The leader., 1905-09-09
NOT ON GOOD TERMS.
OLD WORLD NATIONS THAT
REFUSE 10 SPEAK.
England Cuts servia and Bolivia and
Turkey Will Have Nothing to
DO with Japan-Ca Causes
of Trouble.


There are in the world nations as
well as individual people who won't
know each other" or who are not on
speaking terms.
Two nations more or less continu-
Ously in our eye are unacquainted Dip
lomatically Japan and Turkey.
Though during the last two years
questions have often arisen in which
our eastern ally would have liked to
pop word into the ear Of Abdul
Hamid II. especially such questions
as the free passage of Russias vol
unteer fleet through the Dardanelles
last year-Japan has no accredited
representative to Turkey, and Turkey
has none to Japan.
AS matter of fact, says Pearson's
Weekly, they simply don't know each
other. The sultan of Turkey has a
rooted objection on principle to for
eign diplomatists, and is about as
anxious to receive a new one as the
average mouse is anxious to receive
q cat Therefore he has never con-
sented to a Japanese minister at Yildiz
Kiosk. 1t is, however. expected that
after the war Japan will be able to
put that little matter right.
Two powers whose territories adjoin
each other who may be said to practi-
cally cut each other dead are Austria
and Montenegro. One of the surest
signs of good relationship between
countries is the existence of a treaty
of commerce, by which one nation
enjoys the most favored nation tariff
within the others boundaries. Though
adjoining, Austria steadfastly refuses
to grant Montenegro such treaty.
probably because of the little principl-
ity's notorious friendship for Russia.
The result is that the goods of the
Montenegrins are heavily taxed before
they can even leave this country, and
smuggling is rife on the borders.
1t is, however. notorious that certain
of the powers won't know Servia as
punishment for the fearful massacre
in 1903 of Kink Alexander and Queen
Draga. Britain is the most aloof of
these powers, and now for nearly two
years, we have hal no diplomatic in
tercourse with King Peter, our busi-
ness with him being oone by our con-
! sui, Mr.. Thessiger, at Belgrade.
Mor0cco has been very much talked
about of late, but, though Britain is on
visiting terms with the sultan, through
our minister at Fez, Morocco has no
representative in London. Her near
est approach to the British ear is con-
Quoted at Gibraltar by gentleman
who rejoices in the name of Taleb-Abd-
es-Islam- ou-Zian-ei-Tanji.
The new republic of Panama has as
yet got to "know" Us, in the usual way,
by sending representative.
The shoe is on the other foot in the
case of Great Britain and Bolivia. Our
relations with that South American
state have been distinctly "offish" for
the last so years. Three times since
1852 have we appointed a minister, but
for various reasons he has never gone
to his post There is no British min
lister in Bolivia at the present time.
In the case of some small states,
Britain, as it were kills her social
duties by appointing one minister for
four. Thus Costa Rica, Honduras, Nj.
caragua and Salvador each rejoice in
ne-quarter of minister resident, the
whole of that official being to repre-
sent us to all four at once.
Apart altogether from times of war,
we have often been in the position of
"not knowing another state.
Of all great powers in recent years,
we have fallen ou5, automatically.
most with the United States Old time
United States presidents had way of
dismissing an ambassador with little
ceremony. The president in 1856
promptly sacked Mr.. Champion. our
minister, to show his disapproval of
the British habit of recruiting in the
United States soldiers to fight in the
foreign legion against Russia.
Thirty-two years iater, in 1888. rTos-
ident Cleveland "cut'' US dead in the
same fashion by 1ismissing Lord
Sackville, our ambassador, for having
written letter commenting on po-
litical question.