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The North Americ:in has some very
timely thoughts presented in the fol-
lowinj^ article. shoNving how the diplc-
matic service has been degraded, and
how ijien of years of experience Ivdve
been ousted and replaced by men of
little or no experience. The article
eont?iins many statistical facts and is
well worth the time and attention of
our readers.
In his astonishing plej. to congress
the other day for repeal of the clausa
exempting coast^vise vessels from
Panama canal tolls President Wii?on
confessed that grave problems hnv?
arisen in our foreign relations. li->
begged for repast because, he saici,
without this sacnfice, “right or
wroni?/* he “vroiild not know hc^v to
deal with other matters of ev in
grt;itt?r delicacy.”
Speculation ;is to what the thiv-st-
ening conditio?ir; are would bo i^ri-
politic and urtpalriotic. But ther.* i.^
no impropriety in pointing out. ih?
fact that the coniplicziliotjs have ni.l-
tiplied and bocori^e iiJ'ute .■•ince the
diplomatic service, undi^r this adi )*n-
istration. has been subjected to :hv
disorganizing und degrading spr.j-;:
system in its crudest form.
It 15? nqtorious that the dismissal uf
twi.ignj minipter^ to make ^laces f'..*'
the incompetent beneficiaries of pc*-
litical pull, has disrupted the eificieru v
and destroyed the morale of the ser-
vice. Can it be doubted that the scop
dbil has al.so had its effect ahrgad ?
Is it not reasonabfe to suppose that
the foreign pressxire ’-vhich Hiarms
the preriident resulti* In part froxn rh* •
contempt which oiher powers feel i*,-
ward this surrender of our diplom-si y
t;j thr ••-er» of mr.chins
tics ?
That trtHiitahie sens-:* of ge»K*rt>us
trust toward a new proideiit, Nvhioh
we have noted before, has led the pub-
Hc to look leiiicntly, or cartlej^siy,
ttpon the debauchery of iht? diplomaf •••
ce’rviee^ But it is time that the fuct.s
should be understood. The plnni
truth is that Secretary Bryan, ::tip-
ported by the president, has ovi.*rturn-
«mI the salutary system built up dur
ing ten years under two preceding
administrations, and has sacrificed
American prestige abroad to the ex-
igencie? of political advantage at:
home.
It ir> arj inveterate habit among
Americans to regard our representa
tives at lorergT? capital as mere so
cial figTires—and in some noted ap-
pointmsnts there has been too much
JustiHcBtion for such an attitude. Yei
a diplomatic service rightly organized
and conducted is capable of far-reach-
ing: achievements for the nation, and
there is no more serious indictment
of American common sense than our
neglect of this branch of the* govern-
men*". It is, in theos^, a permanent
corps of representatives of the gov
ernment maintained at foreign capi
tals to transact the business of our
o%vn ^rovemmenc with r.ther govern-
meiits; to supervise in-* rights and
interests of our country in the coun
tries of their residence, and, %vith :he
equipment of expenenco ond acqurr^’it-
ance of language, law and usage
there, to create a continuous atmos
phere of conciliaiion, good fee!j.''jg,
and friendly relations, in which inter
national misunderstandings cnn read
ily be avoided or di^^peiled.
The consular stn’ice was
orifiinized rAi a of eiT:cifnc’;,\ ho-
cause its work ^hoxt.'.-', direct rc--ult>*
in the way of I’jsincgs. The ds5’.>*
matic service do^-s not so patently
translate itself in tovni of dollars and
cents, and, theref'.>rft, has been treated
by the people with .good-.iatured con
tempt.
Yet it is clear that a trained, ex
perienced service, working: harmoni
ously with Washington, would have
prevented the government's drifting
into entanglements with Mexico, Ja
pan and other nations, and would
have obviated needless sacrifice not
only of lires, bat of vast tratie deve*-
opment.
