Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-08


ial budget.
Recently, through Congressional Ar
csptance Of the gift Of J. r. Morgan.
the United States acquired an em.
hassy In London. II was one Of Mr.
Morgan's houses. The salary allowed
to the American ambassador 70 the
Court Of st. james would not be-
nearly sufficient to pay the rent alone
for this house
Diplomacy as a Profession.
England and France do not look
TO men who have made themselves
valuable 10 political parties and who
have the large means. II nothing else,
to pay for acepting the honor ~
diplomatic appointments. There young
men are trained as diplomats just az
they are trained as naval officers or
military experts They have before
them the certainty that If they have
brains and ability enough. they viii
90 on up the ladder and gain the
honor and emolunents of the finest
diplomatic posts.
In Washington nearly every en-
bassy and legation Of ali the nations
Of the world represented here are
owned by those governments. In tha
cases of the more important na-
tions, these establishments are in
Keeping with the dignity and position
Of their countries and their rep
resentatives here are not forced 10
pay rental for them THe salaries
paid to foreign representatives In
washington. particularly Of The big
live on them easily. and their govern
nents as rule, also provide large
fund for them for the entertainment
Of American officials and the other
members of the diplomatic corps here.
In times past men have been. sp-
pointed 10 diplomatic posts whose be-
navior has gone far toward making
the United States a joke in the eyes
Of the people Of the countries where
they have been cent. A great deal OF
publicity WAS given a few years ago
to an OFFICIAL investigation into the
behavior Of the American envoy 70
small but very punctI'ious nation
Among other things Il was testified
that this gentleman brought shame
and humiliation upon his country and
made himself ridiculous by making a
practice of sitting in the cool of the
evening. with his bare feet protruding
from one Of the windows Of the Amrri-
can Legation. II was necessary "a
i supplant this man with another who
made q practice qf wearing orthodox
/ footgear until bedtime.
J He Couidn't Speak English.
I Al one time a man was appointed
/ to represent the United States at one
Of the Latin-American countries, who
proved little more than source of
amusement to the officials II the
foreign office of that capital. and "a
E the diplomats of other nations s.a.
+ toned there. This man had acquired
considerable wealth, but entirely lack
i ed education. When IL was finally
borne in upon the proper officials in
/ Washington that this man not only
could not SPEAK Spanish or French
the language of ciplonacy-but tina,
he was continually managing mis- own
tongue, he was relieved and mis- place
+ w. Flied by a man who at least had
some slight familiarity with English
i grammar.
4 The position and influence Of one
+ American envoy was continually i'm
paired by the actions Of his wife. This
man himself was a diplomat OF real
AFFINITY, but his prestige was hurt when
his wife engaged in a hair-pulling
match with a miIliner on one Of the
principal streets Of the capital where
he was stationed. on another oc-
casion, at formal dinner party. some
trivial incident upset this same So-
man, whereupon she left the table and
was seen no more that night by her
guests.
often the State Department is at
fault in making it impossible for
America to be properly represented
abroad IL is history that one man was
sent abroad as American Minister
whose popular nickname among those
who knew him was "Numbskun." on
another occasion man was sent "a
European country whose very name
hurt him.
In the language Of the streets o,
the nation to which he was sent il
had an Objectionable meaning. The
state department was aware OF this
through protests from the country
itself, but insisted on this man being
accepted.
inere are incidents innumerable
"nereoy' through the operation OF the
system IN vogue, the United States
mas oeen made joke because Of It's
iailure 70 have service Of trained
aipiomats. Often, II is true, the men
representing this nation abroad ac-
quit themselves admirably and brInr
hothlng but credit upon themselves
ana their country, but there is far less
assurance of this in the American
diplomatic Corps than in thar ~ aot,