The Washington times., 1922-07-23
DIPLOMATS PLAYING
IMPORTANT PART in
SEASONS ACTIVITIES
Corps Is Scattered,
but Many ENJOYS
Vet i'm Town

aNuiOubHduuF anu NHlNe' SusssfuHi
are still here and won't get away
before the middle or the last OF
next month. And the Chilean
ambassador and Nine. Matthew
have only Just sailed for a short
holiday in Europe. They didn't
leave town until Friday, putting
off yesterday from New York.
The Spanish Ambassador and
Nine. Riano are at the embassy
after having completed fort.
nights motor trip In New England.
Nine, Riano will 80 70 Hot Springs
early In August for little visit,
but the Ambassador expects to stay
on here the rest of the summer.
The Peruvian Ambassador and
Nine. Pezet are here, and although
they propose visit TO Hot Springs.
they have made no definite plans.
Theis-son and daughter-in-lsw, Mr..
and Mrs,,A. Washington Pezet, are
with them. and they find life very
pleasant In their cool and comfort.
able apartment at the Wardman
Park Hotel. The Brazilian Ambas.
sador, Mr.. de Alencar. 10 devoting
most of his time to motoring. but
he makes Washington his head.
quarters and is In and out every
little while.
ITO return TO the Jusserands, they
have been kept here by the tact
that the embassy was very short
handed In the straight diplomatic
line. They had military and naval
attaches a.pisnty--and most OF the
new specialized varieties-but 10
one to leave as charge daffaires.
II they went off themselves. A few
days ago they were notified that re-
lief was In sight. Count Charles de
Chanbrun. who has been here sew.
eral times before. has been de.
s. tached from his post at CONSTANT,
nople and ordered here to take
charge OF the embassy while they
60 home. He Is expected to sail
early In August and they should get
away some time during the month.
Count de Chambrun has been
here before several times. He lived
here as a small boy when his father
was attached to the French-pre.
sumably IL was legation then
and no and his brothers were lust
kids" IN the neishborhood In which
they lived. and which is stiil full Of
tales OF their boyish escapades.
And he was here a. member OF
the embassy staff for short tours
Of duty. He came over In 1917,
soon after the United States en-
tered the war, a. member Of the
French high commission. which
was headed by Viviani and Joffre--
and was gladly welcomed by his
many old friends. And he was
again attached to the embassy
staff, as charge during the absence
Of the Ambassador and Nine. JUS
serand in Paris during the peace
conference.
His brother. Count Adelbert DC
Chambrun, has also been connect
ed with the embsssy-and was,
r believe, counselor Of the embassy
when he married Miss Clara Long
worth. q sister of Congressman
Nicholas Longworth, Of Cincinnati.
There 10 a third brother. Count
Pierre, who 10, I believe, in the
French army. 1t was probebly he
who had the Joy Of directing the
fire of his men against his own
family's ancestral home when the
Germans had overrun that part Of
France and occupied the De Cham.
brun estates,
remember hearing at the time
Of the thsiliing letters received by
the Longworth family on this side,
telling Of it-and their jubilant
tone. that the Frenchman's inti-
mate knowledge Of the entire coun-
tryside could be turned to the ad.
vantage of his country.
II Washington didn't like the Do
Chambruns for their own sake II
would be ready to like them be.
cause Of their descent from that
picturesque French hero Of their
revolution and ours-the Marquis
de Lafayette, Count Charles, who
is coming here now, Is most
awfully nioe'-and he's q bachelor.
So that there Is general hope
that this 10 not merely temporary
relief expedition he is engaged
upon, but that he 10 to be attached
permansntly--as far as anything Ia
permanent in the diplomatic serv.
ice--outside Of the French ambas-
sadorship, which seems to be--to
the embassy here.
As to the permanency ofs the
French ambassadorship-the ru.
NOR is sthl current that Jusserand
will shortly retire, But, like all
: such rumors, no one who IL In
,,o.Ittor IN confirm A will Nv