It shouM be said that President
Wilson and Secretary Bryan did not
i.'ivent the disreputable system of ap
pointments which they have earne;'
to such an extreme. For many years’
ministerial posts and ambassadot-
ships* had been parceled out shame*
jlessly as rewards for big campaign
contributions or. other favors render
ed CO the paity in pov;ar.. The pun
lia has net forgotten hew Pres}Uer:t
Taft sent Doctor Schurman, of C«v-
neU, bn a ysai’s holiday to Greece ai.d
acerevlited various, political
ducks”' to the courts of; friendly n.i-|
tions.
But the evils cf the old system were j
in a measure counteraicted. by th«j
masterly diplomacy of John Hay and {
_ EUhu. Root; no nation cpul'd fi'-il i'lj
i respect to . a State Department «i«-j
!ministe,~ed by such while ji i^i
not going too .far to say that no •^uoh
i:^f>uc:ice radiates from the present
secretary a>: \\ ould dignii’y a coJitem]>-
tible appointment.
Our diplomacy, however, has beri
far less discredited by weakness ia
the department than by open isdop-
ti(m cf the spoils system in place*; of.
the system of merit ;^nd regular pro
motion which Mr. Brya?) found in op
eration. President Roosevelt in li)U5
undertook to organize the lov'.vr
branches of the diplomatic service
upon a basis of efficiency and perm-f
anency. He is>ued an executive o»'-1
der providing that '*appointm-Jits
should be niade either by transfer o**
promotion from some branch of the'
foreign service.', oV upon the succes«-1
ful passing of an examination.** Kour
years later President Taft pei*fected ^
these ruies, so that “neither in de- ’
signaticn for examination nor in ap
pointment?. after examination should
the political afHUations of the candi
date be ocnsidered.'’ |
Thus the embassy and legation
retaryships were withdrawn from p;=t-
ronuge and secretaries of proved *
ity were gradually ad^'aneed u’ull
they bccame minister*;. The purt’O' ?
was to make the service permunej.t;;
to attract to ii young n*«en of hiKh [
:rh:^r:u*ter a*id ability, who would trsri
themselves for the diJties of diplo- ;it Cairo.
macy; lo promote (hem. on their rec- ' Charges P. White, made minister 1'*
ords o: merit, io the liigher posts; , Hondiir:!, af’‘r ten years* servKc.
ic. make the dipiomalic servir«-', in is -y John Rwing, with no
fact.*a pnifession of dignity, au{.bo''‘-^ experiem c,
ity and the widest usefulness, H-i it | -Tohn H. .In.*ks ‘n, in twenty-the
is in every civilized country of th
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In the short time of nine year> thix
new system had produced the mest
encouraging results. Scrr*>tc^ry.^!}!;j
instead of beilng given to idle son-? ct j
years. ro?>o utrough the raoks lo he
minister to Roumuida. Bulgaria a'.t!
Servia; he iv:;s dismissed to.make
piacc for Charles Volpicka, a
. ago banker.
K. S, R. Hitl, niade minister tu
rich nien, were eurneii by rapabte • Gualtemaht after thirteen yea**s*
younjr Americans through examinn-jtraini!^, msted for Vi. il. I,eav>il, *'
ticn tests. With steady promoiim i South (’aroliiui clergyman,
offered as reward for lidelity ?ind ; v | hewis Kinstein. in the service elfve:;
creased efficiency, they developed i»Moi years, displaced :is minister to Co’sta
hard-work ing, valuable adju»c*ts of j Riea by Edward -1. Hale, a Vtjrth Ci'v-
tho .y.ten>. Ministers rose “from i^.^lolina editor,
rsnl:s" and t“ound thf.mselves, ifi iVfr j The list tnight Ive extended, by
ex^iitfd posts, treated with a deter-jexasnples will suflice to show how tne
jenc^? which had never been accord^'d I diploniatic service has been prosi--
to the poUtk'al appointees. American tuted to political endH. Blame for
diplomacy !>egan to acquire a resiv*et
■J
in foreign capitals whirh it had not
enjoyei for generations.
