Show j YOUTH 1 diplomatic RANKS engi sh ambassadors at present all comparatively young A very noticeable feature in the diplomatic world Is the way in which younger men are superseding the older diplomatists who ruled the roost a generation ago seniority Is not now the main cause ot promotion to the higher posts and the fact Is much resented by those who fand them selves passed over or shelved an ex amin atlon of the ages of our ambas will show that sir francis bertie france has nine more years of utility before he will be obliged by the rules of the service to retire sir edwin egerton italy six sir ed ward goschen austria about six teen sir francis lascelles ger many eight sir mortimer durand halted states fifteen sir nicholas 0 conor turkey eight sir arthur spain fourteen and sir charles hardinge at the important post of st petersburg no less than twenty three years vanity fair |