The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-04


a great deal, but in Italy. whose mobiles are
very common. large proportion of them
Z are marauises. and the title means little OF
I nothing. Count, too, which IS a very high
rank in Germany and Russia. is a very
small one in Italy and most other CONT
mental countries.
ITALY SENDS A MARQUIS.
The present head Of the Italian legation Is
| a marquis, and rejoices in the name Impe-
riali di Francavilla. He is the only one here
from Italy. He is not only b cad Of the lega.
ton, but body and feet too. Baron Fava
was the minister. but it will be remembered
that he got mad and went home.
WRONGLY CALLED A BARON.
Russia sends US no titles. although the
minister, Charles de Strive, often appears
erronsously In public print as Baron Strive.
Yet there are few countries better able TO
send titles abroad than Russia, for there are
no less than $50. 900 hereditary mobiles there,
and 100000 whose nobility dies with them.
But title in Russia confers no privileges
unless the man who has it is in the army,
navy or civil service.
COUNT FROM BELGIUM.
Belgium sends us Count CASTOR d Arschot,
as counselor of legation, and Baron Raoui
de Nriere, as second secretary. The minis
ter, Alfred lie CHAT, has no title. Barons
ana counts in Belgium must be inspected.
They may be of recent and rather trivial
creation, or they may be of great antiquity
and carrying great prestige.
Sweden and Norway also follow the
example Of Belgium and has the title in the
legation as secretary, while the minister ia
without any. Baron H. J. Beck-Fries is
secretary and J. A. w. Grip the minister.
NO GRANDEE FROM SPAIN.
The head Of the Spanish legation ia
Senior Don Miguel Suarez Guanes. All this
implies high rauK and gentle lineage, and
is about as high as Spain ever sends US, for
1t would be unreasonable to expect her to
send one of her genuine grandees abroad.
They stay at home and claim to be the
noblest OF all European mobiles.
MAvRoYENI AND EFFENDI FROM TURKEY.
Turkey sends Mavroyeni Bey as minister
and Negrditch Effendi Norighian. Any
body who addresses the first named as Mr..
Bey makes a ludicrous mistake and might
as we'll call an American Mr. ESQUIRE To
say Mr.. Effendi would be as bad, for both
these words are both titles. They are
given, however, in consideration Of services.
AS for our South American sister repub-
lies tney are fond of sending as their diplo>
matte representatives DR.. Dous, title that
is at first misleading, as 1t does not mean
that its possessor is a doctor of medicine,
but is simply lawyer.
NO AMBASSADORS IN WASHINGTON.
Another common mistake of ignorant
people and sometimes of people who ought
to know better, is to speak Of the Russian
or English embassy or ambassador In
Washington. Now everybody ought to
know that we do not send or receive am
bassadors. The highest diplomatic rank
with us is envoy extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary. and according to In
ternational law ambassadors take prece-
dence over ministers plenipotentiary and
they in turn over ministers resident, and
they in turn over charge d'affaires
There are few countries only that sup>
port the ambsssadorial rank. Great
Britain, which in view of its large colonial
possessions may be considered the country
most concerned in the diplomacy OF the
world, has but six ambassadors residing at
her capital. They are from France, Aus
trla, Germany, Russia, Italy and Turkey.
1t Is probable that each one Of these pow
ers has the same number accredited to it,
and there che ambassedorial rank ends.
There is no reason why the United States
should not receive and send them il it chose
to do 80. IJ is merely to change the title {;
the functions of an ambassador and minis
ter are the same. There used to be an idea
that an ambassador must be the personal
representative OF q sovereign, but this is
not now the case. He is merely the agent
of power, whether that power be a re-
public, as in France, or a despotism, as in
Russia and Turkey.
TITLED DIPLOMATS FROM AUSTRIA,
In the legation of Austria Hungary there
are two titles, the minister being Chevalier
de Tavera and the chancellor of legation
Baron Norbert Won Stettin and DanmerL