Evening star., 1938-01-06
Joseph Kennedy Chosen as
Ambassador to Great
Britain.
WILSON IS NOMINATED
TO BE ENVOY TO BERLIN
Armour, Now Minister to Canada,
Will Be Sent to
Chile.
Pictures on Page A-2.)
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

SO3yo onO"N,
Joseph Davies, Ambassador to the
Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics
has been selected Ambassador to
Belgium, 1t was learned today. The
appointment will become effective
July l. when Hugh Gibson, the incum-
bent, will be allowed to retire from
the diplomatic service.
ct was enormously stated in an
earlier edition of The Star that
tine diplomatic changes discussed
below were ANNOUNCED by the
State Department" No such an
nouncement has been made.)
Together with Ambassador Davies
name. the President will send the fol-
lowing nominations in the diplomatic
service to the Senate for approval:
Joseph p. Kennedy as Ambassador
to Great Britain.
Norman H. Armour, at present Min
lister to Canada, as Ambassador to
Chile.
Hugh Wilson. Assistant Secretary of
State, as Ambassador to Germany.
Ambassador Davies will remain in
this country until July. The State
Department hopes. however, that he
will accept a temporary appointment
as chairman of the commission to in.
vestigate the dispute between the Re-
public of Haiti and the Dominican
Republic.
Mr.. Davies is considered particu-
larly qualified for this latter post be-
cause, before entering the diplomatic
service, he was President Trujillo's
counsel in Washington. It is believed
that Mr.. Davies could settle the dis
pute easier than any other official.
The new Ambassador to Great Brit
ain is replacing the late Robert w.
Bingham, who died two weeks ago
IN Baltimore. The appointment of
Mr. Kennedy was received with salts
faction in London, where his name
has been widely known because of his
activities as chairman of the Secur-
tiles and Exchange Commission and as
head Of the United States Maritime
Commission.
Has Ample Means.
Besides being an astute negotiator,
the new Ambassador is wealthy
man-and that is an important matter
in Great Britain, where the salary
paid by Uncle Sam to his Ambassadors
hardly covers the entertainment ex-
penses.
Ambassador Kennedy also is fully
conversant with the Far Eastern situa-
tion. 1t is credited to his personal
Intervention at the White House that
President Roosevelt issued orders for
bidding American vessels to carry
arms and ammunition to China. The
S. S. Wichita, which was en- route
to Shanghai with consignment of
airplanes for Gen. Chang Kai-shek
was stopped as she reached the West
Coast and the airplanes unloaded.
Mr.. Wilson succeeds in Berlin Am
bassador Dodd. who became persona
non grata with the German govern
ment. Mr.. Dodd was a determined
opponent OF the NaZi form of govern
ment, and on many occasions forgot
diplomatic etiquette and denounced
the system without mincing his words.
Wilson Is Career Man.
The new Ambassador Is q career
diplomat who has spent many years
in Europe. His last position before
coming to Washington was as Minis
ter to Switzerland, where he mad
ample opportunity to watch the antics
of European diplomacy. 1t is ex-
pected he will be an excellent observer
in Berlin.
No other major changes are con-
templated at present. Despite rumors
that William Bullitt, Ambassador to
France, will be asked to accept an
important position in the State De-
partment in Washington, it has been
decided he shall be maintained at his
present post. He will remain there
until the international situation be-
comes less strained.
Neither the White House nor the
State Department has been able to
find suitable successor for Ambas-
sador Davies in Moscow. Few of the
contributors to the National Demo-
cratic party chest want that job.