The Washington times., 1927-04-08
RY JEAN ELIOT

DUT recently 'of return" from a
~ three weeks tour of the South
and Middle West, the German Am
bassador and Baroness Nathan are
to leave again Immediately after
Easter for q trip which will take
them all the way to the Pacific coast.
Baron Nathan evidently takes to
heart the slogan, See America!
And. curiously enough. he seems to
be the only foreign envoy in th@
Diplomatic Corps as now constituted
to be much concerned with the ex-
ploration Of the far reaches of this
country. One hears occasionally Oh
one ambassador or another visiting
New York or Chicago or Cleveland,
but one usually finds that it is for
the definite purpose Of making a
speech on the invitation of some i'm
portant organization OF to keep in
touch with some large group of
his country's nationals.
Other Diplomatic Globe Trotters
The French ambassador. Nj.
Claudel, made a trip across the
continent on his way to Washing.
ton, journeying in leisurely fashion
in order to see something of the
country But he was coming from
Tokyo. his previous post so this
was his most direct route, and he
does not so far stand committed 10
q policy of sightseeing, Then,
there was the transcontinental tour
of the minister of Sweden. Mr..
Bostrom, last summer, but that,
too. was a special instance, since
he was travelling in the suite of
the Swedish Crown Prince. And
for the most part. the diplomats
seem to be content to absorb their
impressions of the United States
from Washington. New York and
Newport, with, perhaps, an occa-
sional visit to Atlantic City to see
how the American proletariat
anuses itself.
A PrinceIy Prototype
Indeed, pne needs must go back
to the TIME when Prince Antoine
Bibesco was Rumanian minister to
the United States to find a foreign
envoy who did the comprehensive
travelling which the German am.
bassador proposes to undertake.
q marked degree the intellectual
curiosity which was one Of Prince
Bibesco.s salient characteristics and
seems to enjoy, as did Prince BIZ
besco, making contacts with as
many different Kinds of people in
as many strata as possible. This
contributed to an understanding of
this country which was extremely
valuable to Rumania's one.time en-
Voy In his diplomatic exchanges
with our State Department. \
This quality has also augmented
Baron Maltzan's growing popularity,
which is based principally on his
intelligence, his geniality and his
bubbltng humor. He enjoys a Joke
even when 1t is on himself and he
was vastly entertained when, short
" after he came to Washington,
he CHANGED to arrive at a fete in
the wake of dear old Mrs. William
j. Boardman to be presented to the
hostess as ''the German Ambassa-
dor and Baroness Nathan" In
Productions that day were in the
hands of Eddie, messenger to the
Secretary of state and a factotum
who prides hinself-and Justly
on his wide acquaintance with Of
ficialdom. The ambassador has
never let the slip be forgotten. His
favorite remark to Eddie. when he
is discovered making introductions.
is My wife gets younger every
day, doesn't she?"
To Visit Dawes
Baron and Baroness Maltzans are
TO make a comprehensive Western
trip, taking in Yellowstone Park
the Yosemite and other natural
wonders. as well as the big cities
Of the Pacific slope and such truly