| Show WAS TON y r fir 7 e wy J The death of General Wood wh which lob precipitates upon the president president dent tl the problem oJ of finding a successor sue sue- cessor as governor governor general general of the Philippines comes close on the heels ot of the resignation of Ambassador Ambas- Ambas Sheffield of t MexIco City and Ambassador Crowder of Cuba Thus Mr Ir Coolidge has a triple task All three posts are of major importance at all times and at t the present til are inv Involved specIal factors factors fac- fac tors of dlf difficulty Thele Is no dearth of aspirants ants for for these hon boil I ors no scarcity ot of patronage huntera hunt hunt- ers era but thIs merely complicates the problem m. m The president is seeking I men of exceptional ability who are I In entire accord with hIs own views as to policy and who are willing will will- ing to serve He is reported to be having much trouble In finding men who answer all three specifications Washington ton does not expect any announcement of any of the three appointments until after the president president dent returns to the capital Mr Coolid e has repeatedly repeated attested attested at- at tested his entire approval of the regime of General Wood In th the The death of the general general gen gen- eral is not e. e expected to brin bring any change in policy toward the Islands nor any substantial alteration In our conduct of affairs there It probably will accelerate the adoption adoption tion of the the- proposal to remove Philippine administration from the jurisdiction of the war department to the interIor department where control of Hawaii and Alaska is' is already vested Carmi Carini A. A Thompson Thomp- Thomp son the presidents president's special Investigator hives hives- of the islands In his report strongly recommended such a transfer Mr Coolidge is on record tee tee- ord as In favor of this change from military to civil control A bureau of insular affairs to handle all our possessions outside territorial United States is contemplated C S S The name of Carml Carmi A. A Thompson of Ohio who surveYed th the islands so recently at the presidents president's reqUest request re- re quest comes first in most of the talk or cf General Woods Wood's successor But many observers are inclined to heavily discount predictions that the Ohioan will be offered the post or that J If offered he would ac- ac Senator Ex-Senator James W. W Wadsworth Wadsworth Wads Wads- worth of New York Is another In Inthe inthe the prominently mentioned class from the fact that he is so eminently eminent eminent- l ly qualifIed for the place The New Yorkers Yorker's friends however assert assert as- as sert that he is not disposed to relInquish relinquish re- re lInquish his political leadership in New York at the present juncture of affairs Henry L. L Stimson of New York secretary of war in the Taft administration and Mr CoolIdge's Cool Cool- Idles Idle's recent special envoy to Nicaragua NIca- NIca has been suggested firstIn first in connection with the Cuban ambassadorship am- am then as a possible successor to Ambassador Sheffield of Mexico City and now for the Philippines In Stimsons Stimson's case as with Wadsworth It hinges almost entirely on his willingness to serve O Ot thIs there Is great uncertainty S S S. S Walter Scott Penfield prominent international lawyer of Washing Washing- Washington ton ton but td id be credited to Indiana on political charts Is very much in inthe inthe the running for the Cuban ambas- ambas A few weeks ago Penfield Penfield Pen Pen- field looked like a sure bet and still rules the favorite The friends cf Robert P. P Bass former governor of New Hampshire and one of the Progressives of the Roosevelt Bull Moose era era have put him forward in strenuous fashIon for the Cuban post The Bass candidacy js is said to have failed to register heavily with Mr CoolIdge S SC As to candidates for the Mexican Mex- Mex lean ican post the political woods are full of them John W. W Garrett of Baltimore wealthy banker with a distinguished record In state department department de- de foreign missions is being strongly pressed upon the president as a worthy successor to Ambassador dor Sheffield DespIte much newspaper newspaper news news- paper talk to the contrary Mr Coolidge warmly approved Sheffield's Sheffield's fields field's diplomacy in Mexico City holds him in the hIghest regard nd accepted his resignation with real regrEt The president wants to replace him with a man equally strong Former Governor Thomas Thom Thom- as E. E Campbell of Arizona at the moment heading the American commIssion corn com mIssion to the Seville exposition is another potential ambassador whose name recurs in current corn com ment S SC The name of William V. V Hodges treasurer of the RepublIcan national nation nation- a al committee is coming in for considerable con con- mention In Washington discussion of vacant ambassador ambassador- ships Mr Hodges Is a prominent Denver Cob Colo lawyer with a com coin fortune who bore the brunt of the fund raising burden for forthe forthe the Republicans in the 1924 cam cam- It is no secret that he has cherished diplomatic aspirations and that he stands high in Mr CoolIdge's regard R City dispatches dispatches dis- dis patches which report Mr 1 Hodges Hodges' recent week end vIsit at the summer summer sum sum- mer White House have given ira ira- petus to rumors that he is under consideration for Mexico or Cuba Colorado has another candidate for fora a diplomatic appointment in the person qt ot Senator ex-Senator RIce W. W Means S S Meanwhile the state department career service men are keeping a covetous eye on the vacant ambassadorships ambassadorships ambas- ambas nd are hopeful that the new precedent of promotion on merit without political considerations considerations be maintained The may namIng namIng nam- nam Ing of Undersecretary of State GrEw as ambassador to Turkey of Assistant of State J. J Butler But But- ler Wright minister to Hungary of Hugh R. R Wilson state department bureau chief mInister to Switzerland Switzer Switzer- land and the award ot of the Ottawa and DublIn posts to foreign set ser vice officers brought sorrow to the professional politicians and joy to the professional diplomats Copyright 1927 |
