Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-27
NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS.
England Cuts Servia and Bolivia
japan "Unknown' to Turkey.
From Pearson's Weekly

From Pearson's Weekly.
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 continuously In
our eve are unacuuainted automatically
Japan and Turkey Though during the last
two years questions have often arisen III
which our eastern ally would have liked to
pop a word Into the ear of Abdul Hamld IL
especially such questions as the free pas
sage of Russia's volunteer fleet through the
Dardanelles last year-Japan has no ac-
credited representative to Turkey and Iur-
key has none to Japan.
AS a matter Of fact, they simply don't
know each other The Sultan of Turkey
has 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 cat. Therefore he
has never consented to Japanese minister
at YfldiZ Kiosk. 1t is, however, expected
that after the war Japan Will be able 10 put
that little matter right.
Two powers whose territories adjoin each
other who may be said to practically cut
each other dead are Austria and Monte
negro One of the surest signs of good re-
lationship between countries is the existence
of a treaty of commerce, by which one ma
ton enjoys the most favored nation tarlfr
within the others boundaries Ihough au-
Joining, Austria Stcau1aStly TeluStS W grant
Montenegro such treaty, probably because
of the little principality's notorious friend
ship for Russia. The result Is that the
goods of the Montenegrins are heavily taxed
before they can even leave this country, ana
smuggling is rife on the borders.
1t is, however, notorious That certain or
the powers won't know Servia as pun
ishment for the fearful massacre in 1903
of King Alexander and Queen Draga. Brit
ain is the most aloof of these powers. and
now, for nearly two years, we have had no
diplomatic intercourse with King Peter, our
business with him being done by our con-
sui Mr.. Thessiger. at Belgrade.
Morocco 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 nearest approach to the Brit
ish ear is conducted at Gibraltar by gen.
tleman who rejoices In the name of Taleb-
ADD es-Islam- Bou-Zian- el-Tanji.
The new republic of Panama has as yet
got to know" us, in the usual way, by
sending a 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 fifty 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
minister in Bolivia at the present time.
In the case of some small states. Britain,
as it WERE kills her social duties by APP
pointing one minister for four. Thus Costa
Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador
each rejoice in one-quarter of minister
resident the whole of that official being to
represent us to all four at once.
Apart altogether from times of war, we
have often been in the position of mot
knowing another state.
OF all great powers in recent years, we
have fallen out automatically most with
the United tSates. Old-time United States
Presidents had way of dismissing an am
bassador with little ceremony. The Presi-
dent in 1856 promptly sacked Mr. Cramp-
ton, 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 later. in 1883, President
Cleveland .'cut" US dead in the same fash
ion by dismissing Lord Sackville, our am
bassador, for having written letter COM
.menting on political question.