Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-26
NEW SPANISH AMBASSADOR
HAS DISTINGUISHED RECORD
Served League of Nations
as International Arms
Expert.
Accomplishments as Author
Scholar and Lecturer
Are Impressive.

Salvador de Madariaga, scholar, au-
thor, member Of an aristocratic family
and one of the worlds leading author
tiles on international arms problems, Is
expected to return to Washington with
in fortnight-tlis time to take up his
duties as Spanish Ambassador to the
United States of the new Republican
government. He will be joined here
later by Sonora de Madriaga, a Scot
fish woman, whom he married in 1912.
They have two daughters.
Senior de Madariaga lectured in
Washington two years ago and is well
known both in social and diplomatic
circles here. During his visit here he
was a guest at the Spanish embassy.
The new Ambassador is now In Mexico
City lecturing on historical, political,
psychological and educational subjects.
Before leaving Mexico he has planned
to undertake a defense Of the career of
fernando Cortes. the conquistador,
whom most Mexicans are taught to
deSpise.
While Ambassador de Madariaga has
not yet met with full approval of the
State Department because it had not
been officially approached in connection
with his appointment. it was said here
yesterday that this promises to lead to
no complications. Diplomatic usage re-
quires that the government to which an
Ambassador is to be accredited should
be first approached as to his accept
ability. That this has not been done
in the case Of the new Spanish AM
baSSador is to be overlooked here on
the grounds that 1t probably was an
oversight. All indications are that
Senior de Madariaga Is acceptable to
this Government.
Served League Of Nations.
The new Ambassador arrived In this
country early in 1881 as a lecturer and
author and gave several lectures at Co
lumbia University, New York City, I'M
der auspices of the Institute de las
Espanas. an organization founded to
foster Spanish American understanding.
He Is former head of the disarma-
ment section of the Secretariat of the
League Of Nations, and since 1928 has
been King Alfonso Kills professor of
Spanish studies at oxford and has de-
voted himself to writing.
The new Ambassador is the author
of a number of books in English, in
Guiding such critical studies as "Shel-
ley and Calderon," an analytical re-
view Of modern Spanish literature I'M
der the title Of THE Genius of Spain"
and an essay Of comparative psychol-
ogy entitled "Englishmen, Frenchmen
and Spaniards" In the latter, he has
taken the three countries which he
knows best at first hand, and analysed
what he conceiveS to be main psyche
logical tendency represented by each.
Senior de Madariaga believes sufh-
GENTLY In internationalism to maintain
the reality Of national psychology,
subject which he says Is so open to
Y11iCNn0RaYfinFI Yy1 he af $laa
book he quotes his opinion written be-
fore the publication of the essay of the
fundamental ideas bearing on national
and international character as follows:
Student Of NationaIities.
eff you were to ask a FrenchnAn
before the war; what his idea Of Eng
liShmen was he would probably an
swer: They are hypocrites with a prac-
teal sense. It Is curious thing that
national character Is usually summed
up by the voice Of universal opinion
as a pair Of features, one q quality,
the other defect. Thus to pair the
hypocrisy-practical sense which repre-
Sents the Englishman, correspond
Gle a n e s-hcentiousneSS for the
Frenchman, thoroughness clumsiness
for the German, dignity cruelty for the
Spaniard. vulgarity-Utality for the
American
While a member of the staff Of the
London Times, Senior de Madariaga was
appointed a director of the disarm-
ament section Of the League of Nations.
He served in this capacity for six years.
He later served as secretary of the
Preparatory Disarmament Commission,
as secretary to the third disarmament
commission Of the Assembly of the
League from 1922 to 1927 and as Sec
rotary general of the international
Conference for the Supervision Of the
Trade in Arms in 1925
Since his retiment from the League
Senior de Madariaga has visited the
United States several times, expressing
each time his views of the League, the
international peace problem and the