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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-27
Universal Peace.
Pendennis.

John Fiske. the learned American
historian, in his lecture entitled
The Ultimate Result" advance
the idea that the Federal Union is
the only form of government that
will endure the test of time. He
leaves the impression that event.
ually the entire globe will be ruled
by Federations, and still further
suggested that these Federations
will be combined for the good of all
mankind. Universal peace would
follow if this plan proves to be the
result of future history. May be
time holds this blessing id store for
future generations, and some day in
the ages to come perhaps the shrine
of Mars will be deserted.
At present the spirit of war and
the lust for battle is dominate
among men. 1t is true that there
is Peace Tribunal at The Hague,
and influential statemen in many
countries sedulusly work in the in
terest Of peace. There is also.
yearly prize donated by the Nobel
fund to the one who does the most
during the year in the interests of
peace. Yet the world powers are
armed and ready for war. Each
year sees the development of the
tools-of war along advanced lines.
Millions are spent every year to
perfect the engines of battle.
1t has been said that if one of the
World Powers would disarm the
others would follow suit, hut exist
ing conditions will not permit of
any disarmament. Nor can there be
any universal peace as long as the
less enlightened nations are still
prone to settle their differefces On
the field of battle, rather than sub
nit their contentious to peaceful
arbitrations.
This country is forced to present
an armed front and a display of
force, because a less advanced peo-
pie have taken up arms against the
other. No sane man in this cuun-
try wants war with Mexico, but in
lspite Of this we may be forced into
war in defense, Of that which is
} right, Thus we see that only a
small portion of the worlds popu-
lation can compel a mighty nation
to take up arms.
Continued on 3Yd page
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-27
The Diplomatic Service and Diplomacy
OF the United States

eN~
M.
~
Peru, Guatumala, Honduras, Tur-
key, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, sand
Salvador, $4,000 each; to Para
quay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bel
gium, Netherland, Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark 81, 800; to
Greece, Romania and Servia (one)
$500; to BOLIVIA, Ecuador and
Switzerland $1,000. There are
Ministers Resident who also act
as Consuls General, to Corea
81, 500; to Hayti, Persia, Portugal
and Siam, $1,000. In addition to
this are two secretaries of the
legations at Berlin, London, Paris,
China, and Japan, who receive re-
spectiyely 1885 and 1900 each.
There are Interpreters who also
act as consuls, with salaries rang
ing from 81, 500 to $1,000 a year.
not very munificient income it
must be admitted, but the secretary
| of state may, at his discretion, al
low additional sums for clerical
assistance at nearly all the lega-
ltions, which is paid out of a gen
eral fund. The ministers are al
llowed certain sum of money each
year for the rent of legation and
ofices, for messengers, stationary,
Hight, fuel and other necessary
Iexpenses. There is also a fund for
the payment of funeral expenses
of officials who die abroad, and
their widows are allowed an amount
equal to their months compensa
tion.
| However / am not certain but
that new legislation, by Congress.
has made some changes in the fore
going figures, as there has arisen {
great many new questions for set
tlement by the diplomatic servic'
since 1892, among which l nigh
mention the war wath Spain, tn,
annexation of Porto Rico, the
Philippines and Hawaiian, the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, the Panam'
Canal and the abrogation of tn
Russian treaty, all of which have
given our diplomats momentou
questions to solve, some of whicl
| are still unsettled and liable to b
! for many years to come.
In passing want to say some
} thing of diplomacy as means o
settling problems of internationa
> disagreements and dispute, and tn
qualification which seem neccessar
for a good diplomat to possess.
The United States has ever
reason to be proud of her diplomats
D During the one hundred and twer
s ty years of the nations existanct
!. the service has more than held il
J, own against the shrewd and trai1
d ed veterans of diplomacy of all Ell
It rope. In most countries of EuroI
e a thorough education and trainln
+ in schools for that purpose are e
9 sential requisites for appointmer
n in the diplomatic service. It is
o profession as much as law or me'
e icine, and youth starts in tt
e preparation for it the same as
is would prepar e himself for pro
ession which he expects to NAL
ID his life work. But in the Unite
20 States no such preparatory scho
4, or education is necessary in Il
d qualification of our diplomat. f
s. is more likely to get the appoin
n ment if he can carry his state f,
j, his political party, and in mar
a, cases his appointment is a polite
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-27

