Evening star., 1924-01-20
G o m m O d 0 r e
Perry $ Services In
Establishing Trade
Relations With
Japan-Admira1
Dewey S Achieve
ments in the Pacific
Ocean a n
Bristol's $ Dipl o.
matte Duties in the
Near East Mex
leo and West Indies.

Uncle Sam now maintains no Official
ambassador at Constantinople, hut
Admiral Bristol acts with all the
powers of such a dignitary He is
ofhciai representative Of our ma
tional departments of State, War,
Navy and Commerce. He also is the
iright-hand man of the United States
Shipping Board and chairman of the
local chapter Of the American Red
Cross. He protects the rights OF
American citizens and promotes trade
between Constantinople dealers and
American ports. During the last FIVE
years American commerce has risen
from fifteenth to second place on the
trading charts OF Constantinople.
Rear Admiral McCully is another
graduate of Annapolis who IatterIy
has been engaged in diplomatic pur-
suits. The State Department kecent-
ly used him on a diplomatic mission
in southern Russia. Strange to tell
Admiral McCully became so interest
ed in seven refugee Russian children
while on this quest that he adopted
them and brought them back TO
Washington with him.
Tn the era directly following the Ar
mistice, Rear Admiral Philip An
drews was assigned to Adriatic
service where he was stationed to
assist in the execution Of the terms
OF the Austrian armistice. His duties
were primarily those of a naval Of
ficer but, as side line, he engaged
in diplomatic work and was respon-
sible for preventing the outbreak of
warfare in his locality between the
Italians and the .Jugoslavs. Brig.
Gen. j. II. Russell OF the United
States Marine Corps. a graduate of
Annapolis, now is serving efficiently
as high commissioner to Haiti.
About ten years ago, Rear Admiral
B. A. Fiske. By the exercise OF ext
gency, craftsmanship and strategy.
was able to quell revolution in San
Domingo and successfully seat new
American minister in that land of
disruption and revolt, Two years
later, Rear Admiral Frank F. Fletch-
er occupied Vera Cruz and reorgan-
lied the entire government of that
Mexican seaport. The administration
Of civil government in many Of
our foreign possessions is annually
an important enterprise of the Unit
ed States Navy. In fact, much of
the annual funds appropriated by
Congress for the maintenance OF the
Navy are expended in that way.
From the day that Commodore
Stephen Decatur wrote "finis'' on the
payment OF tribute to the barbary
pirates by negotiating a treaty with
the Bey Of Algiers, national naval Of
ficers have played important parts in
the establishment of treaties with
many foreign powers.
Back in 1926. without official or
ders or instructions of any kind from
Washington, Capt Catesby Jones OF
the United States Navy engineered
a remarkably fine treaty with the
Hawaiian government. The federal
Senate refused to ratify this treaty
and before the congressional squab-
BILE over 1t was finally settled, French
and English naval authorities nego-
tiated other treaties with Hawaii
which antedated the Jones treaty.
Commodore Kearney. in command
Of the American far eastern fleet
during the days of opium warfare
between China and England, scored
a master stroke OF diplomatic
achievement when at the settlement
of these difficulties he obtained from
the Chinese peace commissioners
trade concessions for the UnitaS'
States similar to those negotiated
with Great Britain. Thus was the
commercial door of China opened to
the United States.
For four centuries, Turkey was
successful in preventing all foreign
countries from establishing higher
educational institutions in the lati-
tude of the Bosporus. II was the
indomitable Admiral Farragut of the
United States Navy who finally,
brought matters to a head by carry
ing the project directly to the grand
vizier. Admiral Farragut requested
that an American missionary COL
lege be permitted to raise it's build
ings in Constantinople. The Turkish
authorities relented and allowed
Robert College to be established, the
first educational institution of any
outside country to be inaugurated