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Show CAUSTIC CRITICISM - i 0F,SECHWX I Representative Francis R. liar- W rison Turns Guns on Some Rj , Alleged Diplomacy. M GIVES THE WHOLE SERVICE Iff A GENUINE ROAST H Says Embassadors Are Too Of- Jffl ten Messenger Bo.ys in II ' Kuee Breeches. i WASHINGTON". Feb. 1 5. Secretary S of State Knox was subjected to caus- l!jfifi tic criticism iu the house today by Hep-reienti.fivc Hep-reienti.fivc Francis Burton Harrison of IlllfiSl Xev.- York, in consideration of the dip- 1 HBj lomatic and consular appropriation bill. wm Many bofd strokes in diplomacy, said wlul Mr. Harrison, .were justified onb' bv !(Sh their success, as, in the instance of Pres- illil ident Cleveland's Venezuelan message. IIPO But thai bad not been the case with tfffl some of the bold strokes of diplomacy- iftjjE made by Secretary Knox, he said. Thu HH Nicaraguai! cmbroglio, the Manchurian jsB railway matter and ihe secretary's dec- laration' that ho would 'make it his duty uWH to see that Democratic forms of gov- mD eminent' were maintained in' Centml (ttfl America, were examples of failure in 3HI the diplomacy of Mr. Knox, he said. Bffl Takes Pessimistic- View. inH "This position is so untenable," he BH itdded, referring lo the maintenance BH of Democratic governments -in Central WE America, "that some day we will be H obliged to retire jJrom it "with morlifica- IU cation." HH There had been lan obvious diffi- IflH culfy in getting men of proper character Ijjfll and ability to serve the United Stales IBB abroad, s-.ud Mr. Harrison. Slfl "The French mission was vacant Cor RHH months until a mini of proper caliber jH could be found." ho added. Hj "Take Austria, where a man (R. C. H Kerens) has been sent to "represent tho MMI United States after having his fitness ffN for - the. position measured chicllj' bv H9 the size of his campaign contribution. WfU Take the English mission. After that HH position had been declined publicly by B& a noted educator (Dr. Eliot), it has HH been offered bv any newspaper to Paul BH Morton and if Mrs "Morton is appointed WfM that act will be to award a self-cou- Hi fesscd violator of law, and it will be- come patent to all .the world that the HH path of the rcbatcr is lo lead to the HH foot of the throne." BH Embassadors as M-csscngcrs. HW The diOiculty in finding good men Ufl for foreign missions. Mr. Harrison said. mam was I. lie result of tbe destruction of hH diplomacy by the ocean cable. HI '"'Today the embassadors are too Hi often messenger boys in knee breeches H with swords, who spend their lime mmm iu being photographed ns the hosts "r Wmm royalty or in playing the part of BH 'Hands Across the :Sea,-' " he continued. UB "To an active, virile man such a posi- tiOn would seem impossible." HH ,fInlo thisjitmosphere of decadence. BH Mr. fnox has' injeeied a breath of H fresh air by a suggestion of 'dollar dip- Wm lomacy',' or tho policy, of valuing for- HH eign representatives by the amount of BH cash ilicv turn into channels of Amcri- IHH can trade. HI "This dollar diplomacy- will no doubt BH cause a thrill of horror in the minds of HH those embassadors who spend their davs HH in the society of people where the mere WM mention of trade is vulgar." H Perkins in Defense. HH Replying. Chairman Perkins of the HH committee on foreign affairs said lie was inclined to believe wilh him that HH it would be impracticable to see. that HH Republican forms of" government wore H established in Central America, but he did not believe that the jnstige of BH the United States in the far cast had ' HH been injured. The success of American, bankers in obtaining participation in HH the Chinese loan was an evidence ol" Ihc IH good effect of Mr. Knox's course. HH Mr. Harrison asked whether the HH American share of that loan had not MH been obtained by bankers of New York HH who were known as ihe "money trust." HH while other bankers had been unable IH to get a share of it. HH Mr. Perkins replied that, while he , IHJ did not know aboul that phase of the, w BH matter? Ihe fncl remained that the loan HH had come to the United States. IMJ Vofveb Hand and Big Stick. IH By influence of a "velvety hand and H big stick administration combined." tho HH state department, said Mr. Fitzgerald, HI is extending American trade to Man- HH eburia. He expressed surprise that Rfl American shipbuilders, had been able to HI obtain contracts to build two bnttle- B ships for Argentina and suggested the HI possibility of some coercive measure bv InH the state" department. He spoke of the HI loan recently made' to Honduras by H American bankers as point iug to the HH same thing. HH These things were done in the inter- HH est. he &aid, of a "select band of tinan- HH ciers under the protecting and helpful ifH wing of the stale department, with IHB the theory that thev involve a beneli- UH cent extension of trade." Ml Representative Fassctt of New York, HI declared in reply, that the battleship IHj contracts Jiad been made possible by HfB cheaper prices of armor alone. IB |