The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
WV YORK MEN IN DIPLOMACY.
The Empire state seems Now to BE Ahead
In Foreign Representation.

In the c.Qsing and decisive year II the (iyil
War, during which he diplomacy Of The United
States and its representatives. abroad were sub
icctcd 10 a greater slrain Than lhey had ever been
before, the American raprts"ntatiNe n the Court
DIST James WAS Charles Francis Adams 81 Md,Sl'
chus"tts; the Mipistcr 10 France was William l..
Dayton uf New Jersey the Minister To- Austria.
j Loihrop Molcy of Massachusetts the Mipisr T
mChina, Arson ButlIngamc Of New larki the
Minis er ~ lAly, George p Marsh IT Vermont.
Minister TO Russia, tassius VI Clay II kentucky
Minister 10 Spain, Gusidyu, kcrncr If Illinois
Minister 10 Mexico, Thomas Curwin If ohio, and
The Mlnis,et "a Prussia uHcre Was no German
Empire al that time Norman Judd Of Illinois,
Tie Minister 10 Turkey was a Pennsylvania,
ia" y iniswr ~ Belgium MAS from Connecticut.
tAr Minisrr 10 Chill from Indiana, the Minister
10 switzerland from New Hampshire, The Minister
10 Holland from Maine aud he Minister To- Porlu-
gal from pennsy lyanin. Their. were then, as
tncrc had been previously, few New York men
on ue list ana indeed /, had been accepted gen
orally L4asto New England and he State Of Penn
s~ylyan.d the S,HIe Department looked for repre-
srntatiyes IN European countries, while statesmen
rom ne intriur STATES we've sent 10 South amt
Central America.
in ia. early days Of the Republic. The Southern
Sta ,es furnished rather NOR. .han their Share Il
diUlDmaUC rrprcsrn auNes abroad. The first Min
istcr (o Great Britain being a South Carplinian.
| tur first Minister - France b. lng a resident
II Virginia, and the tirsl American Minister 10
Spain being from 1Lr same SlaGr. With the
adoption # he present American policy uI pr
gross aud expansion, win The development Of
IA folrIsn market for American mauufG cuurcd
goods, with the large increas" in thr shipment
4 American cereals 10 countries not heretofore
customers for hem and win thr closer rrla lions
b'twrrn gYNtrumtnD - through improved methods
II cpnmnnlCa lun Do" CNp"diCnCN and advantage
Il appointing Ministers from Chr SarS haNing
large scahOar ri interests mas shown it>"li ia uprr-
atuu aud New lofRrrs appDnIcd have established
tutlr idle To- such recognition by effective dIplp-
matte labor. Thus IL happens now that TT me
trSt lin" IN american history tlc three American
Minister'S tp Or tATue most lmpYrMnt foreign
! countries are. all Il them, New Workers Joseph
II thoatc. ambassador "a Great Britain. Horace
pUr,rr, ambassador To- France, and Andrew H.
White, Ambassador t Germany Mr.. ChuAle
aud zen Pur,"r Wurn in the United States. are
residents II New York CIty, Mr. Nhite IT, a resi-
dent II Ithaca. One other New Yorker is u
representative Of the American Government at
an imporan. European city IN the affairs Il
Diplomacy, Constautinoplr
Compared with New York. the other Stalr:.
though represented on lhe} list Of Ministers
ba-sadpr - Rue>ia is from Pennsylvania, Ire
Aulba ,sador u Mexico is a resident Of Arkansas,
10 Italy a MASSACHUSETTS man, the Minlstrr 20
AuStrla. from Indiana, 20 CHINA from Iowa, e.
Brazil from Illinois, To- Spain from Ohio, 10 Den
mark from Minurnn 10 Japan from GegrgiH
10 Belgium from Pennsylvania There Is not
n Virginia man IN the list. The number II
Massachusetts men in the diplomatic service Il
the | nitrd STATE. las Of late decreased.