The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-28
Capital Capers
BY GEORGE ABEL

IRON Mexico City comes word via grapevine
Il channels that Mr. Javier Sanchez Mejorada
Mexican ambassador to Berlin, will be offered
the post of ambassador to Washington succeed
ing Dr. Gonzales Roa.
Mejorada is one of the most distinguished
men in Mexican public life. He has been am
baSSador to Berlin, secretary Of communications
and president of the national railways of Mex
leo. He was one of the closest friends of the late
American ambassador, Dwight Morrow, and the
bronze PLAGUE which today honorS MorroW'S
memory at the United States embassy in Mexico
City is there largely through MejoradaS efforts.
If Mejorada comes to washington he will out
top the talleSt man in the diplomatic corps, the
towering British ambassador, Sir Ronald Lind
say.
The Mexican envoy is 6 feet inches tall,
and his shoulders are broader than Sir Ron
AIDS. A small tailor who once measured him
for coat had to use Stepladder When Nor
row and Mejorada walked down the street to-
gether, it was like a graphic vision of Mutt and
jeff.
In addition to his bulk and political back
ground, Mejorada possesses charm and manner
His popularity is enormous. Americans who
know him describe him as 'the most wonderful
fellow in the world" and Latins accord him that
highest of all Spanish complimentS-"muy SIM
patico"
He is married, as years old, and his children
are honor graduates of the National University
OF MEXICO. he started lie DIS q civil OIL
a railroad and rapidly rose to power.
His career here is as brilliant as it has been
on the other side of the Rio Grande, friends
predict that Mexican American relations will be
more closely cemented than they are at present
by visiting polo players.
A RGENTINE Ambassador Felipe Espil has
| N broken another diplomatic taboo (the first
one was when he placed linoleum on the floor
of his embassy, by actually calling to see the
new ambassador OF Brazil, Mr.. Aranha.
1t may sound strange to those unaccustomed
| to the intricacies Of diplomatic etiquet but
Espils conduct is regarded in the corps here as
little short of revolutionary
New ambassadors customarily are without
social contact of any kind for several weeks after
their arrival. They sit in their embassies de-
cipher cables, twiddle their thumbs and call UP
the state department to make an appointment
with Secretary Hull.
Then Mr.. Hull graciously takes up with the
President convenient date for the formal pre-
sentation of credentials. After that ceremony,
the new envoy breathes a deep sigh Of relief
and goes to call on his colleagues. None of them
ever dreams of calling on him before that.
So the surprise and delight OF the Brazilian
envoy may be imagined when the phone rang
and voice said:
Hello, this is the Argentine ambassador I'm
coming over to have a little talk with YOU"
Come right over" replied Aranha.
That was all there was to it. Espil simply
deduced that there was no sense in waiting
weeks until Aranha had seen President Roose-
velt, before talking to him. He wanted to see
him Immediately. And he did.
Meanwhile, the staid school Of diplomats are
putting up fgurative lorgnettes and acting as
startled as a group Of dowagers confronted by
the Dolly Gam precedence puzzle.