Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-06
MANY FOREIGN
DIPLOMATS TO
BE DISMISSED
Reports Have It That French
Ambassador Will Be
Relieved.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ga severe
Ehake-up In Washington's diplomatic
corps is expected to follow in the wake
of the armament conference.
Unless the tea-table strategists are all
wrong in their surmises-and they sell
dom are--some Of the most familiar
figures in the capitals foreign colony
are due to be relieved when the arma-
ment conference finally lnelts away. They
will either be assigned to other posts,
put on home duty, or retired. 1t is not
improbable that some of them will be
found in Genoa when the powers meet
there on March to settle those world
problems which Paris and Washington
failed to settle.
All the ENJOYS of the so-called big
Four"-Great Britain, France, Italy and
Japan are due for early relief from
their American assignments, according to
expectations that pevail in diplomatic
quarters.
JUSSERAND TO
BE RETIRED.
Jules J. Jusserand, the ambassador
from France, who is dean of the corps,
is to be retired, according to reports.
Ever since the war ended NJ. Jusserand
has been the target Of considerable
criticism in his own country. Some of
his opponents have laid the blame at
his door for the loss Of French prestige
in America. He is also blamed for
failure to put the French position in
the armament conference "tn a better
light" He is advanced in years, and
there is demand for younger blood.
If NJ Jusserand is retired II will leave
the Spanish Ambassador, Senior de Rtano,
as the dean of the Washington corps ;
and II anything should happen to him
washington would be in a terrible pre-
dicament for that would leave the dean
ship with NJ. Bakhmeteff, the Russian
ambassador, who hasn't had n govern
ment to represent for more than four
years now, but who still is the ac-
credited Russian envoy, in spite Of that
fact
Reports recently were printed in Lon
don that Sir Auckland Geddes, the Britt
ish ambassador, was to be withdrawn,
but these were subsequently denied. The
impression prevails, however, that Sir
| Aucklan1's tenure of the American office
is soon to expire. He has made q not.
able record in Washington. according to
diplomatic observers, and it was due in
no small measure to his efforts that
Great Britain emerged from the arma-
ment conference without having met de-
feat in a single issue.
The British ambassador is more
American than any Of his predecessors
in the picturesque old British embassy
here. He has a direct speech, almost
blunt sometimes, and has little of the
characteristic British accent. As a matter
Of fact, he Is a Canadian, which may
account for most of It. His critics in
Great Britain find fault with him be-
cause he does not have the worshipful
regard for family trees that many Eng
lish diplomats possess.
yittorf Rolandi Ricci, the italian am
bassador, Is reported scheduled for an
early departure from Washington. NJ.
Ricci is understood to be anxious for
relief He is said by his friends to
want to devote his time to the better
ment of Italy's economic system.
JAP ENVOY
IS BLAMED.
K1juro Shidehara, the Japanese am
basador, who has had q great number
Of controversial problems to settle with
the American State Department, will, IN
all probability, return to Toxic soon
AFTER the conference Suus. 0ulueuaA d
is understood to be 'ln bad" with the
powers in Toxic, and there has been
much criticism In his own country Of
his work in the arms conference.
1t is recalled that at one critical june
ture Of the conference proceedings Am
bassador Shidehara became acutely i'll
and did not participate in the affairs
Of the conference Tor some time. 1t was
facetiousIy suggested by some irreverent
observers at the time that the Japan
csc ambassador was suffering from ''con-
gestion Of the cables"
In any event, it was an open secret
that there were strong differences OF
opinion within the japanese delegation,
with Shidehara and Prince Tokugawa on
the one hand, and the military and
naval figures, headed by Admiral Baron
Kato, on the other. At one time KatO
was conducting all Of Japans negotIa>
tfons almost single-handed.