1 So far as known, the following incident never came out in the public press of the United States. On March 23, 1921, the writer embarked at Constantinople for Athens. At the very moment of embarkation, an attache of the American Legation at Constantinople informed him categorically that Chief Justice White had resigned, the President had appointed as Chief Justice the then Secretary of State, Charles E. Hughes, and that Albert B. Fall had been promoted from the Department of the Interior to the State portfolio. “Already,” said he, “dispatches are coming through signed ‘Fall'.” For two days on the trip to Athens we discussed the significance of these events (as we regarded them) and were very much surprised at Athens to find that there was not a word of truth in the report. Is it any wonder that the Europeans have curious views about America?—ARTHUR I. ANDREWS.