PROBLEM OF AN EMBASSY.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 22, 19 September 1911, Page 6

PROBLEM OF AN EMBASSY.

Great mystification prevails in German Government quarters over the unaccountable delay in appointing a new American Ambassador at Berlin. The present Ambassador, Dr David Hill, tendered his resignation on April' 12, but the Kaiser's Government is still in the dark as to who is to succeed liim.

It is believed at Berlin that President Taft is looking for a man who, among other "diplomatic" attainments, is extremely wealthy. The Germans regard it as an unwritten law that no American is fit to represent his country at the Court of the Kaiser unless he is in a position to spend tens of thousands of pounds a year on entertainment. Mr Charlemagne Tower, who was Ambassador in Berlin before Dr Hill, is credited with having spent between £BO,OOO and £IOO,OOO a year. His ambassadorial salary was £3,500. The two men who rank as leading candidates for the vacant post are both millionaires: Mr J. L. Leishman, now Ambassador at Home, who is one of the famous "Carnegie millionaires," and Mr Robert Bacon, Ambassador at Paris, who was a partner of Mr Pierpont Morgan until he entered the Diplomatic service several years ago.