The Washington herald., 1922-09-10


The diplomats are beginning to
return, too. but I'm sure there
wasn't hardly one here the first
part of the week. Those who
were not already away went of
motoring or picnicking. Many of
them seem to enjoy the picnic
habit, particularly the Minister of
Bolivia and his wife and daughter,
who go of almost every Sunday
for one In Maryland or Virginia
taking well-flled hampers with
them and always a small group of
guests. The charge d'affaires of
Austria and his American wife,
Nine. Prochnik. enjoy a picnic al
most every Saturday, always hav-
ing guests. With them last week
was Miss Violet Emerson James.
of Boston. sister of Mime. Prochnik,
who is their guest for a few weeks,
and who is too sweet, pretty and
attractive for words.
There will be several new am
bassadors and ministers to grace
the functions of state this winter,
and among them appearing for the
first time since Count Won Bern
storff was sent home will be DIR.
Otto Wiedfeldt. Ambassador of
Germany. He and his wife have
just returned to the Capital. The
Ambassador came over alone. was
received by the President and went
home again almost Immediately.
All sorts of rumors fioated around
to the effect that he was not COM
ing back, but back he is bringing
his wife and a son. Herman, who
is to be a student at the Univer-
sity OF Wisconsin.
Pedro NJ. Arcaya, former minis
ter of state of Venezuela, Is to be
appointed Minister to the United
States. succeeding Minister Do
iAASi' dSSoiu uiHS u ihioTihdtlOn IN
diplomatic circles here. Senior
Arcaya. who is well known in
most South American countries as
a iurist. was said to be in New
York at present and was expected
here within a few days to assume
his post
Senior Dominica. the retiring rep
resentative OF Venezuela, resigned
two months ago after publishing
an open letter to President Gomez.
in which he criticised the election
of brother and of a son Of Gomez
to the position Of vice presidents.
He went to Europe after resign
ing.
+ FERYWHERE I go these days.
l. I'm asked: Have you met
young Baron Leopold Plessen yet?
He is so good looking, so nice, the
loveliest manners" and so forth and
30 forth. That young man hasn't
been here very long. but seems to
have made a great impression al
ready. He came in the late spring to
take up his duties as Secretary of the
German Embassy. He is a nephew
Of the widowed Princess Herbert
Bismarck, also OF the Iatter's sister.
Countess Camilla Hoyos. who mar
ried Charles wilkins Snort. of Gin
cinnati. Countess Camilla, before
becoming Mrs. Short. was fire.
quent visitor to the United States,
and was wont to spend much of her
time in the Berkshires. as the guest
of Mrs. Joseph H. Choate and of her
daughter. Miss Mabel Choate. ana
with other American friends.
Baron Leopold PIessen's father
was formerly German minister at
Athens and Prussian envoy at the
Court of Darmstadt. where young
Leopold was born. Young Plessen
has also a very strong strain of
English blood in his veins. For
his mother Is a grandchild of old
Robert whitehead, the inventor and
manufacturer Of the famous White
head torpedo. Alice Whitehead in
herited a very large share of her
grandfather's immense fortune,
which in England alone amounted
to some S10.OOO.O0O. the bulk OF his
DroDerty heipp sItuated in Austria
especially at Fiume. on the A driatic,
where the huge Whitehead torpedo
works are situated.
Young Plessen's mother. like her
sisters. Princess Bismarck and the
former Countess Camilla Hoyos.
now Mrs. Short, of Cincinnati. were
born on the Isle of Wight and
brought up almost wholly in Eng
land. and are. therefore, very IA
miliar figures in English society.
Baron Leopold Plessen had been
staying with his American aunt, Ca
milla,' at Cincinnati when the war
broke out. and on his way home.
in response to a summons to join
his regiment. was captured by an
English warship off Gibraltar, and
after a short detention in that
stronghold was interned in England
as a prisoner of war in the deten-
tion camp at Wakefield.