y. II.
~
Paper read before the Cha,aduqua Circle: |
When assigned thissubject had
imagined that I should find it rather
a dull topic. But upon digging
into the text books l found it as
absorbing as the study of our his
tory, itself, for it is a large part OF
our history, and covers the entire
period of our national existence.
I do not intend, in the limited
space of this paper, to touch the
subject in a historical order, nelth-
er will I attempt to dwell at any
length upon the law and organ
ization of this department of our
government, but in rather brief
manner outline its benifits and de-
fects, as impressed on my mind
from the few authorities l have
been able to read on the subject.
I wish to say right in the begin
ming that the text book we now are
using is somewhat out of date
(189D and that some very import
ant questions of international char
acter. which have not hitherto been
considered by our diplomats, or
treated in our text hooks, have
arisen, some Of which are still pend
ing, and Of these / wish to speak
in as brief manner as possible.
The diplomatic service depart
ments of our government, under
its present system, dates back to
September 1889, when Thomas
- Jefferson became the first secretary
of state under Washington's ad-
ministration.
The word, diplomacy, according
to it's modern meaning as defined
by Webster, is, "the service OF
art of conducting negotiations be-
tween nations" Every indepen-
dent nation has the right to receive
or send representatives to and from
other governments with which il
may have relations" And this
has been the practice since the be-
ginning of civilization" But the
general rules and duties of sucf
agents and representatives, ane
their classification is of recent dat'
comparatively, and was established
at an international Congress helt
in Vienna in 1875, and according
to these rules were divided int,
three classes:
First-Ambassadors who ar,
sent by one sovereign to another
Second-Envoys extraordinary
ministers plenipotentiary, an
ministers resident.
Third-Charge's d. affaires, VIII
are accredited not to sovereign
but to ministers of foreign affairs
Of the first class we have none
as our president is not recognize
as sovereign, but our highes
officers in the diplomatic seryic
are of of the second class mention
ed, and under the laws of th
United States are twenty-nine
number, who are divided n
classes according to the importane
of the nation to which they al
sent and the compensation that
paid them.
The Envoys Extraordinary an
Ministers Plenipotentiary
France, Germany, Great Britia1
Russia and Mexico, are pal
$17,500 per annum each; to Au
tria, Brazil, China, Italy, Japs
and Spain. $l2, 900 each; to Chill
Argentine Republic, Colombi
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-27

