The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-04-21
What does the foreign service Of ska
United States consist Of?


What does the foreign service Of En-
United States consist of?
In general way the term foreign
service includes consuls, but they are
not diplomatic officers. The diplomat,
lie service includes ambassadors pleni.
potentlary, ENJOYS extraordinary and
ministers plenipotentiary, ministers
resident, diplomatic agents, secretaries
Of embassy, special secretaries of lega-
ton and third secretaries of embassy.
Officers of the army and navy serve
as military and naval attaches to some
embassies and legations. The grade
of ambassador was established by con-
gress under the second Cleveland adj
ministration. The law provided that
when any foreign country should send
a diplomatic representative of the
grade Of ambassador to the United
States the president might appoint an,
ambassador of the United States to
that country. Congress, however, re-
Gently recalled the discretionary au-
thority given to the president and pro-
vided that embassies should be Great
ed thereafter only by legislation. There
are now ten embassies-to Austria
Hungary, Brazil, France, Germany,
Great Britain. Italy, Japan, Mexico,
Russia and Turkey. We have many
consuls in foreign countries, but their
duties relate to business and CONNER
cial affairs.
Is there anything in the Bible ex-
empting newly married men from mil
itary service?
Deuteronomy, chapter xiv, verse s,
reads, when man hath taken a new
wife he shall not go out to war, neither
shall he be charged with any business,
but he shall be free at home one year
and shall cheer up his wife which he
hath taken"
What is meant by a buffer state?
What are the buffer states of Europe?
1t is a figurative expression. In me-
chanics buffer is something that
deadens the shock of a blow or the jar
of collision, sort Of fender Hence
buffer state is one that lies between
two rival nations and helps to keep
them apart, while bearing the brunt of
the war. At the beginning of the
present war in Europe Belgium and
Luxembourg were called buffer states
because they lay In the path Of the
German forces that were to invade
France. Generally little states have to
serve as buffers for big ones and suffer
the hardships Of war without any Of
the glory. Another use of the term of
recent origin is "buffer zones" mean
ing strip or zone on either side of
boundary line dividing two states,
which strip or zone both agree to re-
gard as neutral.
How long did the Franco German
war last?
July 10, 1870, war was declared be-
tween France and Prussia and contin-
ued until May 10, 1871, when peace
was signed.
Non Resident Attachment Notice
The Proctor Coal Co. VS.. D. E. Par
soma No. $500
Before Frank Murphy Justice OF
the Peace, for Knox County, Tenn.
In this cause it appears by the
affidavit that the defendant, Fad
Parsons is justly indebted to the
plaintiff and is a nonresident OF
the state of Tennessee, so that the
ordinary process cannot be served
served upon him, and an original at
tachment having issued and returned
% me with levy on his property, it is
therefore ordered that publication be
made in the Knoxville Independent, a
newspaper published in the city of
Knoxville, for four consecutive weeks
the denfendanl to appear
before me at my office in Knoxville on
Nav 47th 1917 at IL o'clock m and
make defense to said suit or it Will be
proceeded with ex parte.
This 18th day of April 1o17
FRANK MURPHY,
Justice of the Peace for Knox 10.
Tennessee ---