Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-11
PRESIDENT TO SEND
| ONLY BEST ABROAD
Dawes Appointment First in
Plan for Raising Services
Efficiency.
By the Associated Press.

The appointment Of Charles Gates
Dawes as Ambassador to the Court of
st. James Is President Hoover's first
step In q realignment Of the American
diplomatic service, through which he
hopes TO bring its efficiency to the
highest possible point.
To reach this objective, the President
purposes to choose only men of recog-
nized and proved ability to represent
the United States In foreign lands, a
policy that ne has followed both in an
out Of public cfilce in the selection of
those to whom dificult work was to be
intrusted.
But, as with appointments to his
law enforcement study commission,
Mr.. Hoover is moving slowly and care
fully in making changes In the foreign
service. New appointments and
changes In the assignments of present
personnel are to come one at time
and may be strung out over several
months as the Chief Executive combs
the field for available and suitable
material.
Herrick's Place to FIJI.
With the London post provided for,
he Is now confronted with the necessity
of finding a man to fill the important
and responsible post at Paris, made va
cant by the death of Myron T. Herrick.
Because Of the demands of propriety
and the Presidents desire to select an
appointee who will be acceptable in
every way, however. final decision
cannot be expected for some time.
The Paris position is regarded as par
ticularly difficult to fill because of the
exceptionally high regard IN which Mr..
Herrick was held. not only by the
French government. but by the people
OF that country as well. Prominent
among the names that have been pro-
posed Is that of Gen. John J. PERISH
ing. Well known throughout France
as commander In chief Of the American
Expeditionary Forces. Pershing, It has
been suggested. would bring to the am
Dassaoorsnip much of the esteem and
respect enjoyed by the late diplomat.
among the more important diplomatic
posts at which changes are expected
are Rome and Toxic. The adnninistra-
ton has other work In prospect for
Henry p Fletcher, Ambassador to italy.
VINO Is career man." but there has
been no indication where he will be as
signed. Ambassador Charles MacVeaph.
Americas representative In Japan. has
expressed a desire to terminate his sery-
ices with the Government. and there
have been indications that he might
De succeeded by John Van A. Mac
Murray now Minister to China, which
IN turn would leave another vacancy
at post Of Importance.
South America Changes.
In South America, changes are ex-
pected In Peru. where Alexander p.
moore Is now Ambassador, and in Chile,
Where the United States Is now repre-
senteo by William A. Culbertson. Re.
garding South and Central America a.
the 1lrst trench Of American foreign
relations, Mr.. Hoover is particularly
anxious to build up a strong and en-
Gent service there.
Upon his arrival In London Gen.
Dawes will find before him one ma Tor
ana several minor questions affecting
brltish-American relations.
The major one Is that Of further
limitation Of naval ornaments. involving
cruisers and other auxiliary fiehtins
craft. to round out the agreement affect.
ing battleships and airplane carriers
reached at the Washington arms con.
ference in 1921.
Among other questions are the arbi-
Iralion treaty proposed by Secretary
kellogg late IN 1927 to replace the Root
Treaty which expired on June 4, 1923,
and the vexing question Of the freedom
OF the seas, which has been more or
less dormant since the Paris peace con-
ference.
Rum Treaty In Future.
BY that time the rum treaty nego-
tlated in 1924 by Charles Evans Hughes
may be up for reconsideration as a re-
suit OF the exchanges now going on
between the United States and Canada
over the sinking Of the Canadian
schooner I'm Alone by a Coast Guard
cutter IN the Gulf of Mexico some 900
miles from shore. X
Operations under this treaty have led
to several international incidents and
there is general feeling here that both
the American and British governments
might wish to review its terms In the
not distant future, with q view either
TO It's modification or its abrogation.
In the first place some American
ofncials doubt that the pact would stand
the test Of review by the United States
Supreme Court, and in the second
they are dubious that it has brought
the results that were expected.
Seek Rum Runner Rule.
The British are represented as desir-
Ing Qualification Of number of points
In the treaty, such as the right of con-
t1nuous pursuit and the sinking of
suspected rum runners after such pur-
suit has carried the ships far out upon
the high seas.
The extension of naval disarmament
apparently is no nearer q solution than
1t was with the breaking UP Of the tri-
partite conference at Geneva several
years ago after the British and Amer
lean delegates became deadlocked over
the question of cruiser tonnage.
The two governments are far apart
on their viewpoints Great Britain con-
tending for a sharp limitation Of ton
mage in the 10,000-ton class without
limitation on smaller cruisers and the
United States standing for the con-
struction Of 10,000-ton ships UP to the
maximum of the tonnage to be agreed
upon for this class.
The United States holds that with its
limited naval bases only the larger
cruisers would meet its particular needs,
and only these would have the cruising
radius to make them effective weapons.
Great Britain, with its naval bases
scattered around the globe, holds to the
6.500-ton types carrying smaller guns
than the eight-inch weapons that could
be mounted upon the larger ships.
These craft would be outclassed by the
larger tonnage and gun ships.
LONDON PAPERS HAIL DAWES.
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Great Public Career Cited in Enthusi-
astic Comment.
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, April ll.-English news
papers were enthusiastic today in their
comments on the appointment of Gen.