Evening star., 1926-04-04
Tales of We'll Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Chile Ambassadors to United States Classed
Among Leading Dipl plomats-Personal Sketches
of Notable Foreigners Stationed Here.
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

Chiles fourth Amba ssa dor, Senol
Miguel CruChaEa. has arrived at the
scene Of his future labors and his
presence recalls that all of his prede
I cessors have been outstanding mer
and that the first Amba assador. Senol
Eduardo SuareZ Muiica, is esteemed
as one of the most distinguished dip
lomatS ever accredited to Washing
ton. He Is unique among the envoys
who have served in Washington, in
that for Invaluable service given as
arhiter between this Nation and TtalN
over the Interpretation of q trade
treaty, he received a vote of thanks
from Congress. and a splendid gold
medal was struck off in his honor
and presented with suitable cere
mOnial in the American embassy in
Santiago. Senior SuareZ is reaching
the advanced age of three score and
ten, but he is still in active political
life and his pen is Just as busy as IL
Was 40 years ago. Among the honurS
which have accumulated for this ven
cradle diplomatist is that he was the
first president of the first pan-Ameri.
can congress and he has given su-
premely valuable service to every one
OF these significant conferences ever
SINCE, attending d delegate when
he no longer cared to carry the eN-
eCutNe burden. lie was Minister
from Chile when that government
raised her establishment into an EN-.
bassy in 1913. and he was the first
AMBASSADOR IN the Chilean foreign
service. Senior SuareZ was the prime
mover in what was known as the
a. 4. c. negotiations intended TO in
tervene in a friendly wax between
this country and Mexico when war
clouds were gathering. He was at
the height Of his popularity and use
k--&SS when he was recalled to SAN
tiago to R'1lne m SxaSFel. - .ntelgn
affairs. Senior Reltran Matthew, re
cent Ambassador from Chile, was
summoned home last December to
receive the same honor.
| The late Senator Lodge ami the
late Representative John Jacob Rogers
gave practically the last Of their
strength and endura nee in securing
needed legislation for the foreign
service and most of all in awakening
interest in getting perma nent diplo-
matte establishments in alien lands.
Now that the bill perfected by these
TWO lamented statesmen has taken
tangible form and an actual sum will
soon be available to buy dwellings
for lega tions. baSSies and CONSUL
ates in capitals where they now are
rented. the Secretary of State is max:
ing a survey of the situation The
Paris embaSs is we'll furnished and
hvable. tha nkS to the energy of Mr..
Herrick. and the mansion presented
by Mr.. y. Pierpont Morgan for Ameri-
can Ambassador to London is now be
ing remodeled and it is hoped that Mr..
HouShton will take possession in
October. The United States owns
f1ne legation home in Warsaw. due
to the forethought and generosity of
Mr.. Richard Crane, who was Min
lister at the time that the famous Blue
Palace was sold for a trfling sum
The government remunerated Mr.
Crane for his purchase and for the
furnishings. and also for improve
ments which he had made. and it got.
fine bargain. The American en-
hassy in Rio is a handsome estah hlish-
ment. built under the direction Of Mr.
Edwin Morgan. and of the Sa o. type
of architecture a. those clustered
about the .tonroe Palace. as the for.
eign office Of Brazil is called
Sir Esme Howard. the ninth Am
bassador sent from Great Britain to
Washington since Lord Pauncefote of
Preston assumed the rank in 1898,
has made the phenomenal record of
reaching the third in the list of these
dlgnitaries and that in little more
than two years. He now stands next
to the dean and the vice dean of the
corps, and as the summons of the
Spanish Ambassador to the court of
Madrid may mean a change of post,
the British envoy soon may he among
the governing members of the large
diplomatic body here. 1t was in
March, 1924. that Sir Esme Howard
presented his credentials and bega
below Is other diplomats of the same
rank. Nothing is more typical Of the
unrest of cabinets and of world
policies than that all but two of these
ambassadors have been recalled and
their successors rank below the repre-
sentative from the court of ST. James.
Senior Juan Riano Y Gayangos has
been ambassador since 1918, but he
had been minister for five years previ-
Gus to his promotion and had been
charge d analres at varying times
since 1900. when Spain resumed
friendly relations after the interim
caused by the war for Cuban indie
pendence. Senor Riano has thus
something like 90 years of residence
IN Washington. though they were not
continuous. But the next in rank is
de Cartier de Marchienne. who came
to the Capital in the first week of
1926, but, owing to the illness Of Presi-
dent Wilson, was not received until
Nay of the same year. The Belgian
Ambassador is one OF five who were
received about the sa me time, but they
have all returned home or are serving
at other posts. Sir Esme Howard is
the senior of two other higher diplo
mats also received in March, 1924
the enVoYs from Argentina and from
Peru, both of whom presented their
credentials just a few days later than
did Sir ESme
Lady Astor's Oldest son, affection
ately known as Bobby Shaw, has beer
almost as unfortunate on the hunting
and polo fields as has the Prince OF
Wales, and he is just hobbling about
on crutches after having been FOL
weeks in the hospital recovering from
q dislocated knee, a sprained wrist
and a broken shoulder blade, all the
result of a ssty fall while pla yinl
polo Mr. Shaw admires his talented
mother most enthusia stically and has
gradually overcome that lady's re
lIGrtance to have such a mature Sor
about and also to recall the fact Of
her previous marriage and divorce
But he has removed all obstacles anC
now is a frequent and welcome gues'
at Cliveden, is on the best of terms
with his young stepsisters anc
stepbrothers and has gained the friend
ship of Lord Astor. The former
Nancy Langhorne. according to rumor
has wearied of the strenuous life o.
a member of Parliament and is abou
to assume the domestic role as
permanent one. She is a fearles,
huntress and relishes the companion
ship of Bobbie Shaw, who always il
ready for an adventure. A famou:
rider, Miss Agnes Beaumont, is an
other sufferer with Mr.. Shaw, anC