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by the way, has. brought his bride
homo for Easter. They are at the
Mexican Embassy for the week end.
About the most interesting bit OF
diplomatic news recently announced Is
that OF Hugh Gibson's appointment as
first United States Minister to Poland.
Hugh Gibson. now stationed in Paris,
is we'll and favorably known in Wash
ington. He is a Californian by birth,
and his family isn't known here at all.
but he is, both personally and by repu-
tation, one of the most promising OF
the younger men in the diplomatic
service.
Mr.. Gibson has in the course OF his
ten or twelve years in the service
somehow had a succession of posts
calculated to bring out all the dip
lomacy in a man, and he has made
good. He was attached to our Mica
raguan Legation at a time when trou-
BILE was brewing down there. He was
here for couple Of years as confden-
tial clerk In the State Department.
Then he was attached to the Belgian
Legation. His conduct in Belgium
was eminently satisfactory, and when
1t became necessary to reduce our dip
lomatio representation there to no one
but the Minister, he was attached to
our Embassy in London. to specialize
on Belgian affairs there. While sta
toned in London reports OF his en-
gagement to Miss Asquith, the Prime
Minister'S daughter, we're generally
circulated. However, the report was
denied by the girls family, and her
engagement to Russian living in
London was officially announced re-
Gently.
riiot for Belgian Mission.
Mr. Gibson returned to the United
States with the Belgian Mission in
the spring OF 1917 and was specially
detailed to chaperon them for quite a
while after their arrival. Some month,
ago he was sent to Paris, attached tc
the Embassy there, and has remained
there UP to the present And now he
Is picked for the Polish post-a Job
that Ia likely to require a diplomatic
young diplomat It may not be en-.
tirely pleasant but It Is bound to b
interesting.
Capt. l.. V. Mishtowt, naval at
tache Of the Russian Embassy, and
Nine Mishtowt are receiving congrat-
ulations on the birth OF a son early
In the week, chiefly interesting be-
cause the Mishtwots are about the
only representatives OF the old regime
still connected with the Russian EN-
bassy. Nine. Mishtowt was formerly
the widow OF Capt. Vassilieff, also
Russian naval attache who died nj
pneumonia during the first year OF
the war. Capt. Vassillieff came as
his successor and before many month.
married his widow.
The former Russian Ambassador and
Nine. George Bakhmetefr have once
more taken Stone Villa at Newport
for the summer. They rented It fol-
several seasons before the war. and
Newport was regarded as the summer
headquarters Of the Russian Embassy
in those days.
Senator and Mrs. lie Baron Colt have
gone to their farm near Providence
presumably to get in commission and
establish the young people there, as
Senator Colt, OF course. expects to be
in Washington much OF the summer.
Phillipses Give Up woodIey.
The William PhilMpsA are giving
up Woodley, the lovely suburban place
they have occupied for the last few
years, and Mrs. Phillips expects to get
their children settled at their Massa-
chusetts summer home about the first OF
May. She and Mr.. Phillips have taken