Evening star., 1927-03-09
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Changes in State Department
and Diplomatic Corps
Given Approval.

Many important changes in the De-
partment of State and the Diplomatic
service generally will go into effect
within the next few weeks. AS most
of them are interdependent, they will
be timed so as to follow one another
with the least possible interference
with the current business of the Gov
ernment. Unless a change in present
plans becomes necessary, Leland kfar-
rison and j. Butler Wright, Assist
ant Secretary of State, both of whom
have been appointed to diplomatic mis-
sions abroad, will retain their present
offices for another month and the
same is true as to William b. Castle,
Jr., chief of Sthe Western European
division, State Department. and
Francis White, counselor of legation
at. Madrid. who have been promoted
to be Assistant Secretaries of State
of the department in place of Messrs.
Harrison and Wright, respectively.
Mr.. Harrison has been appointed
Minister to Sweden, succeeding Robert
w. Bliss, who has been promoted to
the ambaSSadorship at Buenos Aires,
Argentina, vice Peter 4. Jay, resigned.
Assistant Secretary Wright has been
appointed Minister to Hungary, vice
theodore Brentano, resigned, and will
start. for Budapest early in April. Mr..
Harrison will start about the same
time for his new post of duty at
Stockholm.
MeSsrs. Castle and White also will
assume their new offices as Assistant
Secretaries early in April. flames r.
Mariner, Charge d d'AffaireS at Berne.
Switzerland. will succeed Mr. Castle
as Chief of the Western European
Division.
Immediate Appointments.
Appointments expected to take effect
Immediately are those of Harold O.
to Siam and James G.. Carter of
Georgia as Minister to Liberia, both
OF which missions are vacant.
New appointments have been made
TO the missions to Belgium, SwitZer
land, Canada and the Irish Free State,
but when they will take effect will
not be settled until Secretary Kellogg
returns from his vacation in South
Carolina, probably next week. These
appointments are more or less inter
related. William Phillips, Ambassador
to Belgium, has been appointed Min
lister to Canada; Hugh S. Gibson, Min
lister to Switzerland, has been ap-
pointed Ambassador to Belgium: Hugh
r. Wilson. Chief of the Current Infor-
nation Division, State Department,
has been appointed Minister to Swift
Zerland, and Frederick A. Sterling,
counselor of embassy at London, Eng
land. has been appointed Minister to
the Irish Free State.
Though all these appointments have
been confirmed by the Senate and the
salaries of all are covered in the regu-
lar diplomatic appropriation bill which
goes into effect July | next. no funds
have been directly provided for the
establishment before that date of the
new missions to Canada and the Irish
Free State. 1t therefore will devoive
on Secretary Kellogg and his assist
ants to determine what shall be done
in the meantime.
Funds Available July 1.
Ambassador Phillips is still at Brus-
sells, Minister Gibson Is at Geneva,
Counselor Sterling is at London, and
Mr.. Wilson Is i'll at his home in this |
city. and it liz intimated that each of |
them will continue the performance of |
his present duties until IL is settled |
whether the new missions at Ottawa
and Dublin shall be established at
once In the absence Of direct a.,pro-
priations or whether that action shall
be deferred until July /, when the.
necessary funds become available in
the regular course.
Though the President and Secretary
Kellogg may take a different view, Off.
cials at the State Department are In
clined to the belief that the new mis-
sions to Canada and the Irish Free
State cannot legally be established at
this time under existing conditions.
In that view OF the case, it is stated
that there is no pressing necessity for
their immediate establishment. in
view of the fact that any questions
that may arise between the United
States and Canada or between the
United States and the Irish Free State
ncay be readily negotiated by the rep
resentatives of the State Department
and the ministers OF Canada and the
Irish Free State. already domiciled in
this city.