The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-07-09
The German Embassy in Washin9t
When Treaty's Ratified Ambas-
sador Will Be Named-If Any
body'u Take the P0st-And
There's Chance for Score of
Consular Agents.,
N. E. A. Washington Bureau.
Washington, D. c.

WANTED-A husky American clti-
zen with fat bank roll, who can
stand anything, who isn't afraid Of
the devil himself, who doesn't care
what becomes Of him or what the
American people think Of him, to
be ambassador to Germany. Must
know te peace treaty by heart and
have had experience in collecting
big bills. The hours will be long
and unpleasant. Salary, $17,50o a
year. Apply Woodrow Wilson,
Washington.
Everybody in Washington admits
that President Wilson is going to
have a big job finding man to take
charge of the American embassy in
Berlin.
AS soon as the peace treaty is rati-
fled by both Germany and the United
States, diplomatic relations will be
resumed and ambassadors, and con-
suls will be exchanged.
Both former incumbents Of the re-
spective embassies, james w. Gerard
and Count Johan Won Bernstorff, are
out Of the running. Nobody cares
much who Germany sends over here,
but it is taken for granted he will be
one of the common people, without
any count" or other handle in front
of his name. ~r'.,-.. =
If there's any rich man in the Unit
ed States who thinks he'd like the
job or representing the United States
in Berlin, he has free field for his
application. ..s
He must be rich because an am5as-
sadors salary doesn't cover third of
his expenses. Uncle Sam pays only
part Of the rental of the expensive
embassy buildings in foreign capitals;
the ambassador pays the rest. That's
just one item.
He'll have to know the peace treaty
by heart( because if he doesn't those
tricky Huns will put something over
on him.
The American. embassy in Berlin,
according to state department Off
cials, is ready for the new ambassa-
dor to step into it. 1t has been occu-
pied since the armistice by the Red
Cross and various American commits
sions. It's archives are intact, sur-
prising as that may seem.
The German embassy in Washing
ton also is ready for its new occu-
pant. 1t is German government prop
erty, and practically the only German
owned property in this country that
wasn't taken over by the alien prop
erty custodian since the war began.
The German embassy has been occu-
pied by attaches of the Swiss lega-
ton, which represented German in
terests here during the war.
It was in this building that most Of
the German plots against the United
States and it's citizens were hatched
before we entered the war.
There is possibility that the rank
of our envoy to Berlin may be re-
duced from that of ambassador to
that of minister.
Germany has been reduced to a.
second-rate power, and it is diplomatic
custom to send diplomats Of the high
est rank only to first-rate powers.
Mexico is practically the only excep-
ton to this rule.
In addition to the main diplomatic
job at Berlin to be filled by Presi-
dent Wilson soon, the state depart
ment will have score of consuls to
appoint for service in various German
cities. We had % consuls-general in
Germany and her colonies before the
war started, besides numbers of vice
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