The Washington times., 1922-08-06
WILL AMBASSADOR
HERRTCK ~MIX IN''
i'm OHIO POLITICSa
Has Gone to Cleye=
land After Brief
Visit Here.

can ambassador to France,
was another important visitor In
Washington last week. There is
hardly a political leader who has
not known Mr.. Herrick for many
. years and he never fails Of a cor
dial welcome when he strikes town.
Moreover, he Is persona grata at
the White House, for he had the
forethought to hail from Ohio. and
he and President Harding are old.
time friends as well as political
buddies.
Mr.. Herrick was only here for a
few days-staying with the Third
Assistant Secretary OF State and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss-and.
although he reported officially to
Secretary Hughes. such visits as,
he made to the White House were
unofficial in character. He and
the Blisses are old friends, Mr..
Bliss having been counselor Of the
American embassy in Paris in the
early days of the war when Mr..
Herrick, although his successor
had been appointed, was staying
on at the American embassy be-
cause he knew the ropes, and no
new man could take his place. 1t
was because of Mr.. Herrick's bril-.
liant administration at this time
that the French people requested
his reappointment to the embassy
in Paris when the Republicans
again came into power.
He has gone on out to his farm
In Michigan for a short holiday,
has Mr.. Herrick; and then pos
sibly he will mix in" a bit in
politics in Ohio. The amEassa-
doris return home at this time,
e when Senator Atlee Pomerene is
waging battle for reelection in
Ohio, recalls the warm contest
between Herrick and Pomerene
in 1915. when the Senator de-
feated the present ambassador
and became the only Democrat
in the Ohio delegation in Con-
gress. Mr.. Herrick's son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Parmely Herrick. and their little
son, Parmely, jr., accompanied
the ambassador to this country.
EVERYwHERE he went in
Washington Mr.. Herrick had
to give reply to the whispered in
quiry as to the truth of reports
that he would not return to Paris.
He was good-natured about the ef-
forts to talk him out of his job"
but is telling his friends that II is
formally and informally, officially
and unofficially. untrue that he
has resigned or that he intends to
do so.. And after escaping from
the round of breakfasts, luncheons,
and dinners. impromptu, It is true.
but none the less hard on the
digestion, which was thrust upon
him by his friends here. he is
probably more than glad that he
L. returning to Paris.
The question which everybody
wanted to ask Mr.. Herrick-but I
suspect nobody dsred-was, Have
the Jusserands really gone home
to stay?" The persistent rumors
that the French ambassador is to
be transferred or retired are caus-
ing considerable anxiety here, for
we have come to regard NJ. Jusse-
rand as one Of us, and both he
and his American wife are greatly
beloved. When they sailed last
Wednesday for their long delayed
holiday. leaving Count de Cham
brun behind as charge d'affaires,
they took with them the affection
Of host Of American friends and
fervent hopes for their speedy
return.
WASHINGTON observers have
come to be skeptical about
the vacation trips" of diplomats
foreign or domestic. The "vaca-
tion" is one OF the favorite ex-
plantations OF ENJOYS leaving
Washington when their return is
not in contemplation and usually
after they have been absent for a
brief time announcement comes OF
their retirement or detail to other
, posts. DR.. Santos A. Dominica,
for many years minister of Vene.
Euela at Washington, choose. how
ever. to do things in a more
dramatic way and announced his
resignation from the diplomatic
service on the eve OF sailing for
Europe, stating that he could not
work with an executive who was
striving to establish a dynasty in