financial af-
fairs for years, deyoting himself es-
pecially to the financing of large en-
terprises. He is q friend of Frank A.
vanderlip, president of the National
City Banks6F New York, who was also
protege Of Secretary Gage
He is q plain business man, direct
in methods and without frills. Yet
he has exerted q powerful influence
in favor Of his Mexican friend tLiy-
ing in the Willard hotel with his
wife, who has been received In the
most select circles of Washington So
ciety, he has really been the directing
force behind the movement to obtain
American recognition for the Consti-
tutionalistsi government. His good
american sense has held the Carran-
"a ship Of state In q steady course,
and in turbulent times, too.
Cole, with his bulldog tenacity, has
plugged along and won victories
greater than those won by the guns of
the Constitutionalists.
ssyenustiano Carranza is a true
friend of the United States" said Mr..
Cole, in the first interview that he
has permitted since he has been here.
His admiration for America and
American methods is marked. For
instance, he sent his two only daugh.
tiers to school in st. Louis; he sent
40 Mexican school teachers to q nor
NAL school In Boston to learn Anaeri
can methods of teaching. He has
brought American cattle into his ma
tive state, Cohuila; he sent to Oregon
and had apple trees shipped to his ma
tive state In order to gain the ad
vantage of the best product of Amerf
can horticulture.
-"Carranza believes in education
and in his native state-Co huila -has
produced in the last ten years more
Sigh-class men than any other state
in Mexico. Carranza has brought eff.
iiciency into educational, farming and
professional life in Cohuila to the
highest degree. He is constructive
man and now recognized by the Unit
ed States will put constructive meth
DDS into operation in Mexico, which
will bring the republic up to a high
er plane than it ever before occu
pied"
Men from California say that
Coles hobby is helping others. He is
the man who gave Jess Willard his
big start toward the worlds heavy,
weight championship by seeking him
out and supplying money for him to
go and sign up the Jack Johnson
fight.
Cole knows slough of world.
famous people, some of whom are
almost always to be found at his
beautiful home in Pasadena. He and
Mrs. Cole have lived here in elegance
yet in the greatest simplicity. Both