The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-12-25
DIPLOMATIC CORPS
FAST FILLING Up
SEVERAL ENJOYS, HOWEVER, ARE
WAITING TO BE PRESENTED
TO THE PRESIDENT.
BRAZIL is SENDING ALENCAR
Polish Minister, Prince Lubomirsk,
Purchases Former Austrian Embassy
-Masaryk's Son Will Receive a
Warm Welcome in Washington.
BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.

| dor.al or ministerial representation
here, and will continue TO occupy that
| position until President Wilson regalns
| 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 ne
presented them long ago to the state
department. Baron de Cartier Mar
,hienne has been here since early IN
September waiting for an opportunity
TO present his credentials as ambasSh-
dor from Belgium, having been re-
ceived as Belgian minister originally
in 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 will soon
be ready to be received, while the Bra
lillian ambassador and the ministers or
Switzerland and Czecho-Slovakia will
be here shortly. Also the new Euro
pean governments that have not yet
assigned ministers to Washington Will
he doing so before long. The presi'
dent will hold real reception by the
time ne is able to receive them, there
will 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-
tary for foreign affairs. He is to sail
for his post here within a 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
m
Washington be ION the job
For some time the diplomatic corps
w3s mere skeleton of its normal self,
hut there are few vacancies now among
Ne foreign ministers and new ones are
arriving all the time. The new Polish
minister. Prince LubomlSki, recently
arrived, and George Roussos, the min
lister OF Greece, returned after an alb
,ence of ten months. The Polish min
lister has just purchased for his gov
eminent the handsome residence at
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 relies ed 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-S lOvakia.
That leaves only four legations actual
" 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 DR.. De Cespedes
and Or. KoO, ENJOYS of Cuba and
China, respectively, are abroad. Dr.
De CeSpedes will be home about the
middle of December and DR.. Roo Is ex-
pected almost any time now. The four
countries without ministers assigned
to Washington at this time are Panama
Honduras. Montenegro and Roumanin
It 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-Sloyak legation in this city.
His father has so many friends in this
country that the son is sure of warm
welcome.
Suffragsts In Final Drive.
A final "drive" for the woman
suffrage amendment to the Constl.
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 10 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 ratl-
fed by three-fourths Of the states, nut
recently there has been some question
as TO whether thirty-six states would
ratify 1t in time to give the women