East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-20
BY DAVID NJ. CHURCH
international News Service Stair
Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Oct. -20.-Mhea
Germany's new Ambassador arrlVesF
here within the next few weeks and
looks over the diplomatic camping
grounds he is pretty apt to consider
himself as an ambassadorial- step
child, with very red hair and very
crossed eyes.
Germany hasn't had a diplomatic
representative here for five years and
in that time there have been such
changes that when the little red brick
embassy owned by Germany, is re-
opened the German Ambassador is go7
ing to find it is hardly more than a
bungalow compared to the magnifi-
cent embassy buildings which have
been erected here in the last few
months.
In Rernstorff's Time
When Count Johan Won Bernstorff
took his departure from Washington
in a rather hasty manner some five
years ago, Germany had need for little
envy in the matter of her embassy
here. Her embassy was about on a
par with that of most of the larger
powers. Today, however, Germany is
the last of the big powers to be with
out a magnificent ambassadorial set
ting in Washington. 1t is true that
Great Britain still clings TO a ramb-
ling old brick mansion, covered with
ivy vines, but then the be-brassed
British marine and the massive bull
dog that guard the front door of the
British embassy give it far more i'm
pressiveness than granite portcocheres
and griled bronze doors could ever
contribute
France has an embassy here that is
an architectural monument. Japan's
diplomates are housed in fine man
sion. Italy's Ambassador has no need
to feel ashamed tor invite his diplo-
matte colleagues to his home, and even
China has a legation that is nearly as
impressive as the yellow skinned gen.
tleman who answers the. door.
Cuba Outstrips Germany
Many of the small powers have far
outstripped Germany in the matter of
handsome embassies Cuba has built
wonderful mansion on Sixteenth
street, which reminds one of the days
when there were fedual castles and
such. And this Cuban mansion must
also be a reminder to the Spanish AM
bassador who lives next door in far
less pretentious dwelling.
Mexico has taken over the Brecken-
ridge Long residence, across the street
from the Cuban legation. Despite
I the fact that Mexico has no diplo-
matte representatives here, she is
spending a nice little sum in renovat-
! ing and remodeling the Long resi-
dence, stately mansion which was
thought entirely fit as a residence for
the King of Belgium when he visited
Washington some time ago.
Sweden has helped the unemploy-
ment situation here by setting numer-
Gus carpenters and stone masons and
other artificers at work on huge new
embassy on Fifteenth street.
Poland, a new nation, has seen fit
to take over one of the finest resi-
dences on fashionable Sixteenth
street. Many of the other new ma
tions and some not so new but never
theless prosperous, have recently es-
tablished themselves in fine homes in
fine sections Of the city.
The German Ambassador will prob
ably feel lonesome when he arrives
here, for though the German embassy
is not a shack it hardly compares
with the official dwelling places of the
majority of the diplomatic corps here.
No doubt the ever alert real estate
men Of Washington, who talk and
dream in figures that one can't count
on his fingers, already have theanew
German Ambassador listed as a
prospect" ..N