The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-11
PENNSYLVANIA HAS
BEEN RECOGNIZED
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ed that gentleman as personae non
gratac and he was withdrawn.
Subsequently the president appointed
Mr.. Keeley to Rome, and the king
of Italy declined for similar reasons
to receive him, and the appointment
had to be cancelled. Finally Mr.. kee-
ley was appointed one of the judges of
the international court at Cairo.
In like manner President Harrison
appointed ex-senator Blair of New
Hampshire, to be minister to China.
but the emperor declined to receive
him for the reason that Mr.. Blair,
while member of the senate, had
taken an active part in the passage OF
the anti-Chinese bill. and his appoint
ment was cancelled after he had start
ed for Peking.
INQUIRIES WILL BE MADE.
This custom of practically asking
| whether persons to represent the Unit
| ed States in diplomatic positions are
| persOnae non gratae Will operate to de-
| feat the appointment to several of the
| European courts of those gentlemen
| who have exhibited offensive iingoism
| in congress. The relations between the
! governments of Spain and Germany
are known to be very cordial and init
mate, and the royal families of Austria
and Spain are closely related, the
| Queen Regent of Spain being an Aus
| tran princess. Then there is the triple
! alliance between Germany, Austria
| and Italy, with which Spain has inti-
mate political sympathy if not asso-
| citation. 1t is, therefore, not to be eX-
| peCted that senators like Morgan
| Lodge or Cameron, for example, would
| be personae gratae to the courts OF
Spain and Austria and, perhaps Ger
| many and Italy. For these reasons
| before the appointment of ambassa-
| doris and ministers are publicly an
nounced, the secretary of state will
communicate through the foreign diplo-
matte representatives here to ascertain
| whether the persons whom it is pro-
posed to select would be agreeable tC
the governments to which it is contem-
plated to accredt them.
In the case of Colonel John HAY, Gen
eral Horace Porter, x-RepresentatiVc
| Draper and Mr.. Tower, who have beer
mentioned in connection with missions
to European courts, there is every rea.
son to believe they would be acceptable
but there are u number of gentlemen
who are ambitious for diplomatic ser
vice, whose acts ANA utterances in re-.
| latiCn to European affairs undoubtedly
| make them persunae non gratae, anC
| remove them from the list of persons
eligible for foreign appointments.
DIFFICULT PLACES TO Fill.
1t is highly probable the presden
| will find considerable difficulty in secur
ing proper men for the mission to Spair
and the consul general at Havana. A,
already states Mr.. Tower was asked
whether he would consent to take tn
consul generalship to Havana, and /
is learned that the same question wa
| asked eX-RepresentatiVe Draper, VIII
wants the embassy to Berlin or Rome
and who is generally regarded as tn
man selected for the latter place.
Owing to the delicate relations tina
exist between this country and Spain
growing out Of the insurreCtion in Cuba
men of ability, experience with puhli
affairs, knowledge of international Law
and usage, cool and deliberate in judg
ment and wise and discreet in actor
are needed at this time for the mission
to Madrid and the consul generalshiI
at Havana. The president is extreme
ly anxious to secure two such men TO
the places named.