Show THE diplomatic corpt corpa 1 A IL central figure conspicuous for and flummery baron F fava ava at the last was the second in the rank upon which the diplomatic corps is so persistent the ole dean clean at the time being the minister ot the little government Rovern ment of hayti mr preston it has not infrequently hap bap I 1 corps at washington that the representative of the smallest country in regard to territory population wealth and power has outranked out ranked the greatest prea test empires of the old world this says the boston journal has been true formani for marty years the representative of great britain owing to more frequent changes in the representatives in her ambassadors here has not been dean of the diplomatic corps since the days of sir E edward dward thornton who was subsequently promoted as it is termed in the diplomatic language to the court of st petersburg sir edward thornton was followed asdean as dean by the representative of the smallest und and most insignificant of the tha independent govern governments menta represented here th the minister of hayti who held the position of dean for a great many years in fact until his retirement from office and his subsequent death the diplomatic corps is a great social feature in washington it consists of a few distinguished persons but for the greater part is composed of email men and apprentices who consider washington as the starting marting point of their diplomatic diploma tid aicer washington as a city of diplomats is a mission of the third class even the petty italian court has higher I 1 rank for the reason perhaps that the republic ep bublic of the united states of america ica is is regarded as plebe plebeian iam I 1 but t insignificant Is ant aut as this body of men is taken as a w whole hole it is a central figure of washington society and on all state occasions is made conspicuous by its tinsels and flummery ppe ope of the he chief occupations P of the corps is to act et aa a sort it of ornamental appendage or a fringe to |