Show o n of Or Creel CredentIals s en important Div Diplomatic vent cven Story of the of Ja mes Monroe Who Was Too Friendly With the French Republic Republic Otis Cusand Cus- Cus 1 t n i and niJ J 1 t U E T r n By Vim Y n. Calava Republican Special Service London Aug Time The The first dut duty of an o en envoy who goes abroad on a a. diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic m mission lon is to secure an nn audience of time the sovereign ere or 01 tho the head hea of or the state to which he Is accredited The rime American envoy bears beams with him what is termed a a. letter Jetter of credence signed by the President and anti addressed to tu the time ruler of ot the thc nation and this thus letter It ItIs Itis Is 19 hl his duty to place in hi the time hands of or the time ruler and arid the time ceremony I Is attended with more or less and formality cere cere- imm mon mony om In France Prance the time revolution re of or 1759 brought about a marked change In the tho manner o of presentation of foreign fore min mum In contrast with that which prevailed prevailed pre pie In tho tIme court of ot Louis XVI James Monroe 1 who was sent b by President President dent Washington as ts minister to tho the new republic at nt tho time most exciting period period pe pe- pe- pe nod of ot Its existence was regarded as ns asa asa I Ia a an friend of oC the time new order of things timings and It was determIned mined to tu make the tho presentation of oC his letter of credence cre cre- dence the occasion of a a. grea great t demon demon- Ho He was received d In iii public lubliC audience by tho the national convention whose hall was decorated with the time American colors Mr 11 Monroe 1 made madean an un address to which tho time presiding of officer of- of fleer cel replied at length and concluded as a. follows You see hero the time ef effusion effusion ef- ef fusion o of soul that accompanies this simple and anti touching ceremony I Iam Iam Iam am impatient to give o you ou time the rater frater fraternal nal embrace which I am ordered to lo give In mm the name minnie of ot the thc French people Come Como and receive it In the thc name namo of or time the American people and let this spectacle spec spec- tacie e complete the annihilation of or an Impious coalition of ot tyrants trants Ho He thereupon with tragic effect gave Mr Ir Monroe 1 the fraternal embrace accolade accolade ade aie and Imprinted on his cheek a kl kiss s. s amid tho the loud cheers of the time members mem mem- b bers bors rs and antI spectators When the time report of oi this ceremony reached America the tho Secretary of State sent Mr 11 Monroe a n multi mild reproof criticising the tIme gushing character of his address sa saying It was not expected or desired that he lie would yield to a 1 public presentation of or that character arid and not long after President Washington saw v fit tit to recall I him from his mission There is more significance In tho the audience of ot the time head of a 0 state with witha a Do diplomatic representative than the tho meie courtl courtly formalities to which I have referred would teem seem to Indicate The he delivery and reception of or autograph autograph autograph auto auto- graph letters between rulers implies lIes an arm equality of oC relations ons which Is of ot high Importance to Independent nations nations na nu- na- na and this equality and freedom of or Intercourse has for centuries been observed among Christian nations But nut the time Oriental nations have been slow to I I recognize It Japan brought Its emperor out of seclusion soon after it Il determined deter deter- mined to seek seck admission into the time family tam fam am- am ily iii of ot nations and amid the time Mikado 1 admitted admit admit- led ted to audience the time foreign diplomats un under er the time court rules observed e In European Eu- Eu an capitals China has however for fOl centuries resisted the practice anti and up UI to a comparatively recent date has sought ought to exclude direct diplomatic In Intercourse Intercourse intercourse In- In with the time emperor Time The demand de tie- mand has Imas been that representatives es of other nations must come as dependent states bearing tribute In order to se secure secure secure se- se cure an audience of the time emperor It has imas nl also o been clammed claimed that the diplomatic diplo matic matie representative when he comes conies Into tho the Imperial presence must do to the Son of H Heaven aven by performing what Is termed the time kow- kow ko that kow that Is prostrating ones one's self seli ond onti striking the head upon the time ground When forced to lo abandon this re re- re the thu Chinese e officials Insisted Insist Insist- ed that the tho diplomat must at least leas kneel when he presented the time letter o of his iris sovereign to the emperor as even I Ithe the princes of tho the Imperial family were I Inot not allowed to present a paper to the time emperor without kneeling It Is re related re- re hated that when In 1859 1869 Mr Ward time the American minister having refused to tow kow-tow was told that he ire must kneel when ho presented the Presidents President's dents dent's letter to the emperor ho re replied replied re- re plied I r kneel only to God and woman woman woman wo wo- man and that he lie was wa answered The emperor is the time same as God But nut Mr 11 Ward was not convinced of this and anel the tIme letter was not riot presented Nearly two centuries ago Count attended by an imposing suite and bearing an aim autograph letter and amid rich presents to tho time emperor of or China ChInn appeared at nt Peking as the time ambassador am am- of th the czar of Russia nUsia Much time lime was spent In Iii negotiations respecting respecting respect respect- ing the time ceremony of ot audience The ambassador lOl at first h. h t stoutly refused to tow kow but being convinced that his mission would otherwise be a failure fail J ure tire nt at last consented I extract the time following from the account of the tIme aud nud- lence b by Father who was present present pres pre ent as an nn interpreter Count Ismall J of then therm entered and amid Immediately prostrated pros- pros tinted himself before the time table holdIng hold hold- ing log up the tho czars czar's letter with both hands The rho emperor who h had at first behaved graciously s to now thought proper to mortify him hun b by making him remain some time In this timis posture The proud nU Russian was meas Indignant at this treatment and arid cave unequivocal signs of resentment by certain motions of or his mouth and arid by turning his head hend asides aside which under un un- un- un der tier the thc circumstances was er very ery un un- un- un seemly Hereupon his majesty prim pru dently requested that the tha ambassador h should take nice the letter up to him Trim and when Count did so kneeling at his feet im h ha received It n nt at I his own hands |