The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-02-03
PERSH|NG LIKELY
To CO To FRANCE
WASHINGTON BELIEVES HE Is
CERTAIN TO BE APPOINTED
AMBASSADORS TO PARIS.
ACC0RDS WITH HIS DESIRES
Diplomatic Post In Country Where No
Served a. Soldier and Which Likes
Him Would Be Grateful to the
General.
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.


Washington. Army and congress
sional circles are strong In the belief
today that Gen. John J. Pershing,
commanding officer Of the A. Il. r..
In the great war, Is to be given the
post Of ambassador 10 France by War
rem q. Harding.
This matter today is, OF course, one
OF rumor only, but rumor In this case
seems to have better basis than
usually Is the case with feeting stories
Of coming preferment. The appoint
ment Of General Pershlng to a foreign
embassy would relieve some rather
embarrassing situations so fur as the
future Of the War department is con
cerned.
II u understood here that General
Pershlns's ambitions, II they may be
called such. do not concern themselves
with appointments within the army,
or, what IL the same thing. within the
War department. lie does not want
to be secretary OF war, nor yet chief
Of stan. although for both 81 these
places he has been mentioned more or
less prominently. Men who ought to
know say General Pershlng's desires
have to do with the ambassad orial
duty In the foreign field In which he
served as u soldier.
The general Of the army and the
president eject Of the United States
have been friends for some years
The former was the guest Of the lat
ter at Marion not long since. Per
shing. u course, Is In a position which
makes II proper that he be given rec
ignition. and almost mandatory that
he be- given the place which he would
like to hold. No one thinks that the
general has asked for the embassy to
trance. but that he would like II n
one In the least doubts, and In fact
Il In. as has been said. believed In
Washington that the appointment is
To come TO him.
Herriek Also 10 Mentioned.
II might be that In looking over the
field Of foreign appointments Mr..
Harding would prefer to give General
Pershing some other appointment than
that for service In France. but France
Is the place naturally which appeals
to the general. Ordinarily speaking.
the court of st. James In considered
more Important post than Paris, but
II readily can be understood here why
the general of the American army
would prefer service In France.
There have been limitations from
time to time that Mr.. Harding desires
10 send Myron Il. Herrick back to
France. Mr. Herrick was our ambas-
OF the European war. He endeapd
himself to The French officials and to
the French people generally by the
sympathetic nature of the work which
he did. although. of course. maintain
Ing absolutely the rules and regula-
lions which should govern the conduct
% an ambassador OF a neutral nation.
llerrick IL one of the best loved names
IN France today. Herrick In from
Ohio.
the situation say that II may be diff
cult for Mr.. Harding to decide between
Herrick and Pershing. but the latter
has the prestige Of war service In
France and the prestige also which
comes from a possible more intimate
acquaintance with French officials and
with French ways than has Mr.. Her
rick. Notwithstanding the friendly re-
intions which existed between him and
the representatives Of the French gov
eminent.
McAdoo etls Up His Party.
william Gibbs McAdoo. son-in-
law Of President Wilson and form
er secretary Of the treasury, has
come cut In public statement
advising that the Democratic party re-
organize through It's national COM
mitiee for Immediate work with the
hope OF making strong showing In
the congressional elections OF 1872 and
Victorious showing In the presiden-
tial election % 1924
Democrats here talk freely enough
about the last campaign They any
that even II the party's organization
had been as perfect as Mr.. McAdoo
would IKE TO have Il In the future. II
could not have won the election. be
cause the psychology Of the situation
was against victory for the Democ-
racy." The Democrats In Washing
ton say this freely. and virtually all
OF them say that the party's political
organization during the four years
preceding the last election was not
all Il should have been
All OF this comes from Democratic
sources. and II exception Ia taken to
Il by Democrats. they must light II
out with the members OF their own
party who thus speak out In meeting.
There were Democratic rum0rs that
George white. who IL chairman Of the
Democratic national committee. soon
was 10 resign. but a recent word on
this subject from high quarters makes
It seem unlikely that the resignation
10 20 be forthcoming.