Evening star., 1914-04-26
TREATMENT ACCORDED
DEPARTING DIPLOMATS
Recent Delivery of Passports in
Washington and Mexico City
Contrasted.
Imposing Military Display fo
o'Shaughnessy, Secret Service
Guard for Algara.

United States and Mexico, respectively,
upon their departures from the capitals
of the two nations has been the subject
Of comment as showing the difference in
the customs of the two governments.
With a guard consisting of the chief
and two agents of the secret service.
Senior A. Algara r. de Terreros, charge
Of the Mexican embassy IN Washington,
was escorted on his journey through the
United States to the Canadian border. A
military escort Of the Presidents Guard,
the finest troop in Mexico. through the
streets of the Mexican capital; the
nephew Of Gen. Huerta, in uniform, in
attendance as the generals personal rep
resentative, and provided with a special
train, from which 1oated both the Mexi-
can and American flags. for the trip to
Vera Cruz; these were the honors paid
the departing charge of the American en-
bassy in Mexico City, Nelson OShaugh-
messy.
Method Rather Than Motive.
This Is a contrast of method rather
than motive, it is commented, or prac-
tice rather than purpose. 1t is demo-
cratic Americas way compared with
the way of military nation in treat
ing the diplomatic representatives of
other countries.
William J. Flynn. chief of the secret
service. with two agents of the Sc
cret service, composed the escort pro-
vided for Senior Algara. Senior Algara
commented upon 1t, courteously, as an
honor paid to any diplomat departing
under circumstances similar to those
attending his own going away and
as customary 1t Is also probable that
the State Department would have pro-
vided an escort of another kind had
Senior Algara exacted 1t, asked for it
even or suggested it. But he took what
was offered.
Conditions Somewhat Similar.
O'Shaughnessy was, it is popularity
understood, on intimate terms with
Gen. Huerta. It is not incomprehensi
Bile that Huerta would delight to do
him honor. even under the harassing
him honor even under the harassing
lations with the nation represented by
out that the dignity of the escort pro-
vided for the American diplomat was
not unusual to Mexican practices.
se1ce of HS1 %son 'ns nor e0o Of
Secretary Bryan of the State Depart
ment. nor of other officials Of the
American administration, 1t is de-
in NJ official fu circles. He received all the
honors that the United States is in
the custom of paying under similar
circumstances.
When Senior Dupuy Delome Spanish
ly before the Spanish-American war he
was offered but declined an escort of
secret service agents. On the journey,
however. he was secretly guarded by
vr,Sn~ Il
him. unknown to him. on the same
train. The escort was offered as q
courtesy, but might have applied Its
watchful energies to prevention Of OBJ
ton Of the individual against possible
attack.
Keeps "Precedent' Straight.
Precedent came near getting bad jolt
at the State Department when Senior AL
CARA, the Mexican charge d'anaires, re-
ceived his passports. but Eddie Savoy,
for forty-four years the colored mes
senger to Secretaries of State, won glory
for himself and kept old precedent in
the straight and narrow path. -
Savoy went to an official In the State
Department the day Algara made his re-
quest for passports and said something
like this: Boss, there have been only
two passports issued since l have been
in the State Departmnt-to Lord Sack
ville-West, the British minister, who
talked about American politics, and
Senior Du Puy De LONE, the Spanish
minister, when war broke out between
this country and Spain. I took both Of
these passports and got the receipts of
both men on the envelopes containing the
papers.
Enters His Objections.
II hear some talk that a white mes
senger is going to take the passport to
Mr.. Algara. Now. don't think this is
white mans job. and besides. don't
believe Mr.. Bryan knows the precedents
and the facts. Won't yLu see him for me
and ask him to let me take the letter
to the Mexican embassy?
IT always will remember how Senor
De LONE acted. He tore the envelope,
threw 1t into a basket and read the let
ter. Your excellency.' I said to him, II
would be much pleased II you would let
me have that envelope and write a re-
ceipt for the letter upon it. He did as 1
requested. and l have his receipt. MY
collection of passports receipts is the
only one in the world that know Of
Savoy had his way and carried the
passports to Algara, who wrote a receipt
upon the envelope.