- - +
ing our Ministers may sometimes
feel handicapped in their crossing
of blades with the trained veteran.
However,sf famnot sure but a good
politician is generally a pretty good
diplomat too. Some of our great
politicians have proven themselves
to be good diplomats, and on the
whole have had little to learn from
the trained men of Europe. Such
men as Jay, Livingston and Mon
roe stand at the head of our fam
GUS diplomats, not from the years
of their service but from their sue
cessful negotiations and settlement
of vexed questions. We hav e
many others but 1 shall not men,
tion them.
It is not always the experience
that makes the successful diplomat.
John Quincy Adams represented
us at five courts, was secretary of
State eight years and President
four years, and yet had more trea-
ties rejected by the United States
Senate than any other man who
held these high positions. Bril-
liant and talented though. he was
as a legislator and man, he lacked
the qualities of successful diplo-
mat.
It is sometimes laughable to read
, the criticisms, from various sourc-
es, upon the conduct of our resi-
, dent foreign Ministers. If they
dine out and make pretty after
dinner speeches at banquets, they
are "unamerican." If they OBJ
serve the forms of diplomatic
society TO the letter, then they are
trucking to the Aristocracy." "
: If they use ordinary judgement
A and common sense in their dealings,
: they are charged with ''cowardice.'
e If they fail to right an individual
t C m p | a in offhand they lack
g sympathy" The ideal Minister,
in the eyes of such critics, is the
: noisy bully who, carries chip on his
a shoulder, and has designs to tweak
e the nose or pull the ears of the
e beast which symbalizes the country
s of his residence. This is not q
b fancy sketch, for you and l, fellow
e members have heard just such
criticisms. The existence Of such
) ideal conduct on the part of any
f Minister, however, would be mis-
i fortune to the country he repre-
e sents. Ministers and Ambassadors
Y ought to be friendly Representatives
of their governments in foreign
" State, in order to cultivate ant
5. maintain peaceful and friendly re
l. lations with it. Weas individuals
), can seldom quarrel with a fellow
is who is always good nature d
l. polite, cheerful, full of fun
l. Such disposition get us to d,
,e or agree to do mo nything. /
g is the crouch, the Duily who jerk
s. his coat, or pulls "a gun at ever,
1T turn, whom we never get nea
a enough to discuss the most meri
L. torious proposition without bein,
,e armed, and then it is not diplc
,e macy, but war.
f. When a man has an unfriendl
ze feeling toward another country, b
I'd is persona non grata" to it: he is
ol moreover, useless to his own GOV
he ernment. If a man is bore in hi
lie manner, a muddler in politics
it. disagreeable instead of affable
or personal relations, he cannot SUI,
~ cessfully carry out the object of hi
al mission. When, in these days {
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-03-27
SALTWATER. MINNESOTA THURSDAY MARCH 27. 1918

cablegram and wireless, much of
the diplomacy of nations, especi-
ally with the United States, is car
ried on directly with the depart
ment of state, this cultivation of
good will becomes the cheif, al
most the sole reason to maintain a.
minister at foreign court.
l want to say with emphasis,
that in diplomtic correspondence,
we have the simplest, the easiest,
and the most natural way of set
ting disputes of an international
character, (and l might add that it
applies to individual disputes with
force. Whatever detracts from
this is dangerous.
First.-It is a quiet way: many
and many question is raised, dis
cussed and settled without exciting
the attention of congress, the no.
tice of the newspapers, or the
passions of the people. How much
better this than to expose the
moves of the State Department to
the undiplomatic world? How
much of national excitement,
alarm, hatred and uncharitableness
might be saved, if the discussions
remain confined to diplomatic chan
nels in the good old way instead of
taking both publics into confidence.
Second. 1t is friendly way:
Every forced arbitration, which is
the next best way, is more or less
irritating because the dispute is
made public, and each side dons
combative garb and manner, and
girds himself to defend his cause
without due respect to the feelings
of the other. And we might say
the same when disputes are settled
by meditation, though generally
the mediator gets either kicked out
of the door for his offer or gets the
ill will of both parties when he de-
cides.,
Third.-It is a responsible way:
Here is where the duties of adjust
ing foreign differences belong. If
capable of solution few Inter
national questions are not-in
nine cases out of ten diplomacy can
and will and does solve them,
and when so settled stir up no feel.
ing, create no war scares and
leave no scars behind. It implies
no international contest, while even
so peaceful a method as arbitration
does imply contest.
| follows, theref, ore as it seems
to me that our State Department
and our Diplomatic Service should
be strengthened in every way. Il
should be service trained to the
highest degree of efficiency ane
skill, not only in international law
and language, but in the higher
purer integrity of character ane
patriotism, and the polish of genia
personality and manners. In oul
, domestic business affairs we woult
hardly dare risk the sending ou
, of a Representative who had no
, these qualities in a marked degree
and what applies to~eur domestic
affairs in small way, applies t.
: our National and international af
fairs in a larger sense. And it i
not always possible to find the righ
7 man for the right place under ou
3 political system of appointments
, in the way of qualifications. T
: be diplomatic success in Franc
S might be a failure in Barzil.
l have already taken up NOR
4 time than l should, but let me sa
: in conclusion that l believe th
8 time is not far distant when W
Fl shall need the highest diplomat
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05
Daddy sBedtir1e
@, a Dog That
OCOIV Stays ata
bio Hotel
@ eeSa&-AAR
Fie Takes His Mas
ter's Mail,
Big Hotel.

