The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-20
WANTS ACADEMY FOR DIPLOMATS OF
 UNITED STATES
Curtis Gould Declares Present System Not Credit to
 Nation.

ana operated along the lines of the West Point Academy and the. Naval Academy at Annapolis. is advocated by Curtis Guild$ former Ambassador 10 Russia nEr. Guild believes there is pia=ty of room for improvement in the United States Diplomatic service. He vvouua have student diplomats ap- pointed to the school by members of -Conerese as in the case of the Military Academy and the Naval Academy.
 Tns former Ambassador in dtseues- Ing thts subject says that he wanfw 1t understood that his opinions are not Q reflection upon the present adninis- ttration nor on the personnel of the present Service, but rather on a sys- lem which Congress for years has left practically untouched. to the great ern- harrassnent of the Department of Etate and those responsible for its conduct under every adrninistr ration. ~ He urges the appointment of much larger stan of clerks and secre- sraries and cited instances Of costly de- lay caused by the fact that in times Of stress there were occasions when there were not enough clerks on hand to translate code te1egrar1ls. He told of capitals where the United States was either insufnciently represented or was not represented at all.
 Ambitious and patriotic young men ought to be furnished an incentive to taArefup diplomacy as oareer, he says and should feel that zeal and
 
 any navy without regard to political changeS
 why he asks, ..should not the. corps which represents this country aabroad for the preven1on of war be placed upon the same footing as those. who repreasnt us when we make
 Mr. a11id points out that even. at Fposts where there were no important problems to be solved the Minister or Arnhassador Is kept busy.
 To compete successfully with the Eipion1AtS of other countrfez' he com tfnusd, Trs Ax9sst4oan diplomats shOg1ld- be trained zA least as we'll as forei gni diplonna4s ara trained Our diplomatic corps for example, IS especially weak lin the knowledge of foreign languag ges. ITS European custom to allow extra pay to secretaries acquiring the more
 "A Europsan who arrives at the rank Of Minister or Arnbsssador has already been made familiar, as a sec fEetary Cf the various grades with the customs and languages of half a dtDz- en 9orelgn couutxies. He IS an sexz5sre in ta1ernattona1 law and ia mfliar with the etiquette hnd diplomatic regHla- rionzs not merely of h4s own country. but oE ukherR Finally, from long ez7 he 1E to have a number of- ac- cnaEntances on the spot and atI tha start no matter where he zis sent Our eouskant1E changing service puts the AAraerfcan diplomat to an eaoEmeus dfsaSavan8ages especially If he has to depend for current news on hired franalat0rs and cannot converse with the plain people sas we'll as with the omefa7 classes of the country to xEh1 cla he Is accredited x
 When we change our president we change our secretary of war. and the department carries out the theories of The new regime, but the new secre- taz-y must depend on experts to know how best to carry out in detail his theories or the wishes of congress. 4Ad- '. rnirals and generals, captains and cell cnels are kept out of the field of pol ftics while in the service. and regard less of their personal preferences, car- ry out the wishes of the Arneffcan people There is no earthly reason why our diplomatic officers. if put on permanent basis, should not also be taken cut of party politics and trained especially in that profession as Is done in foreign countries.
 T further believe most heartily fl a further assimilation of the dipfc4 matte service to that of the army and navy of the United States. It ought of course, to be true that any AnericAn boy may aspire to any post i'm the gift of the Government.''
 It was President Lowell of Harvard who first suggested to MT Guild the
 
 he now advocates Such an institut5 on, 1Ir. Guild thinks, would enforce the bEoadegt possibly democracy in the se- lection Of candidates This system wf1 also give opportunity for dipIo- Tnatic service to boys who without 1t would have been handicapped by the accident of birth or lack of fortuneA
 we are the richest nation in the world" he said. sand yet we make 1t impossible for men in the cfrcunl- stances of Samuel Adams and Ben5a- min Franklin to serve their country abroad We boast of being the best educated country. in the world, yet we refuse expert training to the very body of men who represent us most con- stautlE and conspicuouslyk before the gossrrnlents and the peoples of the Woxld.g
 1dr. Guild is in favor of the new law by Bhsch the United States Is gradual- 1y acu1iring the ownefshtp D of it's own off7ces and homes In foreign cities He Is also in favor of concentrating ern- tassies. conhuIates. and all American offices so aa to form one American center in every foreign capital
 Just iulagfne,1 he says, any busi- ness house accomplishing good tea m work for Its patrons with the head of the hrulfn one building, the chief of l.-sf salea department two miles a way in one direction, inc. shipping 6epart- Ynent tsuo -1rtfes away in another di- rectton. and the bookkeeper in the next town
 s--=sEfae1 Unfortunate visitor seeking. Tor example, information as to what to do In the event of the unexpected death of his brother in foreign cap- ftat. not unnaturally flies for inforrn- Atipnr to his embassy. He discovers 1lfere that the person to whom he should have applied is the Consul. The EonsuIs office is two miles from the enbassy. and the telephone, being not our q1iich service, but the exasper- ating slow European service, does not work After half an hour at the tell ernusae the ConsuIss office is finally