The Washington herald., 1918-03-24

vacancies on the Federal Trade Conn
mission, two shifts in official rela-
tionships are likely to take place be-
fore long, In each case. IL the re-
ports may be taken seriously, a we'll
known member of the sub-cabine
so to say. is selected for promotion
to the Federal Trade body To bor-
row, or resurTect, familiar phrase,
1t will be safe to wait and see. The
changes will be of decided interest
| TO a wide social circle in each case,
for the families involved are extern
siVely known and very popular.
One wonders sometimes how our
friends the allies-it seems that
they are not OUR allies, but merely
THE allies and OUR associates
manage TO be so uniformly clever
in picking the people to carry on
their propaganda and diplomatic
and other relations on this side.
The observation is aprOpos of the
fact that Lord Eustace Percy is
going home this week, after a year
of successful work for the British
foreign office, and that at the same
time Charles Hubert Montgomery
comes here, attached TO the en-
bassy in something more than .
secretarial capacity.
Lord Percy needs no introduce
tion. He served here years ago In
the embassy and was great ia
Vorite. When he came back to
look after a lot of those hopeless
blockade and maritime questions
| that always give one a headaehe 9
to think about. he was promptly
welcomed to an intellectually set
that was quite too insist0nt on
stealing him away from the merely
social clique that hsd claimed him in
his earlier experience here But
society saw enough Of him to sat
isfy itself that It would like more
aHA' to make 1t extremely sorry he's
going away now. Probably he'll
not be back till after the war. but
he has promised to come. It's a
good guess than he'll come as am
bassadoT one OF these days.
Mr.. Montgomery really must have
his full title and dIgnities here. He
Is Charles Hubert Montgomery, NJ.
V. o., which means member of the
Victorian Order. He has been in the
| foreign service ever since he was In
| anything, and latterly head OF an i'm
portant division In London. He will
have a great deal to do with the
relations between Lord Reading q
establishment and the public outside
and his friends who knew him In
London declare that he will be par
ticularly tactful and efficient in that
capacity.
By the way, who remembers the
Gen. Montgomery. whose name ap'
pears in some OF our colonial history
about the time OF the fighting thai
determined that Canada should bs
English. not French? Well, one OF
his ancestors was that Gen. Mont.
gomery. His immediate paternal an
cestor is a member of parliament
from County Tyrone. Charles Hubert
Montgomery, 1t naturally grieves ons
to state, is married, but he will be
a temporary widower while he is in
Washingt and will be found one OF
the desirable acquisitions to the so.
cial body.
de mortuls nil nisi bonum. -
Similarly "de" the late, IL not unan.
imously lamented. Clarence p. King
Far be It from indulging any rhap.
sodies. even appreciations, Of Mr.
Kings management OF the Wash.
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany. The unkind fate that des-
tines some hundreds of thousands
OF us to ride on Mr.. Kings cars ren.
ders one indisposed to eulogies In
that direction.
Still, without abandoning one jot
or little of ancient prejudice in favor
of occasionally getting a seat, and
reaching the destination on time, il
is possible to tell something oboui
Mr.. King that few Washington peo.
pie know. His repute as an un.
relenting antagonist of organized
labor and as confirmed protagonist
of the public be hanged" policy
IN running public service corpora
tion, has been such that some kind.
lier sides OF the gentleman have
not been so well known as they de-
served. '.-
| IN his personal relations, Mr.. Kinl
is known to little circle OF friend.
as one OF the most charitable ant
| humane persons He is however. Z
believer in Saint Paurs policy-il