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Show lf 1 B "TP 1 1 T" d" I 1 - TWO YOUNG- MEN TAKE HOLD OF THE iR f I W III ! Ill 1 H 1 I ml 1 BV DEPARTMENT OF STATE; THE I I LJ I I 1 I 1 I II I fm 1 II I 1 RENE BACHE "FOREIGN OFFICE" rTO BE iH' ft B ter , " m 8 1 1 4 RTJN ON NEW PLANS H; 1 'iKi is suri-ly M"' 'lay f()r yun n,cn i'iW i.rlv if tliov happen to bo worth MrftllT '; mcV Cliandlor Halo, who has " PP-intod Ihird-asstalant sec f atr, beginni" Ms Aut'cs- AW in assista.iL secretary of the lfe dcpnrlmc.il, Huntington Wilson, u l ca ol' age. More young- MII'Ku-s of our foreign pfheo. V-mMl I .rtmciit, liitliorlo a citadel nifTn .fi - 'lown before, long Mr. iWi n ' 'lit on reorganizing f iplM . Not only are there a WmS "ti,mnel.col,wi:l,8 to bo If, '"Sv, Mil certain entirely now rpt. V -jrr deemed advisable Btrtr rumple. tlie ealaWishiiiont fc,-.Wll'l0.,iip,l Latin-American division, I'WAi handle nil matters connected mttte 'onSbKc of Sm.Hi and; Central Jlll!r nHudinjr diplomatic eorrc- ES& and trade questions. !f General Utility Man. Ill Th. third assistant secretary o state -T h',rt of general utility man. Ho ft 1 ov.-ry thing that nobody else KEnii'S"".1? nftond to. For sft-Mn e whrtii-vor an Internationa con--'r n , ,,i i niiv sub eel, such nshygicno Wflfe ' 3 held in this country, ho W.hPe??5Il or is present an the JWJtniivo of our government. At, 1&W!1S ,? Yludion-Fulton celebration, VJK vftc York, 'Mr. Jlalo's prddecessor ?SAGrVf the diplon.ats, and made U linsiiicss to sco that they, were 0fe&crWnol.a? had some -atlik J! cspcriein'o in the diplomatic line "K!,!. rnitcd States embassy at Vienna ti. K Serrlary. H " ha(1.:i l""0' isto'uah training in tho business m-- m-- K and knows finite a Rood deal fiC'Bfar't international law. A sou of Jmi- Bflt Hale, ouo of the three men who 5tKm .aid to run the United States scn-dtu-K; ho lias cujovod every advantage-dK't advantage-dK't mouoy and social position could a JwMr'Hale's mother was a daughter of mmi Zach Chandler, whoso wealth ran air nKell into tho iiullious. This, in fact, 'm tic source of the family fortune. But TttWKiMackyvounciiiau is rich, not merely itX w ow Tht Ho, 1,,iarrvi(1l alvl Hre vcars aj;o, a daughter of the late Kgaior f,I)oii;' Cameron of Pcnnsyl- ?c E55' 113,1 a lot of moucy oC lcr , jBtmdc Mrs. Hale, by the way, is ono wb'mt Hp inost hoaiitiful women in AVash-talxfl0n-a tall and stately blond;-, very 'Kmihr in socictv. About a year ago umKmz Mr. Halo boujrht tho handsome uiiosSwnro of the late Senator Proctor lUf Tfnnnnl, at the northeast comer JJKlBDd Sixteenth streets. At an 03 ;S&Kg of $-10,000 lio hns converted it f'E)TThat manv people consider a very IflUifcr bouse on the oulsido, though most jiKnriously fitted up and furnished MmW0' exterior 's of wuilc stucco. ft Wilson Is Ambitions. flUwYcane Mr. iralu is of slight build, i ifctli liuht liair and mustnehe. Mr. AVil-q AVil-q tis rank-iuR officer, is of sturdier fRjiique, dark of complexion. The ittw ia just now recovorinjr from nn B-jiHKration for appendicitis: but such is JKs (ucijn- that lie has been getting fcrn lo tlio state department most days (tin duriuff his eouvalesconec. Ie is M mm 'm juird worker a good type of joiinj: rich mail of todav who would Uj Homier imt in hard licks than loaf. jBiBejides. lluatinaton Wilson is nmbi-r& nmbi-r& ffjLP"' i'ls JtosprcIs aro bright. When it firrl assistant seerotary of state t Jt years of use, one may hope to MB f" Graduated from Yalo in the lajjPwof 1897, lie was nnpointed secro-jjil secro-jjil tmw of legation at ToUio in the same Since then his rise has been - aB4y. Very luckily Senator Cullom !01 lonsr felt a cordial interest in his h P-ftfcsj-ccts wliich. in all probability, lias 65, ;Bil:d a cood deal. 3iB'Yo3ai; Wilsou remained in Japan, al-ty&i al-ty&i to the legation at Tokio. for nino years, being charge d'affaires during dur-ing part of tho time. Being not addicted to neglecting opportunities, he picked uo a pretty lair knowledge of tho Japanese Jap-anese language. Thus it was that not long ago, when called upon to make a speech at a dinner given to Admiral Uriu iu New York, he caused a good deal of surprise by talking iu Japanese. Jap-anese. Three years ngol lie was appointed third assistant secretary of state. And later on it was decided to give him a diplomatic .job of some importance. ITo was named, and the senate, confirmed 111 in, a:; senator lo lioumania and S'or-via. S'or-via. But, before ho could get away, Mr. Roosevelt changed his mind aiid appointed him minister to Argentina. Whilo ho was packing up to go to Buonos Ayres, Mr. Knox, who meanwhile mean-while had become secretary of state, asked him if he would not prefer to bo first assistant seerotary. lie decided de-cided that it was preferable, and so remained re-mained