Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-03

the idle rich. whereas i'll reality ii is
serious. practical business of vast eco
nouic possibilities
What Mr. Townsend SAID i'll his Phlia-
delphia speech led to the question. put TO
him biuntly in his Office the other day:
What is the use of the diplomatic
rorps?"
Mr.. Townsend paused fol a moment be
fore replying Possibly he had in mind
several answers for he had been inter-
,upted in the work of debating letters to
constituents.
"A diplomatic corps is maintained to
transact the business of diplomacy said
he, finally.
And what is the business of diplo-
macy
Maintaining friendly relations with
other nations within the htai.s OF ma
tional honor and national self-respect:
hut chiefly the business of diplomacy
should be TO extend the markets for our
domestic industries.
I'VE may mask diplomacy in tinsel and
traDpings, in forms and ceremonies, but at
bottom all diplomacy has a commercial
aspect 1t is intended to get the bust
ness No nations better realize this than
the rnonarchial countries of Europe.
study their diplomatic activities for these
many years past and you will discover
the truth of this statement The ahlest
diplomatist Of today, no matter what
country he serves. is he who directs MS
Iabors to this end.
From the time when. In March, 1il6
the Continental Congress named Silas
Deane as its diplomatic agent to France.
down to the present, the end and ann OF
our foreign relations have been to extend
our commerce. I do not say that this
ba1l tr1,a at al
] lay II down general proposition
that friendly relations being assumed
there is little else and certainly nothing
else comparable in importance involved
in foreign relations to the business of eN-
tending the commerce of this country.
X
John Easset, Moore whose departure
recently from the Department of State
was 4 distinct loss to the nation. sug-
eests this in his One Hundred Years Of
American Diplomacy.
Commerce promoted peace as surely
rs peace promoted commerce"
Proceeding. Mr. Townsend. who by the
way. is a stanch democrat. said:
We will assume that the United States
is 10 remain at peace with the great ma
tons of the earth through the simple ex-
pedient of minding our own business and
making the great part Of that business
the securing of foreign trade a means
of extending our domestic industries.
Granting me that assumption, let me
speak now of what impresses me most in
regard to this subject:
THE vital need of this country today.
IL il is 10 remain healthfuI, Is TO provide
our people with more employment at
more wages There are symptoms plain
to the senses that distemper threatens
our social body. Some have looked about
and denied that such symptoms We're Wis
ibla- Today only the fool will make such
denial More employment and better
wages must be provided if we would
have the threatening symptoms disap-
pear the fever subside.
las an essential means for bringing
about such subsidence, and, as speedily
may be. there must come a vast in
crease in our foreign commerce, vast
increase of foreign consumption OF our
manufactures. The radicalism so plainly
discerned in groups Of all the three
parties contending for the political con