Show THE ART OF DIPLOMACY There lo an Impression abroad which 5t probably Jf is not without justification that when British and Hussion dlplo 4 macy corns into conlllci the advantage Muscovite In a with the usually rests wfh lic lrts msal number of brilliant article In the June I the North American Review ADilo raat undertakes to show why this lathe I mnt characters of the case contrasting the thcdlpplonmtlsts of the two great empires 4 em-pires and the clrcurnstancep and Influ cncea pIrs by Hvlilch they ar o respective wltb enceJ 1 l trained for their work A Ulplomnr Svos frank definition of the I gives n ivory defnJn alms of his own profession Diplomacy In tho art employed by p DlplomDc3 In their dealings with wits Gotnmenta oh ono anothor Jo another or against one t anttwr tln most for tho out ll to secure I over and above such conditions nsarel I anc guaranteed by natural law or by 1 treaties or by the possession of superior power advantages which may be won j I i by resourcefulness In bargaining and Jklll in finesse reinforced by unserupu I r louancss when necessary This Is not Ithe official deflnjtlon I know but the ole or even principal object of diplomacy I diplo-macy Is nor as some maintain the defense de-fense of the members of a slate In their rights and Interests This task Is the routine and drudgery of diplomacy I diplo-macy I Is performed mechanically as It were and without serious hitches I under the tutelar vlirg of international lawunless indeed one party Is very Inferior to the other In civilization In which case the restraints of right and law are conveniently ignored In Its vital and essential aspects what t J must be pardoned for calling its higher nights diplomacy Is still today as It luis ben from the time of its origin during the struggle of the Italian republics re-publics with the transAlpine powers down to Talleyrand and Bismarck the art of andoverrcachl deceiving overreaching I r |