New-York tribune., 1875-08-06

-. tina Exhibition complete and effectuai for
.ao,oucb comparison Of the manufactures OF all
.,,tons. would be too small to interfere with our
anmesc markets. or TO Justify the opposition oil any
cIass at homo. however decided III thelr Vio~S oi
protection.
c.,a,nal Commission or whether any valid OBJ
.,;,us have been found to the plan, has not been
announced.
.ccEprANCE OF THE INVITATION BY FOREIGN
POWERS
p,t of even prior Importance to the interest
a.. ouestion of the features i'll which the
American International should compete success
fully with all past exhibitions. and OF the means
hv which tho Government can make the man
nfacturers of all nations as active competitors
on the Schuylkill as on the Danube, Is the quos-
ton of the acceptance of invitation by the great
Powers through which alone their oitizeSs can oe
admitted, and of tho preparations OF our "o'e'"'
ncnt for the proper reception of its guests. Upon
these points the American people are put hiPciic''
informed and perhaps to this circumstance may DO
due in part the popular apa'iy "hi0n n'' ~ "
much complained of.
With ncrfcct respect to every branch of the Gov
ernment on which ostS the responsibility Z" the EA
bbition to Congress whose will decrecd IT, 10 inc
President who tho assurance required ny Coh-
eress proclaimed it, to the two departments on which
Congress dey yulyod the work of the ConinlsSoh-the
State Department which il charged with the duty oi
communicating the proclamation and regulations to
the diplomatic representatives of all nations and
the Centennial Commission which 1T organized to
represent the Government in the arrangements at
home nav not the people with lTopriety ask to be
frankly advised what progress has been made 10y
these two departments iii the foreign ana do
mestio branches of the Centennial. Is there
the slightest to suppose that the
Government of Gen. Grant who has so warmly
commended the Exhibition. and who - strenuousy
urged upon Congress that ii should be made a sue
csss ar abandoned in its infancy would desire to
conceal from the American people under any pea oi
diplomatic reserve the correspondence held with
his own agents. or with foreign powers In refer
erence TO the subject Or there any reason to
suppose that the Centennial Commission whose
Iapid prosecution of the Exhibition buildings at
Paramount has both surprised and delighted our
own citizens, and called forth the admiration and
approval of Mr. Cunliile Owen. the accom-
plished Manager of the British Department, would
object to the country being precisely advised
of any difficulty. should any have arisen in the'rpah
foreign or domestic, arising from want OF time, want
of money. want of harmony OF view orof cooperation
in action or from any other that not promptly
remodied might possibly cause the Centennial to
drift into failure in regard to single feature es-
sential TO success at period late that retrieval
might be impossible and disappointment inevitable
RUSSIA, GREECE, AND ITALY NOT CERTAIN 10 BE
REPRESENTED.
The recent intimation that Russia. Greece and
Italy have declined the invitation of our Govern
ment and that neither Persia nor Siam Will occupy
the places assigned to them on the plan of our main
Exhibition buildng, would alone seen to Justify
prompt inquiry and prompt response. The report,
If correct and unexplained. would seem to imply
nIv hat tha ot celebrate
the Centennial by universal Exhibition was sig
nally defeated in directions the most unexpected,
but that there had been change i'll the COriiaity OF
our relations with foreign powers, and espe-
cialiy with Russia. which had led the Gear to de-
cline an invitation which hut recently hO would
have been the foremost to accept
The practice Of Christendoin. exemPlified at the
recent exhibitions in Europe. has led German au
thor DIR. W. L. Exser. to remark in his recent work.
der Austecr und die Austellungen." that NO
civilized nation would ever refuse to cooperate in
exhibitions"
AUsTIINs SUCCESS IN ASSEMBLING THE NATIONS.
The diplomacy of Austria, although unasssted by
the great and constantly charging market offered
by our Republic. and with capital debaIred of the
advantle 20 belonging TO Philadelphia III being ap-
psoaclablo by water. found no difficulty in assen-
bling at Vienna the governments and nations Of the
world. Christian otherwise. great and small. from
f(r and ana at our fOtltN o1 July ltStl'a lH
1873 at the Biumen Sale" Prof Lawrence Smith
aptly compared the Baron Schwarz-Senborn to the
greatest of magicahs. waving his wand and COM
p'.'ing the North and tho South, the East and the
West to bring his realms their treasures of beauty
and of art. 1t wosd if the repeated cali of
our Congress, proclaimed by the President and
ecbOing the voice Of tho American people, had COM
mandcd loss Iogarl even when it asked them cor
daily and respectfully" to share in celebrating our
first Centennial.
The task Of conveying to a f6felgn power our cor
dial invitation properly imposed By Congress on
the State n putment, the regular channel of com
nunication through the foreign representatives at
Washington and our own diplomatic and consular
agentsecattcrtd throughout the world. The Depart
ment s charged With the conduct OF foreign
lat0ns; 10 l. endowed with admirable machi-
merry. AID served by Intelligent agents. 1t is familiar
VIII the early diplomacy of tho republic os which
Americans Justly proud-a diplomacy which
blended an honorable franknee, with stately cenr-
tesy, which upheld American nights with careful
regard 70 the IsaXc, of Chrstondom and the scnsl-
bhtieS Of friendly powers aud which in the case ei
Lafayette showed that tho American Republic was
grateful. but remembered lis services and
jOiced to hon0t them by graceful hospitality.
With such advantages for obtaining those ii;Tma-
tive replies to the invitation Cf Congress whicl Con-
gress ana the people had right to expect in view
OF the experience of the other powers il iS Iittlo dat
tering to National pride that there is doubt at
50 late day to tho coming OF Russia. Italy,
Greece, Persia and Siam. all of whom were wAthily
represented II Vienna.
One great power and only might perhaps have
deemed herself cptitlcd with small apology to de-
cline nvi'a,On 70 assist in celebrating tho Cen
tennal OF 1916. The sterling sense. however, and
Wi,' magnauimity of our British knsIBeD apIae-
ciate Alright the errors and estrangcmcnts Of the