Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-01-02

| Oh eAplOTdllOu, Ol INVENTION, OF OIL
plomacy, of politics and Of Journalism.
There are four classes of member
ship in the National Press club, active,
nOn-active, associate and nonresident.
The nonresident list comprises the
names of 3S5 newspaper men of the
| United States. The National Press
club is their headquarters when they
come tG this city. They have every
privilege Ct active membership while
staying here, and perhaps it may be
said that they get a companionship
which personally and professionally is
pleasurable and mayhap, in its way,
profitable.
The rooms of the Press club include
the great general room, with one of
the most beautiful open fireplaces to
be found in all the country. There is
cOmmodiOus library with plenty of
| books. The restaurant is a fnodel.
| There are billiard and pool room, a
card room, writing room and good
sized office for the necessary clerical
force.
Foreign Diplomats Work Hard.
Officials of the American department
! OF state may think in these days of
war that they are the hardest-worked
men in Washington but if they do so
think they are thinking beside the
mark. There are certain foreigners
in this town who know little sleep in
these days when their countries are
| at war with one another.
The diplomatic list issued by the de-
partment of state gives the foreign
ambassadors and ministers in Wash
ington in the order of their rank of
| service. One of the foreigners the
other day picking up the list, spoke of
1t as Labor list" He was telling the
truth in large part. AS for himself,
he has not seen days vacation in
TWO years and half and his working
condition is that of seven or eight of
his colleagues and of all the members
of their STATS.
First in order. as he is in length of
service in America, is J. J. Jusserand,
the ambassador of France to the
United States. Since August L, 1914,
Mr.. Jusserand has been absent from
| Washington only on two or three oc-
casions and these were occasions
which called him forth to labor in 9th
| er cities just as he has been laboring
| in Washington. He has been in Amer
lea for almost fourteen years as the
ambassador of his country. He, I'M
questionably, is the best-known diplo-
mat personally now in America.
From the pen of Mr.. Jusserand have
come many books. He has made a
| special study of the relations of France
to the United States in all periods
since this country became a country.
Next in rank to Mr.. Jusserand is
Count J. Ii. Won Bernstorff, the am
bassador from Germany. The count
has been representative of his coun-
try in the United States for eight
years The newspapers from time to
time have given full accounts of the
activities of the German ambassador.
Enough has been written about him
to show that his laboring hours are
long. 1t is possible that he has had
more perplexng and delicate duties to
| perform in the last two years and a
half than have fallen TO the lot of
any other foreign ambassador.
The ambassador of Russia to the
United States is George Bakhmeteff
master of the imperial court of Russia
1t is perhaps worthy of note that each
of the ambassadors thus far named
has an American woman for his wife
Presumably it is right to call Madame
JuSserand an American woman, al
| though she was born in Paris, her IA
Their and mother both being Americans
Ambassador Bakhmeteff has just
completed the fifth year of his serv-
| ice in Washington. Like the first two
ambassadors named he at present has
a Woodworking time of It. A friend
of his said the other day that figura-
lively speaking there were as many
trenches to be dug in Washington as
on any front in Europe.
Spring Rice, Busy, Too.
Next in order of rank is Sir Cecil
Arthur Spring Rice, who has been in
| this country for a little more than
| three years, a period of time which,
of course, includes the continuance of
the present war in Europe. The duties
of Sir Cecil have been as Onerous as
those of his colleague ambassadors.
Like them he takes no vacation and
almost constantly is at his post in the
big embassy which belongs to, the
| British government and which is stu
ated on Connecticut avenue.
Sir Cecil, previous to his appoint
ment as ambassador, had served in
junior diplomatic capacity in Wash
ington. From here he went TO Persia
and then was changed to Washington.
The Italian ambassador, Count v.
MachOM di Cellere. came to Washing
ton after the outbreak of the war in
Europe, but before his own country
had entered into it. lie shares the
burdens of work of the other foreign
erS here present. Today there Is no
ambassador from Austria-Hungary in
the United States, the hard work fall
ing upon the counselor, Baron Erich
Zwiedinek.
A new ambassador has just come
from Japan. Mr.. Aimaro Sato. he
speaks English fiuently. Within
night or two he made an address at
dinner given by famous club in
Washington in which he showed that
his wit is equal 10 that of any ambas-
Sador. occidental or oriental, who ever
saw service in this city.