The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-24

hisf executive by senators and eongrsssmen and asntiaI politicians. a7s.5g
 As a result. foreign governments acquired the sabit of regarding new American envoys with eon-s sdsrable anxiety. and found them strange and fre- uenty embarrassing propositions.
 Americans who spent much time Europe ften humiliated by freak diplomats. ouiandsh in earanee and personal traits and national offense ecause of their ignorance. their ostentatious Mgarsties. their social their fragrant ardmony.
 scue of them the generalization of intoierant sserti upon every possible theme Accredited ,chies. they let opportunity slip of vocing heir emphatic denunciation of the monarchical prin aple ct giving royalty understand that to the
 enlightened civilization of West they relics ,f medieval berbarism.
 Some tie other hand. were overawed by heir surroundings they constant patton trying crawl into their shells but fortunately just fsl short of the degree of tmidty which would moved them to resign their posts
 others domir by the idea that the post simply a good job werth just much for just four years and it behoovsd them to much pos sble during that tins, Consequently they lived with economical simplicity far greater than that of the other diplomats. and with disregard of The requirements of their positions which sometimes became a scandal in the community.
 Yet other crude citizens of hamboyant dress un couth manner believed snsers at all that not American, used excessive profanity express their aIstsste for society which they styled degenerate but which they could not refrain from going into periodically just for the fun of telling it what they thought of 1t; inveterate chewers who spat upon the conventions disdained ordinary poeness as nauseating eneminacy. and held a coat in unre- strained contempt as the emblem of foppishness.
 POLITICIANS NOT DIPLOMATS
 That was the result of choosing our diplomats from politicians The country has in the last twenty years-it awoke to the fact under a former regime-that an x-Governor of a state may be vrile and forceful personality and may have made very good Governor and be pathetic failure in diplo macy. and when launched upon its unknown sea is bound to upon the rocks.
 For the last two decades without any attempt to bring either consular or diplomatic corps under civil service. the demand for trained legation attaches has been more insistent. Promotion in the service has the than the excep- ton.
 young may now with some chance of con tinuous occupation. go in a diplomatic career The experience gained in legation under one adminis- tration be valuable in embassy under the next But even admitting the great improvement in the diplomatic service in the last admnis- trations It has been still almost entirely matter of learning by experience
 Finally the State Department reached the concIu- sion that many things that it's secretaries embassies who in time, course of promo tion. might one day be ambassadors themselves might learn just well. and with far less likelihood of btunders huniltating and sometimes costly both 0 shemselves and their country appointment afterward-
 Ana go the school of diplomacy was established