in that capacity. As first assistant secretary, young Mr. Wilson finds himself in a position of control, lie lias charge of all tho business busi-ness of the department of stale, and can manage things lo suit himself. The department loda.y, iu respect to its organization, or-ganization, is pretty much what it. was a century ago. The sumo rules of pro-i:cduro pro-i:cduro prevail: the red tape is measured meas-ured olT in exactly tho same lengths, and tied up in the same old knots. To somo exleut, at all events, Mr. Wilson intends lo alter mailers. Then llicro is the matter of our trade relations with other countries. They are not altogether what thej' ought lo be. To push our business interests abroad, tlio senate, only a few weeks ago, added $100,000 to the regular appropriation ap-propriation for Iho department of stale. Mr. Wilson has tho handling of 4 wmmm m j WHS this monoy, and he means to do something some-thing with it. Knox Is the Boss. Of course, Mr. Knox is boss of tho department, nominally, But ho does not seem disposed lo interl'ero with the management of its affairs in any active way. lie merely looms in tho background, back-ground, as one might say. li' the young men can improve tho machinery of tho establishment, he is entirely willing. Meanwhile, the heavy thinking is done by Alvey A. Adce, Iho second assistant assist-ant secretary, who manages all of our diplomatic relations with other countries. coun-tries. One should not forget to mention the fact that Huntington Wilson is tho husband hus-band of a very charming woman, from Missouri, who was Miss Lucy James. She brought him a fortune, which is a very ui-efiil Uiing in public life. It helps a lot. Not only is wealth useful for social purposes, hut it generally happens thai good jobs offer t hentbolvos for those who do no! reallv need thi-in. As for A dee, he in oiw of the cog wheels of the government machine Many people feel that if ho wore to die, tho state department would havo to go out of business. Por twenty-three years ho has occupied lus present position, posi-tion, conducting all of tho diplomatic correspondence, untying Iho knots of m-Adeo m-Adeo is one of the greatest living authorities au-thorities on nil matters relating to diplomacy. di-plomacy. ITo has all tho precedents ut his finger lips, and. so can always tell exact 1' what ought to bo do no in any given emergency tho whole si-hemo of diplomacy being built up of precedents. During the ery serious P.oxer troubles iu China, when Day had resigned and Ilay was detained in London, ho served as sccret.aiy of stato ad interim, literally liter-ally living in his office, where ho had his hand on tho throttle all tho time. lornational disputes, and keening the department from running off the trade. No important action is ever taken by tho foreign office without consulting him. Authority on Diplomatic Affairs. Alvey A. Adec is a man very much liked in Washington. ITo is wonderfully wonder-fully clever in a great many ways Phn-togfaplvy Phn-togfaplvy is one of his particular fads. Also, though I lie mildest of men, he is a collector of guns. He speaks and writes fluently in French, German. Ilal-; Ilal-; ian and Spanish. A minor feature of his work is the writing of the speeches of welcome which the president makes to foreign envovs when the latter come to the White House to bo introduced by the secretary of stale. These speeches are either read or memorized by the president- One reason why thev have to bo so carefully worded is that any little slip might give offense of-fense or cause misunderstanding,. Mr. Aden's position is that of what in any foreign country would be called permanent under secretary. Other officials of-ficials in the department come and no, but he stays on. lie is one of tho few men iii tho government service who are considered indispensable. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the gravity of his oflicia! duties, ho is very fond of a joke. N'ot long ago the chief of the division of manuscripts iu tho Librarv of (.'ongresf-. (Jailbird Hunt, went to Mr. Adeo and said: "There is a provision of Jaw which entitles us lo withdraw from the department nil ancient, historical, and no longer useful material." "If that is so," replied Adee, "you will havo to tako mo along, loo." Most notable among tho trails of Mr. Adeo aro his discretion and tact. lie knows iust how to deal with the foreign diplomats, .jollying them prop- when happen to bo irritated, issiiwj R111111H and it is a matter of history that lie flssflBi! Iklllllfl saved this country from a war with tilBR'M IJllllV Spain at the .time of the Yirginius af- ftSsVEii klllllV fair, when a lot of Americans wcro IBmI B shot- in Cuba, and our minister at Mad- lHBiil illlllfl rid was anxious to demand his trans- OIIIhwI IJllllH |