And lit one blast of Bryanism ihi.*'-
system was de.^troyed, Krom the
time that statesman took ojTicc until
now he h:is openly and deliberately
fiouted the requirernentB of expen-
e;n-e and merit and has disp'iaced one
captable. (rained minister after an
other i**5th appo?nt)?e;5 wJ^o.se seleclion
paid political debt.«: or purchased
Ut‘c;'.l suppoi't for the administra-
tir^n.
These ar^* gen^iral assertions, hut
the facts to support theme are mat
ters of public knowledge. Collier’s
Weekly has collRted the records of a
score of men named at ministers by
Mr. Bryan and of the officers who a
they displaced. These we shall briefly
outline;
A. M. Reaupre, dismissed as minis
ter to Cuba, had been in the servJi-e
seventeen yearSj rising from gecre-
tary of legations in Gizateniala, to
hold three successive posts as minis
ters His succesfor is W. E. Gonsale.'^.
a South Carolina newspaper editor,
without any diplomatic experience.
G. T. Weitzel had seven years’ sei
vice in various grades before being
made minister to Nicaragua; was de
posed to make way for B. L. Juffersoo
a doctor and legi.-ilator in Colorado.
. Monlffomery Sehuylor, Jr., twelve
years in the service, especially quali
fied for diplomacy by education, re
placed as minister to I'cuador by \
Jfartman, a lau'^’cr : *^d
ex-i-(V;{;TesK7na:'..
\Vi’’iuf;i W. in i:in»^ioe.i
year.-’ ss.rrvic«> in Veiu:/u-
f*!^. and Colombia, ro.^o to
vr* f.niii^ii^r to the i>ominif*ian Repuh-
•ic and v'u.? ousted for Jasres M. Sul-
fivan. v. nn had never heM a diplonij-t:-:
post.
II. I*erciv?il Hodge, a Hr.rv^ij-u'
studied tv.'o years in V\jrcpe
and served in the- diplomatic .-?: vice
'several ycsars before; botng made min
ister to Panama; dimsisscd to m.-'.ko
room fr.r a notice. William Jennirjs'
Price.
Peter .Augustus Jay served in l-*ar-
is, ConBtantinopIe and Tolcio» rephiced
hy OJney Amo2d aa eonso| ^sQoral
the conditi»*n is gencmi charget.i to
Mr. Bryan, but the policy clearly ua:*
White House au'.hontj:. Indee«l, a
writer i» thi? OuHuok iViake.-
grave accu.s:itior.;
Mr. Wilson has bought the Bryau-
controlled votes of congresi; with the
patronage which he has turned over
to the Secretary or citato. Upon tJ;o
President's ^hou!lcr^= re?^i the ultimate
respor-sibility for demoralization
tho serx'ice, .‘’,ir consequent loss of
prestige abroad and the prese'it iaer»-
ace to our ftireign relations.
These facts go far lo explain th*
threatening nature of those problems
w'hich the President confesses he can
not deal with until the tolls exrmp-
tion clause has been repealed.
.Natural Jealousy.
Jess—They went to the lake dis
trict on their W'edding trip, and Vllthcl
was wretched.
Bess—What wa.’i the trouble?
Jess—George fell in love with the
■scenery.—Cleveland Leader.
Same Sen»atian.
At dinner one day, little Hov/ard,
&;ied two and a half, suddenly began
to cry and hold his hand to h\& mouth.
Hi,s father asked him what was the
matter, and Howard so.:J, “Ouch,
daddy, I stepped on my toni«:ue.'*
Kansas City Star.
The Twinge cf Conscience.
A teachcr ?a one of the schools de
fined conscience as '"something with
in you that tei].’,' yo:j uhen you have
“Oh, yc.s,’* :^aid a iitily lad at.tht
end of the room, “J had it once last
summer after I‘d eate:'. green apples,
but they had to rend for a doctor.''
—New York Globe.
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