New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-06-25
C. B. w arrerl
Nominated for
Envoy to Japan
Selection of Mic higan
Lawyer Who Supported
Harding is Surprise;
Goes TO Senate Monday
Leaves for Toxic Aug. i
w. M. Collier, George Wash
ington University, Chosen
as Ambassadors to Chile

WASHINGTON, Juno 24.--Charles B
| Warren, Of Michigan, lawyer ant
business man, who for several year,
has been prominent figure in Repub
lican national politics, has been chosen
by President Harding for Ambassador
to Japan.
Announcement Of the selection wa!
made at tho White House late to-day
upon receipt of the customary as
surances that Mr. Warren's appoint
ment would be acceptable to the Jap
anese government. Soon afterward the
nomination was sent to the Senate, bu
reached there too late to be received
formally at to-day's session. 1t will be
sent in again when the Senate recon
venes Monday.
Although Mr.. Warren has been close.
ly associated with the Harding Admin
lstratlon and at one time Is under
stood to have been seriously considered
for place in the Cabinet, his selection
al Ambassador was surprise to most
ef official Washington. His name never
had figured in the long list of those
publicly discussed for the Toxic post
and some of his closest friends had un-
dsrsEc cd that he preferred not to enter
pubic service.
Gave Harding Support
Aside from the business and financial
qualifications possessed by Mr.. Warren
is his record in support of the Presi-
dent during the hectic days at the
convention when the President secured
the nomination. Durirg the early
days of the convention Mr.. Warren
was Lowden standard bearer, but
when the former Governor of Illinois
Yves eliminated as q contender for the
Presidency Mr.. Warren lent his sup
port in the conferences to Warren G.
Harding. He played no small part in
securing the Harding nomination, and
from the moment that he attached him
self to the Harding campaign he gave
unsparingly OF his time and his money.
Since Mr.. Harding became President
Mr.. Warren has conferred several
times with him and was among the
White House callers of last Saturday.
At that time he is understood to have
talked over finally the subject of the
dent goodby preparatory to business
trip to Europe. He now is in New
York, and will sail shortly for a
months visit to Europe. 1t is under
stood here that he expects to leave for
Japan soon afterward, probably about
August 1.
Upon arrival at Toxic the new AM
bassador will find several important
diplomatic tasks awaiting his attention.
Administration officials had indicated
that they regarded the post as one of
the most important in the diplomatic
service, and the major consideration
JUo C rri1r t,o n
bassador.
Hard Task Ahead
Besides the question of the Cali
fcrnia' anti-alien land laws, the SUBJ
lects which now are pending between
Washington and Toxic include such
factors as Japanese control of Shan
tung, Japanese occupation of the north
ern half of the Island of Saghalien and
disposition of the Island of zap. In
formal conversations are understood to
nave been in progress here between
the State Department and the Japanese
Ambassador, and it is expected that
when the new American Ambassador
goes to Toxic he will carry with him
important instructions regarding the
stand Of this government /,
Mr.. Warren was born at Bay City.
Mich, fifty-one years ago and was
graduated from the University of
Michigan in 1891. In 1896 he was as
soclate counsel for the United States
before the Joint High Commission to
determine the Boring Sea claims. and
in 1910 he, was counsel for the United
States in the North Atlantic coast fish
cries arbitration with Great Britain
before the Hague tribunal.
During the war Mr.. Warren served
on the staff of the Judge Advocate
General in Washington with the rank
of Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded
Distinguished Service Medal. He was
delegate at-large to the Republican
National Convention in 1908 and until
recently had been member of the
Republican National Committee and
Executive Committee. Besides serving
as president of the Detroit Chamber
OF Commerce Mr.. Warren has been a
director of the National Bank of Com
merce and many other companies and
also is d member of the American So
clety of international Law and of the
Michigan and Detroit Bar associations.
Collier Gets Post
William Miller Collier, president of
George Washington University, this
city, was nominated to-day by Presi-
dent Harding as American Ambassador
to Chile.
Mr.. Collier served as Minister to
Spain under Presidents Roosevelt and
Taft. He was born at Lodi, N. Y, fifty
three years ago, the son of the Rev.
Isaac H. and Frances Collier, and was
graduated from Hamilton College in
1889. He studied at the Columbia Col
lege Law School for two years and was
to the bar in 1892.
Nomination Of Cyrus E. Woods, Sec
rotary Of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, for Ambassador to Spain was
confirmed to-day by the Senate.