Show NEVER SPEAK AS THEY PASS several european diplomats are now giving one abnot another her the frozen stare several european diplomats in washington who have long been close friends are now giving one another the rozen frozen stare as they meet or pass each other on the street this situation Is duo due to the fact that diplomatic representatives ot of the dowar eig BIB pt ft w war are not permitted to have the slightest relations and are supposed to meet as strangers A number of social ties in the national capital have been broken by the european conflict as the diplomats concerned in the war are religiously adhering to the custom of 0 not recognizing even in a personal way the representative of the country which their own power is at war rather embarrassing situations have occurred at the department of state since hostilities began but on the regular diplomatic day several diplo i mats were forced to apparently snub their close personal friends depre representing sent the enemy it Is re related that during the russo japanese war the ambassadors from russia and japan had a way ot of bowing in a perfunctory manner In allner but never exchanging a single word |