The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-15

ent. accorded not only marked favor,
but also warm personal friendship, 10
captains OF commerce and OF industry
a number of whom have figured in his
Cabinets. while others are invited 10
accompany him each year on his holt
day cruises on board his steam yacht
HohenZollern, yet he manifcstly consid-
srS that the Ieuton arlstocracy IS bel
ter fitted than any other class or his
subjects for diplomatic work abroad.
According TO the Official Annual OF
1910, all the posts of ambassadors are
iilIed by noblemen. and what is more,
the councillors OF all the embassies
! that is TO say. the men who are called
upon to undertake the duties OF charge
d affalres in the absence of the anbas-
sador--belonS TO the same caste. OF
! the twenty nine ENJOYS of the rank OF
minister plenipotentiary and minister
resident, only five belong 10 the bour-
geoisie, namely. the Emperor's repre-
sentatives in Abyssinia, Morocco, Peru,
Uruguay and Mexico, where the Ger
man envoy is DR.. Buenz for so many
years consul general in New York. All
the secretaries OF embassy belong to
the aristocracy, and all secretaries of
legationi with the exception OF two.
namely, those of the German missions
at Cairo and at Caracas. Moreover,
there are at the present moment but
half a dozen attaches of embassy and
legation belonging to the bourgeoisie.
In Chicago, san Francisco. st. Peters
burg. New York. Rome and Bucharest
bourgeois birth. But in all the other
important consulates-gcnera such as
at Pesth, Naples, Warsaw, Shanghai.
Tunis, Zurich, Turin, Genoa, PraEu
tain to the titled classes.
This marked Dredilection for the arts
tocracy in the distribution of diplo-
matte and consular appointments
abroad has naturally excited a consId-
cradle amount of grumblng in the
Rcichstag and in the German press, but
Is the result Of experience. For as a
general rule diplomats and consular
officers belonging TO the aristocracy
have some private income of their own,
and are not wholly dependent upon
their salary and allowances. More
they are Stationed their name. their
birth and their nobilary title usually
endow them with advantages in official
and in social Disadvantages that are
Of benefit to their government and
that do not fall to the share of their
bourgeois confreres,
Royal state Visits.
Whenever rulers pay state visits TO
one another, the speeches of the host
given in honor Of the latter form an
important feature. so important indeed
that not only the speakers. but also
their respective ministers, have COM
municated to them in advance what the
other is going to say. In fact these
speeches are looked upon as important
political pronouncements and are the
object OF no end of discussion and
comment in the domestic and foreign
press.
But there were no speeches of any
kind at the state banquet given by
the Sultan of Turkey on the occasion
of the recent visit of the King and
Queen of Bulgaria to Constantinople.
1t was decided to abandon them when
it was found that the Sultan would be
prohibited by Koranic law from drink
n
thing but water. while his knowledge
OF the French language is so restricted
that it would be out of the question
for him to attempt TO say even n few
words in French. Ferdinand on the
other hand is equally ignorant OF
Turkish. Nor has he any knowledge
of Persian. which may be described as
the court language of most Of the Mos
lem powers.
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