Evening star., 1936-08-30
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.
TINE diplomatic plums are falling
fast both in this country and
in Europe. and there are two
4 luscious, ripe ones that have
Just been picked by Ambassador Will
liam Christian Bullitt, Americas
first Ambassador to the Soviet Union,
and Undersecretary of State William
Phillips, sometime Ambassador to
Belgium and Minister to Canada and
The Netherlands They are both ca
reer men and while both possess COM
Portable fortunes they have devoted
service they represent, regardless OF
whichever political praty Is in power
This is where Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, member Of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, would tell
you that career men, and then more
career men are needed in the Depart
ment of State, because they know
their onions" and are never at loss
in the most trying situation.
Listening about bit, the concen-
sus of opinion seems to be that the
President has made wise choice OF
these two appointees, due to their ia
miliarity, not only with the countries
to which they are accredited, but also
to their knowledge and experience in
world diplomacy and their wide ac-
Quaintance abroad. They are also
comparatively young men.
Ambassador Former Member
OF Fourth Estate.
Mr.. Bullitt for some time was an
active member of the fourth estate,
and during the World War was a
foreign correspondent for a Philadel-
phia paper. In his sparkling novel,
ITS Not Done" the hero becomes a
reporter, and his ms and outs in the
profession are described by one of the
inner circle. Ambassador Bullitt was
designated to follow the political situ-
alton in Germany and Austria Hun
gary in the earlier part of the war,
and later returned to the Department
of State, where he worked in the
Division of Western European Affairs,
under Mr.. Joseph c. Grew, preparing
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Paris with President Wilson, and in
1919 to Russia. He has an eXtraordl-
nary knowledge of Russia and Russian
affairs during the last decade and a
half. He may not speak French as
f1uently or elegantly as Mr.. Phillips,
but he mastered the Russian Ian
guage, not only sufficiently well to
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tell story in Russian where there is
q play on words and not lose the point
an accomplishment that is rare and
to be boasted about.
Anne Bullitt Has the
Air DipIomatique.
Americans who visited Moscow dur
ing Mr. Bullitt's residence there said
there was a charming, honey. hos
pitable atmosphere about the en-
bassy, and that his little daughter,
just turned into her teens, had quite
the air diplomatique. Anne, who Is
her fathers constant companion. Is
rapidly developing into an accom-
plished hostess, whose cordial, nat
ural manners are very likable. She
is a fine horsewoman and was i'm
mensely interested and pleased when
her father started a fair for polo in
Russia. If there were Cossacks play
ing it must have been thrilling when
they started riding down the field.
The rules may have changed, but the
Persians in Russia in the dawn Of
the early centuries knew about polo,
and the Mongols and Tartars. both
Of whom are ancestors OF millions OF
Russians, produced many q 10-goal
man in past generations.
Will Occupy the
Beautiful New Embassy.
Ambassador Bullitt will be the sec
ond Ambassador to occupy the beauti-
ful, four-story, white stone American
Embassy in Paris. on the Place de la
Concorde. close to the presidential
palace. It's one of the most impos-
ing and largest embassy and con-
sulate buildings on the continent.
From the windows of the chancery
Mr.. Bullitt can look out across the
Place de Ia Concorde, generally
acknowledged to be the most har-
monious architectural assemblage ex-
isting in any city, to the splendid old
Garde Meuble of Louis XIV, the
Louvre in the distance. the Pont de la
Concorde, across the Seine, and the
Chamber of Deputies.
Much of the furniture in the en-
bassy was in the old quarters and was
the gift of patriotic Americans who
felt a pride in Uncle Sans official