The New York herald., 1922-04-30
Cabinet Insufficiently In
formed of American Opin-
ion by It's Envoy.
ABSENT DURING FARLEY
State Department and French
Embassy Here Without
News Of Change.

| PARIS, April ~ (ASSociated PreSs) -
Count Peretti de la Rocca. political
director of the Foreign Office, Is likely
to succeed Jean Jules Jusserand as
Ambassador to the United States as
soon as the former can be spared by
Premier Poincare, II was stated to-
day. The retirement of NJ. Jusserand.
according to present plans, will be ar
ranged during his usual summer visit
| to Paris.
Count Peretti de In Rocca now holds
a position corresponding to that of
Permanent Under Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, and is next In
charge under the Foreign Minister.
No official action has as yet been
taken, and the selection OF q new diplo-
matte representative would, Of course, be
dependent upon the approval OF the State
Department in Washington when the
time came to make an appointment. An
intimation of Count Peretti de la Roccas
desire to go to Washington and the Gov
ernment's intention to send him there,
however, appear already to have reached
the w 'autnOrltleB.
Usefulness Doubted.
The French Government desires to do
nothing of precipitate nature In view
of M. Jusserand's long and admirable
services In Washington. his intimate
friendships with previous Presidents and
his entirely correct relations with the
present Administration. 1t appears. how
ever, that doubts as to whether he
should remain In Washington arose at
the Foreign Office In positive form when
Rene Viviani returned from his visit to
America In May. 1921.
The observations made by M. BRAND
at the Washington armaments confer
ence last fall appear to have confirmed
the feeling in the Foreign Office that
1t had not been kept fully informed re-
specting current American opinion. 1t
was also felt that the Ambassador had
not sufficiently understood American
psychology just before and during the
Washington conference.
There had been much comment In Of
ficial quarters since the return of the
French delegation on NJ. Jusserand's re-
moteness from the American press and
his almost complete absence of contact,
it is declared. with the principal corre-
spondents In Washington. 1t has also
Teen remarked in these quarters that
during the six days of the conference
during which the discussion of the
French naval demands were in their
most difficult stage the Ambassador
was absent, addressing a historical asso-
citation at st. Louis.
Blamed for M1sndventure.
NJ. Jusserand has been made to bear
by press and public considerable part
OF the responsibility over the French
showing at the armament conference,
which caused such disappointment here,
and the disposition seems to exist to
sacrifice him on the Governments be-
| half for the misadventure at the con.
| ference and what are regarded here
as the distressing signs OF estrange-
ment between France and America.
| Count Peretti de la Rocca, who Is So
| years old, entered the Foreign Service
| In the Consular Department in 1893.
He was First Secretary Of the Lega-
| tion In Mexico City. 1907-09, when he
was transferred as Counselor of the
embassy in Washington, where he re-
| mained until 1913.
| Count Peretti has always taken a
deep interest in American affairs. Mime.
! Peretti Is Mexican by birth.
News to Washington.
Special Dispatch to THE NEW YoHK HERALD
| New York Herald bureau.
Washington. ID. g.. April 20.
III Jules NJ. Jusserand is to retire from
the post OF French Ambassador to
Washington, as reported from Paris. no
official notice to that effect has been re-
ceived by the United States Government.
according to State Department officials,
nor has the French Embassy received
any official advices. .t,N
| One of the embassy attaches pointed
out this afternoon that there had been
several apparently authentic reports
heretofore Of a similar nature. but that
they had not proved to be well founded.
| Ambassador Jusserand has been the
diplomatic representative OF his country
in the United States for nearly two de-
has been dean OF the Diplomatic Corps
| He presented his credentials az Am
bassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-
tentiary on Februry 7, 1908. The Am
bassador was a close personal friend of
the late Theodore Roosevelt, frequent
visitor to the White House and MEM
Der Of the tennis cabinet" and he also
used to Join Roosevelt frequently on his
strenuous hikes" around the country
Literary likes drew the two men to-
gether also, Ambassador sJusserand
having contributed a number OF inter-
esting volumes to the history of Eng
lish literature. His wife is an American,
having been Miss Richards of Boston.