The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-12-18
SEVERAL ENJOYS, HOWEVER, ARE
WAITING TO BE PRESENTED
TO THE PRESIDENT.
BRAZIL is SENDING ALeNcAR
Polish Minister. Prince Lubomirskl,
Purchases Former Austrian Embassy
-Mssaryk's Son viii Receive
Warm Welcome IN Washington.
BY LANES p. HoRNApAY.

htA'f dhu WIN W V1thHy h'Ns
position until President Wilson regains
his health sufficiently to receive the
ambassadors and ministers who have
come on. Lord Grey, the ambassador
Of Great Britain, has been here more
than two months now and has not been
able TO present his credentials as am
bassador to the president, although he
presented them long ago to the state
department. Baron de Cartier Mar
chienne has been here since early In
September waiting for an opportunity
to present his credentials as ambassa'
dor from Belgium, having been re-
ceived as Belgian minister originally
I'm April, 1917. Mr.. Varela, the new
minister from Uruguay, arrived with
his wife and three children several
weeks ago and has so far been unable
to make his bow to the president.
Mr.. Shidehara, ambassador OF Japan
Is another waiting to be received. as Is
also the Polish minister. Then the
Italian and Peruvian ambassadors are
already In this country and VIII soon
be ready to be received, while the Bra
lillian ambassador and the ministers OF
Switzerland and Czecho-Slovakia Will
be here shortly Also the new Euro
pean governments that have not yet
assigned ministers to Washington VIII
be doing so before long. The presl'
dent win hold a real reception by the
time he Is able TO receive them. there
win be so many to present their Gre
dentials.
Aiencar Coming From Brazil.
With the arrival of the Italian and
Peruvian ambassadors, all of the EN-
bassies In Washington again have
heads with the exception of the Brazil
ian. An ambassador from Brazil will
arrive shortly. Augusta Cochrane de
Alencar has accepted an appointment
to this post. Senior Alencar was for
merly Brazilian minister to Peru and
recently held the post of undersecre-
tsry for foreign affairs. He is to sail
for his post here within month. com
ing by way of London. The Brazilian
government has received assurances
that he is acceptable. The services
he rendered TO the United States In the
Peruvian negotiations when he was
charge d'affaires to Peru are recalled
Then for the first time in months will
all Of the ambassadors assigned to
Washington he ''cn the job"
For some time the diplomatic corps
was q mere skeleton of Its normal self
but there are few vacancies now among
the foreign ministers and new ones are
arriving all the time. The new Polish
minister, Prince Lubomirski. recently
arrived. and George Roussos, the min
lister Of Greece. returned after an alb
sence of ten months. The Polish min.
lister has Just purchased for his gov.
eminent the handsome residence al
2640 Sixteenth street. which was al
one time the Austrian embassy.
- Two New Ministers Coming.
Two new ministers are scheduled to
come soon. that of Switzerland to re
place Hans Sulzer. who asked some
time age to be relieved; and the min
lister of the new Czecho-Slovak repub.
lie. The Swiss envoy will be Marc
Peter, a prominent lawyer of Geneva
and Frederick Stepanek has been Sc
lected to represent Czecho-Slovakia
That leaves only four legations actual.
ly without heads, though the ministers
OF three countries are absent abroad
The Portuguese minister, Viscount
D'Alte, has gone home on a six months
leave of absence, and DIR. De Cespedes
and DIR. Koo. ENJOYS Of Cuba and
China, respectively, are abroad. DR.
De Cespedes will be home about the
middle of December and DIR. Koo Is ex-
pected almost any time now. The -four
countries without ministers assigned
to Washington at this time are Panama
Honduras, Montenegro and Roumania
II was with pleasure that Washing
ton heard Of the appointment OF Jan
Garrigue Masaryk, son of President
Masaryk Of the new Czecho- Slovak re
public, as charge d'affaires OF the
Czecho- Slovak legation In this city
His father has so many friends In this
country that the son is sure of a-warm
welcome.
suffrasists In Final Drive.
A final "drive" for the woman
suffrage amendment TO the Consti
tuition OF the United States has
been started. The purpose OF the drive
is TO stir up fresh interest In states
that will act through special sessions
of legislatures that are TO be called
shortly, or through regular sessions
that will be held in January. Some OF
these conferences have already been
held with good results, the women
say. The conferences will be held dur.
ing this month.
At no time has there been any doubt
In the minds OF the women who are
managing the campaign that the
amendment would eventually be rati.
fed by three-fourths OF the states. but
recently there has been some question
as to whether thirty-six states would
ratify II In time 20 give the women .