New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-28
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.
a HUNDRED TEARS OF oUR FOREIGN
RELATIONS

n CENTURY OF DIPLOMACY. Beng an-is;
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&yEroprsatensss 81 tbs ,iros. When ire poi-1icE
sns c0rraerelsl expansion q the United STATE.
has brought about = corresponding Increase =
the activity q - dipio1aet5c relations. II. kas
gathered kere q. Ezbstzncs = Es.4cs q ext
urcs touching Arnsrezn daplor1aey down 70
quarter e csntEFy ago, except that TIE I1o:e
Ese%h, complications OYER the venezuelan ooaH-
dary are described n order % complete tae dis
cussson q. ~ Monroe Doctrine HIS narrative
r. s7crirct a-< dear. re has extracted tae FiI14
Do.ntz- tie erzna-le izc!dents- from re n2-ss
e detail z which IN do.ngs % tiYlornat-sts ar
vrappet. re RS Furthermore preEeatsc mem
81 zzy 70 show the organic continuity q la'S
izporzza; phase r. oUr history ThFFe Z l.
parton e, taa: alEtcry ina rejects greater
credit O. TIE osr:cn taen - di2iorrat-c ac1@'E
rzrntr II = record - rhc ~c-k o. abe F,aen-
p.sced osse- = positions q grave dlEadTahtGgS
Prorr tae earliest. days the!e nas hsen Eli--
Fulzr.y ngk lsse! q statesFr.anEh-p II TIE c;-o-
matt zeryfos q the Unlted STATES. -c;"-.,s.-
EtandirC The lsc- that that service Oilers NJ
''careef" u The @rce9.ed sense
The ve.y est d.p.orrz,ls: n the Colonial fer-
x4ce Z, ~ Fcs.er's T.e7g. Us ne creates 90
Iynste6 Etztes nzs eTc- he5 benjamin FTa-.%-.T'
was oofe y hegjr Us wo-k .Or the p--'e2
coscrtet -..ts - expe-.en-z gained previously
as ~ English sgen: - ne C1.ony q PENN
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orera.sc composer AID immortal cf%&'o: q
..,,.-a s.~-e- ir,r~,gue- rc- America coot
t.r. ~. ..oe, million ah.oh the committee q
ccrr-ess investigated gear after gear. -:1
which vas finally repaid n snaA part II III
heirs lcDg af,e- his death. ~ TIE @ztr1o-1 i-SfJ
regularity and influence II Franklin n fEa;.'S
Hr Foster ms. o: course. IaLca = A~*' 'S' u
was decisive element n securing nc tIich9-y
assistance tbgr contributed 70 largely % amer
iran inteDeuCcrce-
Congress vas apparently much ifnpfesse2 II
The cary days ~ ne importance q. nc bls.i.T1F
G. Diplomacy. L gave tts Ministers a5!1@a ne
ample salary n $1,000. which. considering ne
value Of money then. was much more .-DeFa-
treatment than It aeeords them nos" its pro
.yarasrc for ne reception Il q foreign repre-
sentative Grst applied n the Gaze q NJ PeIa'9'
y.to came from France IN 1Is2, Is an amusing
document with is prescription o! the way He
should be rner and escorted. and u the times
-zhe. Minister President and members shou4o
xe4 N bow and SIT down. But. in vic" u t4e
inheritance q the results. II Is rot strange that
Congress .hould show such concern L@cSys
view q the treaty Of Independence with GFe&-
I;rfctr might apply others ~ this Date:
:, - f-r,oesihi. 70, - he struck with the
skill h2rd.nocd and god fortune That rna!l.Ec
the hr9eFicah nesolat.s'''s. - '.. "a -
~ ~ - f-n,,, rrrIaTi nov Obtained.
AID much q what they obtained was granted
then IN opposition 20 The two great powers
- ""'s3 aSS'Sl@H's 'i'e' HS0
50, too, after the var " Pr tle American
Peace CommisspneFs proved themselves the
equal of their British coAeagues IN sHlh aho
acuHen As Wellington declafcn IN the iouSe
q Lords, thty had SHOWN MOST ASTONISHING
superiority over the British during the "hoie
corTecDondence" And IN lh42 the treaty that
Daniel webster ncEotl&ted WIN Lord Ashou'-
ton settling the Northeastern BOUNDARY dispute
was known IL England az Ashburtons capl'H-
lGtion" The critical nature II our diplomatic