The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-08


have been complications between our
government and that Of st. Peters
burg, but 50 carefully have they been
concealed that most persons viii learn
with surprise that Andrew D. White
narrowly escaped dismissal from the
Russian capital as persona non grata.
The trouble began as far back as the
beginning Of Josiah Quincy's consular
Reclamation. The Russian government
notified our department Of state that
II would shortly elevate its diplomatic
establishment in Washington to the
rank Of an embassy. Such step
would, OF course, be followed by the
appointment Of IN American ambasSa-
dor to Russia. All this was designed
- cement those friendly relations
which our treaty with Russia had
served to accentuate.
But precisely here was the creux Of
The difficulty. Mr.. White soon became
obnoxious 10 the ears cabinet by his
attitude on the treaty question. All
that be could consistently do to nullify
1t he did. vet 50 diplomatic was he,
svitbaI. that the Russian government
rould take 10 exception. The treaty
Itself has been denounced by the warm
est adhcrents Of Mr. Cleveland many
Of whom are in the association formed
for its a1rogation. and they are st a
loss TO understand how he could yield
70 MIR. Whitney and approve it. Mr..
White, although a republican, Is n
warm personal friend of the president,
Hnd the latter would gladly have re-
tanned him as minister.
Mr.. White readily enough gave his
MD to the association in this country
and personally interested himself in
the eases of alleged outrage to Arneri-
cans in Russia, whom the treaty ap-
peared to opprestl He even went fur
Their. and spoke at several gatherings
in the Russian universities which had
denounced the treaty. The students
and writers of the ears dominiOns
have nOt hesitated, at the risk of i'm
prisonment, to say that the treaty is a
disgrace, TO humanity, and when Mr..
White accepted the courtesies of the
scholars of Russia. he at once got into
hot water with the court
Meanwhile the Russian government
had been corresponding with the Wash
5ngtOn department of state about de-
tails in the treaty, and seems TO have
triumphed over 3Ir. White in all things.
thanlzs TO Mr. Whitney, who, while in
Europe this year, has been looking aft
er the interests Of the Standard Oil
company. At last, however, Mr. White
was discovered to be in active svmpa-
Thy with the American writers who
shave been denouncing the treaty, and
st is said, although this IS not certain,
that Mr.. White even wrote a letter de-
riaring that the treaty is . deplorable
mistake.
Nevertheless, the Russian govern
ment did not dare give walking pa
pers" to Mr. White. because 1t feared
to arouse public opinion here. and thus
endanger the continuance Of the
treaty. But matters were made so I'M
pleasant for our representative that IT
appears he had either to abandon his
post or his self-respect. In Difference
to Cleveland, however, the matter has
been kept quiet. and various fictions
concerning Mr.. White and Cornell have /.
served TO hide the true condition of /.
things.
Thus ii comes that the returning dip /
iomat's arrival Is awaited with anxious /
interest by many New Workers 1t ia
confidently asserted that crisis in the
matter OF the Russian treaty viii soon
he reached and if Mr.. White VIII only
talk he can tell things