The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-07

onstratcd special capacity fur pro-
motion TO be chiefs OF missions.
This charter OF pcrmaugrf service
was mainly due TO Secretary KuoH,
who iu this as In other respects had
the constructive vision to discern tho
importance ~ creating competent
instrument 10 handle tho nations
foreign buainosH.
Reversal by President wilson.
President wilson however. iu
spite ~ his record of past commit
meut TO ciyil service principles. at
the very beginning of hla admins
tratlou removed from office, iu all
save two Instances who wore loft
Tor special reasons. those upu-pu-
lltlral chiefs ~ miaaluua who had
risen step by stop In their career.
Many ~ HIS appointments wore
isad" without regard 10 the fitness
Tor the posts they were tu orcupy.
Yot at no previous timo lu the his-
tory ~ this country has 80 been uf
greater Importance that She Iuit'd
Stntc9 should be ably represented
abroad.
"Not so directly before che public
eye a8 the diplomatic service, but iu
certain rcHpcCtg Of even greater im-
portauuo was the decentralization ~
tho state department. one ~ Sec
rctary kuoxs most valuable rc-
forms had been the creation ~ q
series uf technical bureaus along
political geographical lines, who
were to give expert consideration
to our foreign intercourse. rIcu-
dent WILSON az once made FREQ with
certain ~ these us rewards for his
political supporters.
1T seems probable that President
Wilson was indifferent tu his ap-
,pOiutccs because of complete ooufI-
Noucc In his own ability 90 handle
Ncry drtail IN the nations f0roisn
business Ills continuous resort to
unofficial agents from tho gentle
man used in Mexico, who was later
convicted ~ having been In tho
Ger man pay TO the experts sent
abroad, as n Kind Of supplementary
diplomatic service. has shown u
complete disregard FOR normal meth
ods The results Of this purely par
sunal form Of government became
visible when such agents Travelled
over Europe as the private and CON
fldcntial cmlssnrics Of the president,
often filling with false hopes and
false Ideas the people that they saw
while our regular diplomacy sur
fcrod from such sights the varying
and iil digcs'cd reports brought In
by an oddly recruited body Of ir-
responsible agents contributed not
u li'tlo to the crContricities Of the
presidential attitude, Whcre Eng
land and France attended the peace
conference with an equipment of
trained diplomats and officials able
to present working plans based on
experience, President Wilson had
only his experts TO rely ON. cor
tain OF whom had never even visit
ed the countries on which they we're
supposed TO advise. Tho real victory
of the peace conference was that
otFnn organized and trained diplom-
acy over amatcurishnoss,
"rhc first basis Of reform must
therefore demand that our diplo.
matte relations should bc conducted
only through official agents II the
president regards tho holder Of any
office ~ incompetent n lies In his
power to transfer or to remove him
and find someone more capable.
but "A system ot irresponsible di-
plomRCy conducted through private
and secret agents such as the Coun-
try has recently been treated 70.
smacka over much OF Russian Czars
and Turkish sultans In their worst
conduct OF foreign affairs.