Evening star., 1928-03-18

present discussion for outlawing war liz
essentially in the deep intellectual diff.
ferenceS between the two national souls
The North American mind is essen.
TALLY anti-legalistic. When 1t indulge;
in seneralizationS--aS happened In tht
last Kellogg note To France--it Is in
fluenced by moral or religious feelings
that may express an absolute repug.
nance toward war-deeplv sincere feel.
mGS, which. however. may be accom-
panied. without any inconsistency on
the part of the Washington statesmen
by proposals for a vast armament pro.
gram. III that apparently illogical situ-
alton a foreigner like myself finds thl
trace of the mental cousinage still eX-
/ listing. to certain extent, between
American and British minds.
The French. on the contrary, are as
logical. as clear in their diplomatic
view as they are in their literature
/ They are probably the people of the
. world most nearly unanimously at
tached TO what should like to call the
iuridical illusion. Because a text has
| been signed. because a diplomatic text
seems luri6ically sound. everything. to
the Fronchman. seems 10 have been
said. Nothing is more contrary to the
warmer nature of the American souls.
Doubts Success Of Move.
/ 1t is evident to me that no results of
substantial Importance can come out of
the present Franco American diplo-
matte interchange of notes. The sooner
/ they end. with no loss OF face" on
either side. the better.
The whole incident may remain as a
j lesson to diplomats. proving the danger
! Of haste in diplomacy.
/ Statesmen and diplomats are naively
wrong when they believe that they have
created certain new situations by the
treaties 10 which they opposed their
/ sigma lures and their personal seals
They are only the public notaries. legal
| izing by their contracts the will to agree
which is already ripe in the minds OF
/ the two parties. It is not belittling the
role of Sir Austen Chamberlain and OF
NJ. BRAND TO hint at the possibility that
/ this was the case al Locarno when the
official reconciliation of Germany and
! France took place.
/ Sincerity. the next necessary quality
/ in diplomacy. is. contrary to the gen.
! orally current opinion, an absolute ne
cessitv for the true diplomat. One may
even go so far as to say that IL you take
away sincerity from diplomat you
really make it impossible for him to go
on with his Job.
Why? One generally believes that an
ambassador begins his official life when
he has presented his credentials to the
head of the state. But this is not So
An ambassador starts to be really the
ambassador for his own government and
the government to which he Is accred-
tied. only when they are made 10 feel
that they have to take his views into
serious consideration-when he has won
his own position by proving that he is
t1-- nf An hi tlS-
pens. sooner or later. by the force Of
moral authority. The life of diplomacy
! is a series OF unwritten negotiations:
the word Of an ambassador must never
be doubted. either by the government to
which he is accredited or by his own
government.
Self Control Stressed.
Macchiavelli-the great italian his
torian and diplomat. so wrongly con-
sidered the father OF MacchiavelIiSm-
when at the head of the once OF For
eign Relations In Florence wrote TO the
Florentine ambassador 10 the Emperor,
Charles v:
Above all. try never 10 be taken for
a man who thinks one way and speaks
another. for you will soon lose all
authority
The third quality-self control and
resistance 10 the ns1ionalistic fevers
with which the public sometimes is
inoculated by newspapers-is going To
be even more necessary tomorrow than
1t yas in the past
The var has swept aYav all the old
sutocratic monarchiex. There is no
doubt that the prejudices OF an anoint-
ed Emperor. the fixed ideas OF an
heir apparent might have become q
dan, ,er-and. indeed, they did But what
If court intrigues and court passions
which at least had names--are 10 be
displaced by an anonymous mass OF
| tyrants in the shape OF crowds poisoned
by the daily printed propaganda OF
! international hatredS?
We remember. at least. the name Of
/ the Roman official who washed his
hands Of the fate Of Christ: and he is
marked for eternity But the crowd
which shouted below in favor OF Ba-
rabbas. this crowd has been lost in his
tory as anonymous crowds always are.
All the same. the memory of the
years previous 10 the World War leads
ug TO hope that the diplomacy OF to-
morrow win serve US better In the pres
enee Of demagogical eXcitements than
! the diplomacy Of the oligarchic mon
arches did before the war. Even Dip
lonats, In Germany and AuStria-~not
IN speak Of RuSsia-~haye paid the PEN
! atty one always pays when one belongs
/ to country where the dictatorship OF
man or Of caste had produced It's
constant and unavoidable effect Of low
efing the moral character
Recalls HannIet's Remarks.
In Hohenzoilsrn Germany all were
courtiers, even the ambassadors
When an ambassador had incurred
the displeagure of William ii and the
Emperor had penciled some depreciatiye
marginal notes 10 an ambaAEa dOrial
dispatch which mad not sufficiently fist-
! tered the ideas" III vogue AT that mo-
! ment With the august comedian. some
/ cOUr secretary a. once Informed the
/ ainDa ssador Of the masters displeasure
. and the ambassador hurried 10 contra
dict himself
/ DO you remember the Hamlftian dia-
/ iogue?
aaid Hamlet "Do you see yonder
! cloud that's almost In shape OF a
! esmel7"
/ And Poionjus by the mass. and 'tis
( Ike a camel indeed"
! Hamlet "Or Ike 3 whale"
! Po1onlus Very Ike q whale
! This Shskespearean dialogue might
: haze been repeated every day al Pots
: dam.
! The only Two German exceptions
! we're Count Nkstternich. Ambassador 20
. i0Hd0n. snd Ms Successor. Prince Lich-
/ noWSky. .ilo died Ia the last days Of
February Both psid with imperial
disgrace for having preferred the truth
10 F9tsdsm favor
H0 doubt lhs calm and self lf~c0ntrOi ri
wbieh ] have spoken as qualities neces-
hsfy ~ an ambassador we're easier ~
exert IN past where no Hstinnallstic
passions nsd vet been aroused A
Spanish Anibs ssadGr 10 The famous
King NJ France. Henry ~, gave a
stJjking eHsmpif of this Once The
klna lost his temper 10 such II point
when speaking " the 8mbas ssadof, AS Ia
say you deny my rights - The Span
lsh side ~ Navarro King Henry was
also King 1f Navarro ne9alsA WS a re-