The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
ENJOYS
LEAVE POSTS
U. S. MINISTERS TO ENGLAND
AND ITALY LEAVE UNDER
PREVIOUS AGREEMENT
AMBASSADORS RESIGN
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ACCEPTS
RESERVATIONS OF HARVEY
AND CHILD

Washington.-The designations of
Ambassadors Harvey at London and
Child at Rome, submitted for private
reasons and under agreements reached
with the Harding administration, have
been accepted, marking the first big
change in the American diplomatic
service since President Coolidge took
office
Ambassador Harvey will quit his
post about the first of the year. Am
bassador Child, who either has left or
is about to leave Rome for the United
States will not go back. None of the
other American ambassadors or minis
ters, the State Department said in
making the announcement, has any
similar agreement limiting his term of
service, so far as known.
The only explanation of the two res
ignations given in official quarters was
that in both cases the ambassadors a
few months ago had reached agree
ments with President Harding as to
the length of time they could continue
at their posts. In both cases there
have been intimations that the ambas-
sadors were finding their positions
unduly burdensome in a financial way.
There was no official word availa-
BILE here as to successors President
Coolidge might send to fill the posts.
At the State Department it was not ad-
mitted that any steps had been taken
to sound out the two governments as
to suitability of possible appolntees.
Both ambassadors played important
parts in the campaign which resulted
in the election of President Harding,
and since entering on their diplomatic
duties they have been prominent fig
ures in negotiations having to do with
postwar developments.
The outstanding incident of British
American relations during the period
of Ambassador Harvey's duties in
London was the conclusion of the
British debt negotiations. When the
exchanges reached their final stage
and Premier Baldwin, then chancel.
Tor, was in the United States with the
British commission to work out de-
tails of an agreement, Mr.. Harvey
was called home to aid in bringing
the refunding to a successful con-
clusion.
At present questions regarding
liquor smuggling and the status of
ship stores of liquor in American
waters are among subjects before
the British imperial conference, now
in session in London. The British
government recently notified Secre-
tary Hughes that his proposals for a
treaty agreement to cover these sub
poets, while not entirely favorable
from foreign office viewpoint
would be laid before the council rep
resentatives of the British self-gov'
erning colonies.
Ambassador Child headed the Amer
lean delegation sent to the first Lau.
same conference for conclusion of
peace between Turkey and the allies.
While the United States was not at
war with Turkey, it was felt neces-
sary that American viewpoints should
be fully presented during the treaty
negotiations, even though the Ameri'
can delegates did not participate in
any decisions of the conference. Mr..
Child was the American spokesman in
the discussions and also gave his aid
toward peaceful solution of many OF
the difficult problems which repeated
ly threatened to disrupt the confer
ence.
When the first Lausanne parleys
failed Mr.. Child returned TO Rome,
not attending the second conference
at which the treaty was signed under
which allied troops evacuated Con
stantinople.