Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27


The won for the President
Peacemaker. the plaudits of the civil
lied world. The name of
Roosevelt indeed. whatever the verdict OF
| the conference, will henceforth be the syno-
nym of peace in contradistinction to that
other chief Of state. Kaiser William. whose
name stands for war.
The toast of welcome to the ENJOYS OF
Russia and Japan on the yacht Mayfower
will serve as peace offering and nota-
BILE departure from old methods to future
paths Of peace. The President said on that
memorable OCCASION:
II drink to the welfare and prosperity OF
| the sovereigns and the people and of the
| two great nations whose representatives
| have met one another on this ship. 1t Is
my earnest hope and prayer in the interest
| OF not only these two great powers. but of
| all civilized mankind that a just and last
| ing peace may speedily be concluded be-
| tween them
NJ de Witte the first Russian envoy.
speaking of the conference. is reported TO
have paid this merited tribute to the Presi-
dent Of the United States: IF nothing
comes of this conference 1t will make it
easier when we meet again. We have
gained great deal. great force. Presi-
dent Roosevelt who was strong enough to
call halt and lead both sides to the con-
ference table. This is great thing for
humanity. great inspiration. great hope
for the future"
1t will prove interesting to refer just here
to some Of the traditions and forms of the
ancient diplomatic regime and the innova-
lions and new methods which slowly
coming into our international relations.
This change was brusquely inaugurated
with the French revolution. Since then the
real mission of diplomacy has been the
maintenance of peace. and to give the wild
est scope to the commerce and industries
of peoples
Under the ancient regime Philip. King Of
Macedonia, the father of Alexander the
Early o,asss, 80 - ~ . may s, ne
diplomacy. diplomats. He said that
mo place was impregnable
into which mule could pass with load
Of gold"
The modern diplomatic regime may be
regarded as commencing with Charles V,
King of Spain and Emperor of Germany;
Elizabeth and William III of England;
Henry ", Louis XIV, Louis XVI. Ma
poleon l and Napoleon III: Charles EN-
| manuel II of Savoy, Frederick III OF Prus-
STA, Marie Theresa and Catherine of Rus
STA. &c.
1t was in the middle ages in Italy that
diplomacy was practiced for the first time
as an art and taught as science by
diplomats. The XIIIth century produced
Dante, Petrarch, Boccacio, Guicciardini
and Machiavel all of whom We're charged
| with different missions by the republic
OF Venice Louis X1. King of France,
and Ferdinand, the Catholic King of Ar
ragon and Castillo, were patrons of a
diplomacy which had for device: He who
does not know how to dissemble does not
know how to reign" Subsequently the
diplomacy of artifice and intrigue chang
ed It's form under the gallantry and ele-
gance affected by the courts of Louis XIII
and Louis XIV. Under the former Richie
lieu adopted the permanent maintenance
OF legations at foreign courts; under the
latter the celebrated expression "Tetat
c'est mot"-1 am the SYSTEMATICALLY
indicates policy which characterized the
reign of Louis XIV through fifty-four
years.
What distance from Machiavel alone
ON horseback. proceeding to the place of
his mission, stopping at his personal ex-
fpense at the simplest of taverns. to the
Count d'Estrade, ambassador of Louis
XIV, entering The Hague with the boom
of cannon and flare of trumpet. over
whelming with equpage. cortege and
splendid costume the rich Powered aris-
tocracy unable to compete. stopping al a
grand hotel. where the ambassador was
as much master as If in France! What a
distance also between the brilliant dis
play of embassies of the XVII century
and the modest gait of the ambassa doris
Of our own times, who represent coun-
greater than the governments of that
period.
All the splendor of ceremonial has not
been entirely abandoned. indeed, on occa-
sion it is almost as great as
ceremonies formerly. For example,
and Pcmp. when the Kaiser of Germany
set out in the Hohenzolern
he
was arrayed in the most gorgeous uniform.
specially designed to impress the Arab
ina gination, readily captured by coler and
display When an ambassador. indeed. ar
rves at his post in any OF the capitals OF
Europe he is received in special coach'
lackeys in gorgeous livery and regiment
of the guard. In the orient, in Egypt Tur-
key and Persia, the splendors of the recep-
ton rendered is accentuated by the coach,
which is golden ana the uniforms anu oec-
misunderstanding
In this brief survey of diplomacy at civ
ilized courts the writer's experience with
the uncvilized may be interesting. The
writer was received with much barbara
pomp and splendor at the courts OF Korea
and Quelparet island; by the sultans OF the
Mann Mans, and by the famous M-IeSa,
King of Uganda, to who mhe was sent IN
1874 on a mission by Ismail, khedive of
Egypt to execute a treaty OF peace ana
annexation.
The immediate poiSt Of departure was
Gondocoro, on the Nile, five degrees north
of the equator, the objective point the cap
ital of Uganda, 100 miles distant, on the
Victoria N'Yanza. The writer, then col
onel in the Egyptian army, took with him
as gifts for the king quantity of cottons.
flannelS, silks jeWelry, paste diamonds and
precious stones etc, a large mirror, music
box. electric battery and finally a horse,
this animal never having been seen or
heard of in Uganda.
1t was necessary to assume the title OF
prince" which went with the mission as
ambassador--to insure a first-class recep-
ton by the reputed capricious king. Any
thing less than prince had small considera-
ton at the Uganda court. which did things
on grand scale, as will be Seen
The M-Buguru, or white prince, as he was
subsequently styled conformed to the
Uganda protocol by writing to the king,