Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20

Count Cavour was q syeritable Diplomat,
1xx1ooae IN MS desfgns. supple and patient
y their execution. calm in success. hr7n In
fnif1fe. turning everything in his way. men
ana things. toward the unique object
sought. the liberation OF Italy and dominate
ing by the forra of reason the fury OF his
OF his value. This grand Italian minister
was one OF those politicians for whom men
are but instruments Of their will. Il cannot
tell you." wrote Gen. de La Marmora. with
what cruelty. with what disdain Cavour
treated those whom he thought he had used
completely, or those become unnecessary
to his designs. I have never known any
one more passionate In his affections and
more prompt In enthusiasm. He was car
ried away with some with singular facility;
he raised them to the skies. praised them
before all; then. one day. capricious as
child, he threw them down from the pedes-
outrage. nothing was spared those whom he
had exalted the day before and whom he
imagined he had a grievance against. He
seemed to wish to avenge his mistake as to
their value and to have them expIate his
having appreciated them too highly for an
instant"
+ France has had her celebrities and among
these under Henry " his friend Duplessis-
Norway, a Protestant chief
French surnamed the pope of the
Dinlomate Huguenots:'' the Duke de
Sully, the Cancelier Brusart
de sillery; the Cardinal Arnaud d'ossat.
Under Louis XIII the Marshal de Bassom.
pierre; Count d'Estrades. and above all,
Cardinal de Richelieu and his confidant.
Father Joseph du Tremblay, nicknamed
Mazarin, Abel Servien, who took part
with Count 6Avaux in the place OF
westphalia: the Marquis de Torey
nephew of tho Grand Colbert. who
Al -
of Utrecht in 171s. the Grand Colbert one
Of the greatest ministers Of France. Under
Louis XIV and the reigns and regimes which
have followed we find the Count de YER
negotiation in the congress Of Hanover and
Mannheim, concluded the alliance of 1717
with the Swiss canton, and that Of 1170
with the American colonies revolted against
England, signed the peace of Teschen In
| ITO and that Of Versailles in 1873; the due
de Choiseul. who signed the pacte de famille
which united all the princes Of the house
| OF Bourbon against England, united Cor
| sica to France in 1853 and opposed the am
bilious projects OF Russia upon Poland; the
Prince de Talleyrand-Perigord. who nego-
| tiated the treaties of Luneville d Amiens de
Presbourg, de Tilsitt, assisted at the con-
| gress OF 1814-1S15, signed In 1884 the treaty
of the quadruple alliance and assisted at
the conferences which terminated the quar-
rels OF Belgium and Holland Maret, due
de Bassano: Champigny due de Galore, who
negotiated the marriage Of Napoleon
with Marie Louise: the Viscount Chateau
BRAND. one Of the plenipotentiaries of the
ouizot. the duke de Broglie, NJ. de Thou
venea, NJ. Drouyn de Lhuys.
England has had also illustrious dipio-
| mats: William Temple who negotiated the
H.. treaty of alliance formed
england In 1858 against France,
and Others. between e g l a n d. the
sr,.Is,,,,. - =. states general Of the
Netherlands and Sweden. Temple took
large part in the conclusion of the
1914 to 1878: the Count de Bolingbroke.
who concluded the peace of Utrecht In 1713;
the two Pitts. the Vincount Castlereagh,
Lord Canning. Lord Palmerston. who
formed the treaty Of the Quadruple alliance.
concluded the 18th of July, 1910, with Rus
sia, Austria and Turkey; broke the entente
cordiale with France in 1S46 apropos the
Spanish marriages, supported the italian
revolution of 1S49 and opposed the opening
of the Suez canal.
austria has likewise had her distinguished
celebrities: Traatmansdorff; Prince de Kau-
nitz, who signed the treaty of AK 10
Chapelle, 174S; Prince de Metternich nego-
tiated at Toeplitz, September 8, 1918, the
adhesion of Austria to the coalition against
France, presided over the congress Of
Vienna in 1S14 and 1915. represented Aus
! also the congress of AK la Chapelle in 1918;
| Carlsbad, 1919; Leybach and Troppen, 1920;
Verona in 1922, consolidated at Prague the
alliance of Austria with Prussia and Rus
| sia; the Prince de Schwazenberg, the Count
de Beust, NJ. Andrassy, etc.
Prussia has had Frederick Ancillor; the
Prince de Hardenberg. who represented the
king at Bale in 1914, the peace Of Paris. the
| congress at AK la Chapelle, de Carlsbad.
| de Laybach, de Verona. the Baron Hum
boldt and Bismarck.
Russia has, had among others. the Count
de Nesselrode, who signed in 1914 the treaty
of Chaumont and negotiated with Marmont
the surrender of Paris: was a member of
the congress at AK la Chapelle. Laybach.
Troppan. Verona: concluded the treaties of
Andrfnople IN 1929, Unkiar-Skelessi In 1888
an the peace Of Paris, 1855; the Prince
Gortschakoff, and at the present Count de
Witte, who concluded the peace of Ports
mouth, 1905.
Spain is proud Of the names OF d'Olivarez.
cardinal Ximenes; Don Luis de Haro. who
negotiated with France the
Spain and treaty Of the Pyrenees. 1859;
America Count dAranda, Count de
Florida Blanca, Marquis de
Mirafores. Duke dtEspartero. CASTELAR,, etc.;
Portugal: Marquis de Pombal, the Duke de
amelia.
Spanish America takes pride In the names
of San Martin, de Bolivar. de Puyredon, de
Bernardin, Rivadavia, O'Higgins. de Bel
grand, de Suere. de Pourtales. Andre Bello.
de Pando, Torres-Caicedo Time only may
determine If the name of the eccentric Clip
riano Castro may be classed among the dis
tinguished diplomats of Spanish America.
The United States of America, though
young IN years. has produced names which
are engraved upon the century that gave
them birth Washington Franklin. Jeffer-
son, Adamsi The founders of the republic
The sovereigns of modern times have
played important parts as diplomats. The
first who may be cited is Charles V or
Charles Quint." who, King of Spain and
Emperor Of Germany Q516-1555), dreamed
OF universal domination and master of the
world; Elizabeth and william III of Eng
land. Louis XII, Henry Nv and Louis XIV
of France, Napoleon I and Napoleon III,
Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, Frederick II
of Prussia, Catherine of Russia, Marie
Theresa and Francis Joseph of Austria,
Nicola II Of Russia and William II of Ger
many are at present on the stage as actors
In an unfinished drama: likewise Edward
VII of England, whose recent presence at
the Elysee Palace In Paris points diplo-
In