The Washington herald., 1919-09-14
TWO EMBASSIES
IN PUBLIC EYE.

i"o hAnASSINS
IN PUBLIC EYE.
Members of the Belgian Embassy
stan all went to New York early
in the week to meet Cardinal Mer-
cier and the Belgian Ambassador.
Baron Emil de Cartier de March
tenne and his bride, who came over
on the same ship as the cardinal
| Cardinal Mercier was also met by a
number of prominent Roman pre-
lat~s who went with him from New
York to Baltimore to visit Cardinal
Gibbons. 1t Is expected he will
come to Washington in October
after the return of the President
He will probably time his visit to
make 1t coincide with that of his
sovcreigns.
The Belgian and the British
embassies willbe very much in the
public eye for some time to come;
mainly, OF course. because of the
visit of the Belgian King and the
British heir apparent. Then one
has new mistress and the other a
new head which increases the inter
est in those two embassies. The
Prince Of Wales is expected here
now about November 10 or II. 'rhe
State Department won't have time
to even think of the details of his
visit until they finish planning for
the Belgians. Everyone is hoping
that a large ball will be given for
the prince, as he Is too young and
too much alive for a staid recep-
tion.
| Speaking OF the British Embassy
brings to my mind the thought Of
the fact that Coville Adrian de
Rune Barclay. until recently coun-
selor and charge d'affaires of the
British Embassy in this city, has
been promoted to the very desirable
post of Minister Plenipotentiary at
| Stockholm, which carries with il a
salary of $4,000 a year, a legation
building furnished and maintained
by the government. and which is
usually regarded as a stepping stone
to an embassy 1t Is post that
demands the possession of a con-
siderable amount OF tact for where
as the cr2wn princess is by birth
a membeS of the royal house OF
England and a daughter Of the
Duke of Connaught. the Queen of
Sweden is sister of the former
Grand Duke of Baden through her
mother, a Hohenzollern. and has
throughout the war distinguished
herself by her pronounced sym
pathies for Germany and for her
cousin, the. Kaiser, and by her
animosity toward the allies, espe-
cially England. Her husband shar-
ed her views. though to less pro-
nounced degree. II l mention this.
it is in order to show that the
nomination of Colville Barclay to
the representation of British inter-
ests in Sweden is a tribute to IN.
soundness of his judgment and to
his diplomacy. His wife is half
American. for she is a daughter OF
the late Herbert Ward, the sculptor
and African explorer. who died in
Paris the other day. and through
her American mother grandchild
OF Charles II. Sanford. of New York
the well known railroad magnate,
whose name is still household
word in Argentina.
BRITISH ENVOY
Is INTERESTING.
Great Britain's new minister pleni-
Eotenhary TO Poland. with headquar-
ters at Warsaw, Is Sir Horace Rum
bold. who is half American, for his
mother. the first wife OF the late Sir
Horace Rumbold. was Miss Caroline
Harrington, daughter Of George Har-
itnEton, of Washington, D. c.. some
time United States envoy to Berne
Sir Horace Is married to a daughter
of the late Sir Edmund Fame, who was
British minister at Copenhagen. He
shoots well. plays golf. polo and tennis
and has been accorded special allow
ances by the foreign ofice for his mas
terry OF the Persian and Japanese Ian
guages. He Is related TO some of the
greatest houses OF the cont. ar
istocrscy of Europe, including those of
la Rochefoucauld. in France and of
Iobanon. in Russia Indeed. his
father and pamesake. the late Sir
Horace Rumoold, who was British am
bassador at Vienna, after having been
born in Calcutta, was educated in
Paris under tho care OF his aunt, the
Duchess de PolignaC.
Sir Horace is also connected with
many families of the United States
through his mother. who was Miss
Harrington. of Washington. and
through the marriage OF his cousins.
Henry and Cumberland Rumbold, with
Baltimore women, and OF Anna Rum
bold with Ernest X. Richardson, Of
philadelphia.
Sir Horace is descended from