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Show ; . , . Another Diplomat, ". V '. The American diplomatist la also ic the eyearof some of his colleagues a disturbing circumstance. The Americas Embassador and Minister has generally not been through a long course of training train-ing In the service and he succeeds! It Is difficult to account for. that I He comes to the country to which he has been appointed, makes himself agreeable agree-able to all alike, does not intrigue, does not say one thing and mean another, and pays more attention to commercial matters than to court interests of his i country admirably, and more often than otherwise secures the good will of the Government and the people alike! It is Inexplicable. It may be that some day the European Governments may remod- el their respective services on the new I world system, and then diplomacy, as it is In the old world, will be doomed. . "I was trained to be an enemy disguised dis-guised as a friend." said a retired British Brit-ish diplomatist "I am your friend so long as you are the friend of my country" coun-try" is the maxim of the United States representative. Which system Is the most admired, and most in accord with modern civilization, and the most likely like-ly to - inspire confidence? London Graphic. |