Up ACK had been saying that if he went to the seashore to spend a month.
as a neighbor had done, he would not leave his dog behind with the
gardener. %aX ta aM"#8
O but. you see Jack" said daddy, they couldn't very well take q
big collie like that with them. Hotels don't take in people with dogs
WELL, they ought to-" Evelyn remarked severely. 81 wouldn't stop at any
old hotel that wouldn't take Sheppie tt stay"
"Im afraid, then, we would better stay at home this sumner daddy e.
piled, because most hotels won't take dogs, and I should hate to have to shep
outdoors, even with Sheppe a a pillow.
There is one hotel in New York that takes in one dog. but he is a very
HE does not i've at this hotel all the time but only comes with his master
TO visit 1t for a few weeks now and then. These visits are sometimes months
apart but though, in the meantime. many other dogs have been turned away
from the doors Of this hotel Rego, as he is named, is always welcomed.
He is a handsome Boston bull terrier, and his master never goes anywhere
without him. During the day the dog stays with his master If he is about the
hotel, but at night Reigo sleeps in a comfortable place that has been fixed up
for him in the basement #.
Every morning at 8 o'clock the porter of the hotel goes to the basement
and leads Rago up to the main corridor of the hotel 1t is not really neces.
sary forth porter to go with him. The dog knows his way all over the place
AS soon a the porter frees him the dog runs over to- the counter. where
mail and keys are cared for in the hotel, He banks and jumps into the air
until his masters mail is given him. When the clerks hand it to him togethar
a couple OF morning newspapers, the dog trds off to the elevator. #@
when he reaches the floor where his master is staying he iumps off n
uots down The hall Just how he knows where to stop when there arc an
many doorsis a question, but Rego never makes a mistake. n@@
Putting down the papers and mail, where he can guard them. Reipo barks
once twice, three times. He keeps o. marking until his masterl lets him in
"Then, when he and his master have breakfasted, they "a q ont for :,
Walk, and Rfgo is a happy dog. He trots close to his master, and 10 never
notices the otherdog they meet on their walks. though living alone in q botoI
perhaps he is lonesome enough sometimes. When he goes home With hs
master n doubt he has wonderful tales to tell the home dogs. Does Raco on
tnese rips veil, l should judge %, for he always seems to be in a very
good humor" #~@
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05

LEFTY would infiict upon innocent
members of the offenders family, but
The News W this by saying that
the person who commits the blunder.
violates the law and is arrested, is the
one to blame for lack of consideration
for those near and dear to him, and
that If he is so careless. so reckless,
why should the newspaper. which oc-
'cuDies a senlf-1udicial position in the
protection of society. be more consid-
crate than he has been? .
Pitiless publicity, as declared by
President Wilson. is a, great deterrent
of crime. and as declared by the Biz
mipgham judge, 1t is better than a po-
liceman in keeping down disorder.
People who offend society and the
law. and are. arrested for the o~ffense,
should be made to suffer the penalty
of publicity. not so much hat they
may be reclaimed and made to have
they should be made examples of that
others may beware of the fate of those
who indulge in criminal disorder and
immortality. e..
1t is generally the case. as the Biz
mingham judge says, that the man
who sins against his home is not the
least worried when he has to pay a SIS
fine. but it is the publicity in the news
papers that aus him vexation and
is better than a policeman in
down diSorder
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05
TO KEEP MY JOB.

