The morning call., 1891-02-15

AesSN ~ SOA4AS ASthA AOS1i lICA VI
DIPLOMATIC 0FFICERs-M. r. c., Vale
10, Cal. According to the Revised Statutes
Of the United States diplomatic officers shall
be deemed 10 include ambassadors. ENJOYS
Extraordinary, Ministers Plenipotentiary,
Ministers Resident, Commissioners, Charges
d Affaires. Agents and Secretaries of legation
and none others. ambassadors and Envoys
Extraordinary and Ministers Pleaipotentary
shall be entitled to compensations as
follows: Those to France, Germany,
Great Britain and Russia, each ST.
$50; 10 Austria, Brazil, China, Italy,
Japan, Mexico and Spain. each $4,000;
those to all other countries unless where a
Inherent COMPENSATION is prescribed by
law, $4,000, including Ministers Resident to
Guatemala, Costa RIca, Honduras, Saliva
dor and Nicaragua Zone Minister for the
i've, and Uruguay and Paraguay; those to
Portugal, Switzerland Greece, Belgium,
netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Nor
way. Turkey, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia,
V eneZuela, Hawaiian Islands and the Ar
gentine Republic, $500; also the Min
lister Resident and Consul-General at
Hayti, and $4,000 to the Minister Resi-
dent and COnsul-General at Liberia. Ac-
cordlng to Bonvier's Law Dictionary
IN ambassador III international law is a
public Minister sent abroad by some for
eign Stale or Prince with legal commits
sion or authority TO transact business on
behalf Of his country with that to which he
is sent. Extraordinary are those employed
on particular or extraordinary occasions or
residing at foreign court for an indeter-
inmate period. Ordinary are those sent
on permanent missions. An Embas-
sadOr is a Minister of the highest
rank. The United States has always
been represented by Ministers Plenipo-
Tertiary, never having sent a person
OF the rank of ambassador in the diplo-
matte sense Minister is a name given 10
public functionaries who represent their
country with foreign Governments. includ-
Ing ambassadors, ENJOYS and Residents. A
custom OF recent origin has introduced a
new KIND Of Ministers without any partic-
ular determination OF character. These
are simply called Ministers 10 indicate that
they are invested with the general character
| oil soyereign's manufactures without any
| particular assignment Of rank or char
acler. The Minister represents his
mined manner which cannot be equal to
| Inc hrst degree, and he possesses all the
| rights essential to public Minister. There
| are also Ministers Plenipotentiary who as
they possess full powers are OF much greater
| distinction than simple Ministers These
also are without any particular atiribution
OF rank and character, but by custom are
now placed Immediately below the Embas-
Sador, or on a level with the Envoy Extraor-
binary. The United States has no ENJOYS
bassadors and ENJOYS Extraordinary and
Ministers Plenip0tentiary and Ministers
Resident Consuls and other commercial
agents In general are not considered as pub
lie Ministers.
EXCLUSION OF CHINESE-J. l.. Jr., City.
The act of April 4, 1882, prohibiting the i'm
migration OF Chinese for period of twenty
years, was vetoed by the late President
Arthur because vioIative of the treaty of
1851. The bill was modified in accordance
with the views expressed in his veto mes
sage, passed Congress at once, and having
Deen approved by him, became a law on May
| D, 1882. The law WAS amended by the act
OF July 5, 1884, suspending immigration for
Ten years, requiring certificates from those
VINO dld return to the United States and
prescribing penalties for violations OF the
act. 1hls was also approved by President
arthur. A supplemental act, introduced by
scout OF pennsylvania, was passed in Sep
temOer, 1883; motion to reconsider lost ON
Tue lIth, and the bill delayed in being sent
10 the President, until news came that the
ChlneSe Government had refused to ratify
tne treaty of 1883, whcreupon President
Cleveland signed the measure in October.
AuLUs VITELLIUs-E. j. F., Oakland.
Cal ~ Anlus ViteIlius, the ninth of the
twelve C@sars. was the Roman Emperor
during the greater part of 90 A. ID. On
January 3, 90, he was saluted at Cologne
with the title of Imperator, OF to speak
more accurately, Emperor of tile armies oi
Upper and Lower Germany. In fact he
was never acknowledged as Emperor by the
entire Roman world, though az Rom the
Senate accepted him and decreed him the
usual lonors. ~ While it is true that