The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26

Rented by their AMBASSADORS at THIS
As those contested by the generals and
.their armies says an article in the
|tine. is having its battles Of diplO-
macy which are being watched with
Interest as keen as that which fol-
ilows the battles fought by the soldiers
IT, the field. They are perhaps Of as
[much importance to the Foreign Min
iste-s of the different governments
New York World.
Italy is still neutral; therefore she
+ 10 be wooed by both the allies and
her former friends of the Triple AL
tiance, who desire to plunge Victor
Emmanuel into q declaration Of war
10 aid their own interests. or. this fail
ing. the King is to be persuaded to be
neutral, the second card which the
Ambassadors of the warning nations
play in their game one against the
other Finally. Italy is to be put into
good humor toward each individual
nation, looking forward to that day
which must come. however distant it
may be--when peace will be declared
and the adjustments made, largely
through the SovereignS and rulers at
neutral No country can afford to
have an enemy at the table where the
reace ENJOYS will give and take such
enormous advantages as shall decide
history for fifty or a hundred years.
Prince Won Buclow's Advantage.
The presence in Rome of Prince
son Buelow, formerly Chancellor Of
the German Empire. as Ambassador
IS q strategic move which Germany
has made to outwit her enemies.
Since the allies do not posses former
Prime Minister who has had the ad-
vantage of having served before as
Ambassador in Rome, being married
besides to an Italian wife belonging
10 one of the most important official
families of the nation, it will not be
easy TO foil the kaiser's move.
Bueiows new position is interest
ing Roman society in that it brings
back the influence of the salon of his
mother-in-laG, Princess Laura Min
ghetti, the widow of famous Italian
Prime Minister. She is said to have
known personnall every great states
man in Europe during her day, and tC
have been able to upset MINISTRIES
and reconstruct them in more thar
one country.
Ambassador Flotow, who resigned
in order to make way for Buelow
| and who was besides embarrassed By
having a Russian wife, will nevertte
less be in a position to give his coun
try service -nofficially At the Vatican
| where he served as Secretary at tn,
Prussian Legation in other years ant
| First Secretary Of Embassy, BarOl
von Hindenburg. a nephew of tn
Field Marshal in charge o. the Ger
man army operating against Russia
IS likewise in the delicate situation o
having wife from among Germany
enemies. Baroness Won Hindenbur
having been the Hon. Marie Agne
blanche Hay. niece of the Earl o
hnnoul. one OF King Georges mos
loyal subjects.
baroness Won Hindenburg ha
given up all of her receptions and re
ecives not even her intimate friends
When she leaves the house it is in
closed carriage, where she cannot b
recognized.
The Cars representative at tn
Court Of the Vatican, Dimitri NelidOf
- likely to exert great influence fC
the Muscovite nation should Pop
Benedict XIV, have hand in arrane
ting the terms of peace, as many cor
slider probable.
The Russian Legation in the VI
N''id SCroia the nome OIL the enVC
accredited to the Vatican, which h.
been to all intents and purpos'
Closed for two years, is unexpected
opened again. Minister Nelidoff. WI
returned to Petrograd when POI
nus \. demanded certain reforms
isusSa for the protection of IL
catholics which the Greek Cathol
church would not grant, is now ba(
IN Rome. He has come TO stay, beiI
the bearer Of an autograph letter fro
the Car to the Pope. believed to
N reply to one which the Pope, shor
y after his accession in Septembe
despatched to Nicholas H., and {
dlterences seem to be Smoothed owe
u Is taken for granted that the Pc
moved so energetically in the matt
ana that the reconciliation took pla
SO quickly because the war preser
many advantages to be obtained