The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-27


cause Of democracy.
Jusserand the Dean.
The dean Of the diplomatic corps Is
]. J.. Jusserand, ambassador extraor-
binary and plenipotentiary of the re-
public of France to the United States.
Jusserand has been In the United
States as the French ambassador for
IA years. He has written widely on
American subjects as they appeal to
the foreigner. A long residence In
this country has made Ambassador
Jusserand feel that he is not altogeth-
er a foreigner. Recently he wrote q
book dealing with American matters
and American men and this book has
been pronounced to contain as careful
q study of the characters of some Of
Uncle Sans statesmen and of the "a
ture of some of our war and peace
affairs as has been written by any
American.
Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice Is
Great Britaln's ambassador e~xtraor-
binary and plenipotentiary. He has
been here only four years, but they
have been four years of stress. His
staff at the outset, like that of the
French ambassador, was limited In the
number of Its members. Today both
the French and the British embassies
are alive with men and "doings."
When n attends an official diplo.
matte reception In the days of peace
and sees there the ambassadors Of the
different countries, he gets an idea
that the chief diplomats are bedizened
persons and this idea Is so firmly fixed
In his mind by the resplendence Of uni.
form that he probably will fail utter.
ly to recognize the same diplomats
when he meets them In civilian dress
on the street. The ambassadors Of all
the countries are noted for their ex'
treme simplicity Of attire when In
civilian garb. Perhaps II should not
be said, but some of them are almost
shabby.
Dress In Keeping With the Times.
There Is q reason for extreme sim
plicity of dress In wartime. In fact al
, Of the ambassadors of foreign coun
tries who are now serving in Washing
ton wear old clothes and do 1t pur
, posely. There are hardships at home
and Il is known definitely that II
France and England families Of higl
social position have given over ever!
7 appearance Of wealth and have abso
, , tutely f~oregone so-called full dress at
! tire. no matter what the occasion, Ii
7 order that their "habiliment" may b.
J In keeping with the wartime situation
, of stress and anxiety.
: Brig. Gen. J. ID. McLachlan has jus
> reported to the British embassy a
r military attache to succeed Lieut.. Col
Murrough O'Brien. With General Nc
Lachlan has come Lieut.. Col. A. {
3 Murray to act al assistant military al
tache.
0 In the names given there will b
> exemplification Of what seems to be
curious rule Of the British foreign OF
! Gee. Every military attache who ha
been sent to Washington for years ha
!. been a Celt. Very rarely is 1t tina
the English army officer Is sent her
h In a military capacity. The soldiers q
v the embassy have been either Scotch
men, Irishmen or Welshmen. Jus
n why this Is the case nobody seems I
know, but 1t is apparently the rule ia
lt would seem that the long successio
through the years of Celtic names cal
y not be the result Of accident.
e The Russian embassy is the biggei
one In Washington. II has just bee
augmented by the arrival Of at lea