Evening star., 1923-04-27
MENTION warren
FOR HARVEY POST
Possible Resignation of Lat
ter Leads to|Ta'k of
Successor.
RY DAVID LAWRENCE.


Will George Harvey resign as am
bassador to Great Britain when he
returns here In a few days:
This question has been raised here
not only because talk OF "A successor
is inevitably interesting. hut because
George Harvey may pley ar i'm
portant part In the 1924 campaign
if he does come back to America.
When Ambassador Harvey applied
for leave of absence President Hard
ing was In Florida. MIR. Hasvey gave
as his reason desire to attend to
some urgent personal matters. No
intimation has come since to the
White House or the State Department
that he intends to resign, anI there
Is, of course, no criticism of HIS work.
so it is not a question Of Involuntary
separation from his post. But the
circumstantial stories which, have
been conveyed here from what appear
to be reliable sources Is that Ambas-
sador Harvey simply can't afford the
London job any more and THAI the
financial strain IS worrying hins
-Mentioned as &. o. Il. Chief:
Besides the expensiveness Of. the
post, there is another influence pulling
at George Harvey--it iS the desire 10
get back into the political fray. sIis
, name has been mentioned as a poS-
sihle manager OF Mr.. Harding's cam
paign, though this does not seem Sas
likely Is Mr.. Harvey's active partiSi-
, patton as right-hand man to the ma
who is chosen as manager. Mr.. Hag-
vey is too recently a republican 60
become chairman of the republican
national committeeman whoever be-
comes chairman will manage the
Harding campaign-but he is respects
ed in the councils of the party and
can have a dominant part in shaping
party policy if he is back here. He
might even wish to revive Harvey'S
! Weekly a means of advancing the
Harding cause. though some people
who know George Harvey claim he is
not altogether sold on the idea Of
American entrance into the world
court and is much more inclined to
side with his old cronies in the ''irre-
concilable' group in the Senate. 1t
was Ambassador Harvey who in a
speech in London announced that the
United States would have nothing to
do directly or indirectly with the
, league or any commission or institu-
tion it creates.
Place Much Sought
If Ambassador Harvey does resign
! there will be plenty of names men
| toned for the place, as il is alyays
much sought. The man who is not
unlikely to be considered for the am
hassadorship to Great Britain. how
ever is Charles b. Warren of Detroit,
Mich. who has just come home from
Toxic. where as ambassador to Japan
he helped immeaSurably in bringing
the United States and Japan into ac-
cord both before and after the famous
Washington conference on armament
Mr. Warren has won his spurs in di-
plomacy. and President Harding
thinks so much of his ability that he
is sending him next week to Mexico
to confer with President Obregon and
arrange a settlement of the entire
Mexican question.
Helped Name Harding.
Mr. Warren was formerly Michi-
SanS representative on the republi-
can national committee, and although
he went to the 1920 convention to
swing the Lowden delegates for
Harding. He has made a big financial
success as a lawyer and can we'll
afford to carry on the entertainment
and other expensive phases of an
American ambassadors work in Eu
rope AS many of the present con-
troversies between American and
European countries are of legal
nature, Mr.. Warren's experience is
counted as an asset. He was one of
the experts on International law TAX
en- to the peace conference by the
American peace mission. During the
war he was the right hand man to
Gen. Crowder and is said to have
dra fled many of the regulations
through which the selective service
law was put into effective operation.
Secretary Hughes and Mr.. Warren
have become close friends and it is
a safe bet that if Ambassador Har-
vey does relinquish the post Mr..
Warren will be among the first to be
considered as his successor.
Copyright, 1929