Evening star., 1923-03-21
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

When nations nominate one of their
citizens to represent them abroad in
the capacity of envoy it is customary
for them to inquire of the govern
ment to which he is to be accredited
whether any objections would be en-
tertained to his appointment. Cases
in which exception is taken to the
nominee are by no means rare. En-
perors Alexander III and Nicholas ii,
as we'll as Francis Joseph of Austria
and ex-Emperor William. are on rec
ord as having on several occasions
declined to receive men whom it was
proposed to dispatch as representa-
tives Of foreign powers to their CAPT.
tails. There have been instances
when foreign governments have even
intimated to the United States that
the men whom it had proposed to
designate as ministers would fail to
please, and it may be recalled that
for some years the United States was
charge d'affaires, because Emperor
Francis Joseph had offered objections
on religious and social grounds 10
the American citizen whom the Presl-
dent OF the Qay haO proposed 1OT IIle
post of envoy to Vienna.
One of the affairs of this kind which
attracted unusual attention was the
action of Edward VII when he caused
the Turkish government to be not-
fled that Rechid Bey, who had peen
ambassador to Great Britain, was
persona non grata' and would not be
welcomed at the court Of St. James.
The sublime porte had been over,
hasty in it's appointment of Rechld
Bey. for. without waiting to hear
from London, it had not only publicly
gazetted the nomination, but had
actually intrusted him with his let
ters of credence and had dispatched
him to join his post. Fortunately, he
was reached in Paris, before crossing
the channel, and was ordered to re-
turn at once to Constantinople. where
in due course the nomination was
Cancelled and another Turkish diplo-
mat less Objectionable to King Ed
ward was found and duly sent to
London, while Rechid Bey was con-
soled with the ambassadorship at
Petrograd.
Turkey has been particularly un-
happy in the selection of those whom
she sends to represent her abroad and
cannot be congratulated on the choice
which she is reported by the cable
dispatches to have made of Nihad
Rechad Bey for the difficult and deli
cate position of Ottoman ambassador
| at Washington. For Rechad Bey.
whe during the past twelve months
| has been representing in a very uri-
satisfactory manner the Angora gov
ernment in London, though without
being recognized at court as q mem
| Der of the diplomatic corps, and
merely received at the foreign office
lon rare occasions as "diplom attic
agent" has gone out Of his way while
| in London to assail in print and in
| the form Of public interviews both
President Harding and Secretary
Hughes.
He complains in the course of this
interview that the administration in
taking any exception to the treat
ment of the Christian minority in Asia
Minor is guilty of '1amentable igno-
rance; that it's views are biased on
the widest and most unreliable of
evidence" are born of hate" are
characterized by insult" and by
! .,powerless threats" and intimates
that the government at washington
lhas become an instrument of foreign
| intrigue and has endeavored to use
| the question of the protection Of the
Christian minorities in Asia Minor
al 4 pretext for intervening In tne