The Washington times., 1924-08-05
SHAKE ST|RS
DIPLOMATIC
CORPS
Resignation of Diplomats
and Rumofsd Retirement Of
Others Cause Comment
BY II. K. REYNOLDS,
lntsknatleAAI new gaEsIee.

NOW known officially d the
foreign service has undergone 30
many rapid changes Ii recent
weeks and 30 many others appear
to BE- impending that President
Coolidge Il finding II necessary
to look around for some new en-
voys Of atnBassadcrial rank.
On the Presidents desk today
Was the resignation, already &c
cepted, Of Charles Beecher War
rem rs the United States arnbas-
sador 70 Mexico. After i series
of diplomatic feats Of the first
importance in Japan and Mexico,
Warren has elected TO return to
private life.
HefricIk May Retire.
Only b few wesln ago, the rrssl.
dent likewise accepted the resig.
nation Of Cyrus e. woods. Ameri.
can ambassador to Tapan, who hhA
decided that ne had given as much
uf his time and HIS money az he
could afford in representing his
Government In Spain and the
Orient.
Even while warren WAS at the
white House and his resignation
t4rno Skt4a ME q s,.-&4A~ - ~,rttt.ss-
the brief words Ga paper. reIiabIe
reports reached WashinEton from
Paris that Myroh =. HArrick, who
first went to France as the Ai1feri.
can ambassador In the Taft Ad.
ADMINISTRATION and served there In
the days OF the war, wanted to get
out, Of the foreign service and bark
to his home IN. Ohio. Denia1s have
come from Herricls that his retire
ment Is imfnipent, But his friends
here haye received information that
his health Is not a. good as he
would Wish, and that his strenuous
duties In Europe are becoming 4
burden to him.
Pdsts Remain Vacant.
The posts at Tokyo ana Mexico
city remain thfilled, the interests
OF the United States being handled
BY subordinate embassy officials.
In the case be Japan. whose am
bAssa6or to the United States Ii
now In HIS own country On .
leave OF absence, the State De
pattmelit has not decided whether
TO send out another. Ambassador
to take up Woods duties.
Mexico City has been technically
vacant Tor only twenty-fou hours, |
but it il the Understanding IA
official quarters, here that Pfesi- |
dent Coolidge intends to name |
WaFreii's successor without delay |
III view Of the impending claims |
settlements soon to get under way
sln1tlltarie0uely. In Mexico city ana
The American SIN.
baAsy at Mexico city has had itn |
duties doubled too, III view IL the
necessity OF handling the dipiO- |
matte business OF Great Britain.
Jacob Gould Schurnnan, present
minister to China, Is considered
the most likely choice as AnibAssa.
dor to, Japan, but Ii this transfer
Is made, there Will still be d prob.
lem In filling the post al Pexing.
where the interests, Of the United
States are large and varied.
HOtghtUn May GO.
Another important European post
which may, be vacated, according
20 reports IN political circles here,
u that at Berlin, now occupied BY
Ambassador AlAnsofi b. Houkhton.
Houghton; whose home ID lii New
York, ID among those mentioned As
possible Republican candidates for
governor Of that State. whether
or not he would leave the foreign
serviEe at this critical period ia
European reconstruction to ffilx
again IN domestic politics remains
matter Of conjecture ID Wash.
lngton; though Responsible State
Department officials expect him to
remain III Berlin.
On top OF all these changes ana
tumors Of changes, the diplomatic
relations between the United Etatch
and Rumaiiia are In an uncertain
state because Of troubles over the
policy Of the latter government in
eeizirg oil lands owned by foreign
Interests and II e expected that
Peter Augustus Jay, the American
minister at Bucharest win BIZ re-
called. temporarily al least.
Evidence II piiink tip III another
big shift IN the Foreign Service.
inors extensive perhaps than the
last one which witnessed the trans.
fer Uf fIerry p. F'letchet from Brun-
sells to-. Rome. Undersecretary OF
State William Philllps 10 BfAsseis,
Joseph q. Grew from Bkfhe 10 the
state Department. ana Hugh 9ib.
son from Warsaw to Berne. All
these changes resulted from the
resignation Of Richard washburn