The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-18
WASHINGTON WOES
@oMn OF THE FASHIONABLE WALL
 OVER LOST ENvOYS.,
@ennsbie People LanEh While wash angtom Society Women weep Over Retiring Dip
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Washington letter to The Fhiia- uelphia Record says: Though un- American snobbery prevails in certain circles in the capital, there is plenty of good Yankee sense, and, above all \ nnuch Yankee humor; and, therefore, about per cent of regret has to com bat sS Der cent of laughter in regard Co grievances of the Diplomatic Corps.
 The folk who seem to think for- aigner, especially one with title, is poaitively superior to 6 native citizen, thought 1t shameful that Sir Henry Mortimer Durand wasn't treated with the proper deference, and felt com pelied to leave us They had been similarly wroth when Baron des planches. Italian Ambassador. falling E0 get d transfer to a European post, resigned from his country's diplomat fc service. And there was Senor Cas- aaus, the Ambassador from Mexico who took sudden tour to Europe, and thence cabled his resignation to his own President and to our State Experiment.
 And, would you believe 1t, say the aforesaid American crookers of the hinged knee, those dear, delightful diplomats would still be with us if we hadn't been so discourteous as to re- fuse to give them their own way in everything they wished. Consequent 3v upon that view the aforesaid minor stx of Washington society thinks See~ rekary Root Is altogether too over bearing.
 Fuws Over Piece of statuary.
 Tt was before he became Secretary of State, however. that he nettled the Italian Ambassador. The trouble start ea with the action of the directors Of fhe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. of which Roos was mem ber. In refusing to accept piece or statuary which had formed part of the Italian exhibit in the St. Louis fair. noot was extremely frank in his crit actAm, and the Ambassador always felt rongtrained in their relations when Root became head of the State De- partment. In fact, he was so deeply aggrfeved he felt he could not keep harmonious relations with Mir. Roose- velt's chief adviser. So the Baron went "away from here"
 Senor Casasus's relations with the State Department were apparently cor dial. but he belonged to a faction in Mexican politics which is far from anxious that the Panama canal should be finished, and who are cold toward the overland policy. Casasus gave bad health as an excuse for breaking the ties that bound.
 
 Az for the excuses of Durand throw fng up a job that brought him 932,5O0 . year, with a fine home. there were several And some are highly enter taining to democratic onlookers. First Of ell, Sir Mortimer and nis wife ob- dected to the "mixed conditions" in Washington, and in the land of the Tree generally. Lady Durand a few months after her arrival, openly ex- pressed her disapprovaY of the frtvol-, fty of society, and told what she thought of persons who attended freak dinners and baby parties. Indeed, the Durands were fin chronic state or protest against something ever since their arrival
 sEr Mortimer found much to occupy his time in watching Roots moves in diplomacy; but he stiIl had hours to worry about codes of precedence and things of that sort. Durand frequent av expressed irritation at the "anoma- Ioua position" the diplomatic corps holds su the American capital. It can Se shifted as suits the masters of pre- cadence. fy
 ro reach the point of reslgning an aTahassadorshlb in Washington one xnust have weighty reasons In addi- fscn to tho dignity, the salary is Dig Item. The British Ambassador gets s32B00 annually, besides contingent Qslnd oq SI0,O00 foR special entertain fnw. The Italian receives S1s,000, and 4he Mexican the same amount Both &overuments own handsome embassies, and the entire cost of their mainte- nance Is paid by separate approprta- ftOna.