Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-02
EDGE HELD SURE
OF HERR|CK POST
Diplomats and Capitol Hill
Believe Senator Will BE
Named Ambassador.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Diplomatic Washington seems to be
convinced that Senator Edge of New
Jersey is the most likely choice for APP
pointment as Ambassador to France to
succeed the late Myron T. Herrick. A
similar opinion is entertained on Capt.
toll Hill, particularly among close friends
of the Senator.
Authentic information now is that
President Hoover has no intention OF
making a selection for some months, or
until after the extra session of Con-
eress. This is regarded as lending fur
Their color to the reports that the senior
Senator from New Jersey will so to
Paris
Naturally Senator Edge is maintaining
silence, and it is known that he already
is making his plans and strengthening
his organization for the senatorial pri-
mary contest next June, when the Re-
publicans of his State will nominate
candidate for his seat.
Schurman and SwensOn May Stay.
Other gossip in diplomatic and con-
eressional circles is that Jacob Gould
Schurman will remain at Berlin and
that L. S. Swenson will be retained at
his present post in Norway, where he
has served since 1921. Some of the
other diplomatic representatives TO Eu-
rope. including Hugh Gibson, AmbaSsa-
dor to Belgium, also will be continued
in their present places, although some
transfers to Latin America are antici-
pated.
There is, of course, much conjecture
as to the successor of the veteran Henry
P. Fletcher, Ambassador to Rome, who
desires to return to his native country
after Diplomatic service of more than
quarter of a century. Thus far few
names have been suggested.
If any changes in the latin Ameri-
can field have been definitely decided
upon. this fact has not yet become
generally known. Several of the dip
lomatic representatives in the SOUTH
ern republics will go forward with their
work, but when the reaSsignments and
denominations are complete there Will
be new American representatives IN
number of the Latin American CAPT.
tails.
Roy r. Davis is returning to Costa
RIGA as Minister, but his friends are
hopeful that he will be promoted to
more important post in recognition OF
what they regard as his splendid service
at San Jose. There are suggestions that
he may succeed Alexander P. Moore
as Ambassador to Peru.
New Appointments Necessary.
Besides those at Paris and Rome, a
number of new appointments to the
corps are to be made. The admins
tration soon will be called upon to send
a Minister to the Union Of South At
RIGA, one of the British doninions, as
the way now is being paved for direct
diplomatic relations such as exist be-
tween the United States and Canada.
Friends of Senator Edge, who are
urging him for the Paris Ambassador
ship, hold that he would fit well into
the picture. Most of the questions be-
tween this country and France are eco
nomic such as the tariff and war debts,
to which he has given study as MEM
Der of the Senate finance committee.
He was in business in Paris for Is
years before his election to the Senate,
spending several months of each year
there. He speaks the French language
fiuently and since seyering his connec-
tons with his old firm, he often has re-
visited the French capital.