I know more youthful women sniff as
I pass by,
Lynx-eyed, they penetrate my poor
deceit,
They note the falsely blooming cheek,
the Titan dye,
The tight-bound hips, the smartly
high-heeled foot.
All the week long l pace in studied
ease,
A costume model in a busy store
My whole life has been spent in scenes
like these
For this work I am fit. and nothing
more
Only n prayer at night I humbly
sob:
Dear God in heaven, help me hold
my job"
All! Once I hoped my own small home
to keep,
To mother little ones, to cook and
sew;
Then as my hair turned gray I need
not weep,
Advancing years to loved ones never
show.
But that is past and gone; all that re-
Is to find courage for the weary
The long, slow days are full of aches
and pains.
No one u guess that I am on the
rack:
Tho love and hope and youth the sad
years rob,
Oh! Help me, God, for I must keep
my job.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05
The Theatres
Orpheum.

The opening bill for the week at the
Orpheum is a we'll balanced program
me with classical music ~interspersed
with humorous acts singing, dancing
and feats of skill as Well as first class
moving pictures. The headliners are
Frank Milton and the De Long sisters
in their sketch Twenty Minutes at
Alfalfa Junction. This sketch was seen
here a year ago and 1t is as big a
laugh producer as ever, the De Long
sisters wear some beautiful gowns and
Frank Milton still does his inimitable
monologue with the melodian accom-
paniment. The act finishes with a Saxa-
phone trio which eVokes a regular
riot of applause. Another turn which
might have come before a fashionable
concert hall audience is Egry & Mum
dell. Paul Egry is a graduate Of the
Royal Academy Of Budapest, Hungary
and handles the violin in a mastery
fashion playing several selections
while Miss Mundell who is a model
from the ST. Petersburg (Russia) art
school assists him with poses in keep
ing with the music closing with a
beautiful selection entitled Alteration.
Hamburg & Gallon are hoop rollers
that are away above the average and
do several very clever stunts. One in
particular with the hoops is that of
throwing a hoop on a cord and caus-
ing it to bound on to four other cords
in succession and then run over the
operators arms and neck; they are al
so very clever handlers of what is
known as Devils Sticks and the
comedian member of the team gets
lots of laughs out of the seemingly
careless way in which he makes these
sticks perform. Beny & Hazel Man
are a singing and talking act whose
work is very pleasing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05
Now Are the Days
Children Need Care

future health of the child depends upon
This.
But try as you will there are times
when the little ones will become con-
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immediate attention is necessary, as
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or cathartics or p~urgatives, as they are
too harsh, but give a gentle. pleasant
tasting bowel stimulant like DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. 1t has been used
by the children OF this as well as a
former generation, and thousands of
families are proud to speak we'll of 1t,
among whom we can mention Mrs.
Louise Reynolds, 900 Jackson ST.,
~'Lynchburg, Va, who is glad to recon-
mend if, and Mr. Chas. w. Allen, Man
or, Tex, WHO writes, that he often. felt
100 years old, but feels younger now
than his years. g 80
Every druggist sells Dr.. Caldwelrs
Syrup Pepsir, ana the price is only
fifty cents and n dollar a large bot
tie 1t wifi cure constipation and bill
iiousness in young or old, break up a
cold and stop summer diarrhoea by rid
ding the bowels of the poisons and
germs tina cause the trouble. 1t is a
grand family laxative, with valuable
tonic properties. az
Families wishing to- try a. free sam
lple bottle can obtain it, postpaid, by
Undressing DIR. 90 WEB; Caldwell, AIS
Washington, ST., Monticello, Ill. f..
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-05
A PREVENTIVE OF CRIME,

The Birmingham News contends
that the policy of publicity in connec-
ton with cases of arrests in disorderly
houses tends to restrain men in their
conduct and that is better than a po-
liceman in keeping down disorder.
That paper quotes Judge Jelks Caban-
ISIS of the recorders court of that city.
who says:
The man who sins against his home
is not the least worried when he has
to pay a SIS fine. But headlines in the
newspaper are likely to cause him con-
siderable vexation. And I am sure
that publicity is better than a police-
nd in keeping down disorder.
This view is in line with that OF
President Wilson. who has declared
that the cure for many evils in our
government is pitiless publicity.
There is a certain class OF people
however. who contend that men whe
offend society and the law in their
conduct should be protected from pub
licity on account Of the-pain such pub