The New York herald., 1922-11-05

days with a beatidc smile. Afterward ne
served as Japanese ConsulGeneral on
the Pacific coast. and wheRpi returned
for the conference he seemed not merely
more serious. but more severe.
Prince Ishii has been here first as
head OF the Japanese war mission soon
after the United States entered the war
and later as Ambassador for n short
time. He was good looking and genial.
and entertained magnifcently. Society
generally found him charming and was
sorry when he was transferred. Prob
ably with both Ishii and Hanhara the
wish is father 10 the thought, for so far
as ] know there Is no real reason TO
think that they are to have the post.
And II good wishes and popularity over
here were likely to count for much
Saburi, the present counselor and
Charge d'Affaires. could scarcely be inn
proved upon. Both he and Nine sa-
buri have been very generally liked. and
afe progressive, and either English or
American educated. which helps good
deal in getting the point of view.
For the rest. il is definitely announced
that DR.. Wroblewski Will succeed Prince
Casimir Lubomirski as Polish Minister
here and that Jonkheer DR.. A. ID. C..
de Graeff. now Minister of the Neither
lands< to Japan. is to be the next Min
lister Of the Netherlands here. But as
to when either of them will come there
is nothing like a definite announce
ment. although the De Graeffs seem
likely to get here before the first of the
year, about ChristmaG time. Possibly
the announcement of DR.. de Graeffs
appointment so long before he could ar
range to get here may have been TO
put a Quietus on rumorS that kept bob
bing up to the effect that that good
looking young De Beaufort, who had
two terms of service here and was
Charge dAffaires for so long the last
time, and even after he had been ap-
pointed his country's Minister TO Greece
was kept here for the conference last
winter at which he was one of his coun-
try's delegation. might return as Minis
fer and yet other rumors that the pres
ent counselor and Charge. DR.. HUI
brechE, might get the post That
scarcely seemed probable. for 1t is not
in accordance with diplomatic usage to
promote man from counselor to Min
ister at the same capital. When he Is
promoted he is usually transferred-as
De Beaufort was-and is broken In as
Minister in some less important capt.
tai, though he may be returned here
later after serving his apprenticeship
elsewhere.
DIR. and Nine. Hubrecht, by the way,
Rave spent the summer at Mount Eagle
one of the historic old places down near
Alexandria, which they had rented for
the summer, and liked II so we'll that
they stayed on into the fall. They were
still there a week ago. but l suppose
they are likely to be getting into towl
soon, though their new little daugh-
ter. they have one not more than u
couple Of months old, was thriving so
down there that they rather hated TO
bring her in to Washington.
Tootrbaat. do (,raeff and his family
seem likely to be a distinct addition TO
Washington, which met them very
briefly. in 1918 when they passed
through Washington on their way from
the Orient to Holland They had with
them at that time only their younger
children. the elder girls having been
sent home in advance of their parent,.
They have four girls and young son.
Their eldest daughter is married to
young Dutch officer at present Mili
tary Attache of the Netherlands Lega-
tion at Tokyo, and two of the others
of an age to be interesting additions
socially to the diplomatic corps, one
already out and the other of debutante
age Those who met the family as they
passed through four years ago remem.
Der them as quite charming. Jonkheer
de Graeff was then president of the
council in Dutch East India. a position
second only to that of governor gen
eraL and Nine. de Graeff was the
daughter of a former governor gen
eral. Dr. de Graeff worked his way
up TO his important post through the
various grades of the Dutch Colonial
service and had about reached the top
when he came home, four years ago.
He was rather young to have Travelled
so far, as he is now not more than
forty-seven or forty-eight. He stayed
at home for a year. and was then APP
pointed Minister to Japan.
Both DR.. AMI Nine. de Graeff speak