The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-11
FOREIGN SERVICE
FDR CAROGINIANs
Zine Are In Consular Service,
Have Earned and Received
Rapid Advancement
The Columbia State.

foreign service OF the United states,
according to the Congressional direc-
tory just issued. Two of these are
diDlcmatists, Wm. Z. Gonzales, min
lister to Cuba, and VIM. IIayne Leavell,
minister TO Guatemala though Dr.
Leavell was appointed, not from this
state. but from Texas. The other nine
are in thet consular service, as fol-
lows: julius ID. Dreher, consul, Tor
onto, Canada; Herman l.. Spahr. con-
sui, Breslau. Germany; Lucien Mem
mnger, consul Rouen. France; Ar
thur B. Cooke, consul, Patras, Greece;
Douglas jenkins, consul, Riga, Rus
sia: Lewis w Haskell, consul, Bel
grade. Servia; Claude I. Dawson, con-
sui Valencia, Spain; Hasell H. Dick,
vice and deputy consul and consular
assistant, Yokohama, Japan: Neil E.
Presley. vice and deputy consul, Tam
pico, state OF Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Several OF these have seen service
in posts other than those they now
occupy. DR.. Dreher has been consul
at Tahiti, Society islands, and at Port
Antonio, jamaica; Mr.. Jenkins has
been consul at St. Pierre, ST. Pierre
ct Miquelon, and at Goteberg, Sweden;
Mr.. Dawson has been consul at Puerto
Cortez, Honduras, and previously was
in the customs service at San Juan,
Fuerto Rico; Maj. Haskell has been
consul at Salina Cruz. Mexico and
EuN, England; Mr.. Dick has been a
consular assistant in Washington and
a.udent interpreter and consular as
sistant in China; Mr.. Memminger has
been attached totthe consulate general
in Paris and was for time consular
assistant at Smyrna.
J Kirk ..>a,,hn. 80 AZ, IIr;t
liamsburG county delegation IN the
lower house of the general assembly
was formerly consul of the United
states attCopenhagen. Denmark Der
nard M. Manning. now bank cashier
In Sumter, was for a time vice and
deputy consul of the United States at
Genoa, Italy. Thornwell Haynes, now
teacher has been censul at Roiisn,
France, and Nanking, China, and con-
sui general at Singapore, Straits Set
Elements.
All the South Carolinians In the
consular service have made good. They
have been advanced rapidly. Dr.
Dreher isofrun Selwood, lexington
county; etA1hs Spahr afrom -:.geburg
and ColumbiaatAir. hemm:2raI sfromj
Charlest1Bunn. Cooke, frI z::s 1artan-
burg MnO 5enkins sfroDTvG'karIestou
and GTeeRyiilal Mai. HASKELL from Ca-..
iumpia, tMpa pawson,ItfERD Andersen,
lni Mr. DICK strpm sSpHlteTs ield Mr..
pressley' ,tToFn. tRqssIG6is All Ahhevills
ii, yassiidis. foinssEs,ssm N
. Theifact that South Carolfnian ,isi
Mt this time one of the consular reps
resentatives OF the United States in
Mexico recalls the connection, with
MnYfNnna hicfrrxy o 4 =,
Carolinian, Joel r. Poinsett. Appoint.
eis % John Quincy ADAMS minister te
Mexico,i DIR. Poinsett became at once
involved in the struggles of that un4
toEtaplst5 country. SEis conIiuGS iis,s
been a subject OF much discussion. Al
bip5rapher says .-de never dig in;
terfere with the internal concerns of
that country. except to- revent civil
war; and that. in one instance only,
And With the knowledge and consent
OF the government His friends were
chose among the popular or demo-
cratic pRrty-the party now in DOW
er;; the aristocracy and hierarchy at
tp!buted entirely to him the loss of
their influence over the people
which was the effect OF the adoption of
republican institutions and repre-
sentative form of government. He
was accused OF beins inimical to the
views OF the Eurbpean Spaniards,
whereas he constantly exerted himself
20 protect them Trom persecution, al
though he condepSNed their frequent
interference in thesnoiitics of. the re-
public" Before accepting the min
isterial post, Mr.. .P3sns,tt had visiteti
Mexico as q sort OF John Lind. ain or
der to examine into the state of that
country, and to report upon the ex-
pcdiency of instiluting diplomatic re-
Iationsr:wttf the emperor Iturbide -
This mission, kiegfaplIer says, .'he
executed and advised Tor obvious rea-i
sons that no relations should be form
ed with the Mexican imperial govern.
moslt, foreteiling ssitii great accuracy
the period of its dissolution and the
overthrow of Iturbide.
Was FiEsd Up0n. ~
2oinsett was In personal danger
Tor Is months during which re resid-
cd in the Mexican capital and once
was fired upon. His house was In
the midst of the district where the
hghting was hottest which broke out
npon,. the election Pedraza to the
presidency. Next door stood the
taHeIllng of Senora NtuFrigaray, wid-5
sow OF, the former piSeEoy. While the
snrtng was at its height, Sonora
sYtuFigaray rushed into her balcony
and iRplored Mr. poinsett's protection.
EfWhile heSwas giving her assuraHces
protection and trytng 10 calm her
fears. q shot was rea at !.s5=zs y inIiicls
passed through Ills cloak and buried
itself In the shutter OF the window.
tie retired within L he bouse, and short
~ after the besiegers were heard ad-
yaneihg. a. Whep they reached tile
house there arose one wild shout and
desperate rasls5;;;s is.ississ 10 burst 5Isf 81
opeD the door. The massive gates
resisted the utmqs efforts os the
crowd a cry tETI 10 FIRE into the
windows. To bring IN cannon to- drive