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...this Senator Borah replies that the new French Republic committed far worse crimes and yet Washington received its ambassador, Citizen Genet. Evidently the Senator has forgotten that Citizen Genet caused the government a great deal of worry and trouble. What is there that a Russian ambassador, with a soviet consular service to aid him, could not do to further the plans of a government pledged to the overthrow of all capitalistic countries? He could certainly double or treble the effectiveness of an underground party such as is now being revealed in Michigan...
...America, the science of Disraell and Metternich has been left to gentlemen of leisure and fortune. Like most of our legislators, our diplomats have been amateurs. And although we have been fortunate in having able men with private means to fill the high positions, the embassy staffs and consular posts are indifferently supplied. For diplomacy is an intricate business. Not only are statesmen required, but smooth-running organizations must supplement them. Skilful and energetic as our ambassadors may be, capable assistants are absolutely necessary...
...enable men interested in world affairs, but lacking financial resources, to equip themselves for the consular or diplomatic corps, the late Ambassador Penfield has left $80,000 for scholarships in a new school of diplomacy at New York University. If the service is made attractive, and a reasonable incentive for devotion offered, a body of well-trained men, willing to make diplomacy their life work, can thus be made available...
...Consular berths, like postmasterships, were long regarded by politicians as suitable rewards for faithful retainers grown old following the party flag. Our consuls were selected like the officers in King Arthur's army by family as described by Mark; Twain. But foreign public opinion of this country depends on our representatives. An ambassador like the late Walter Hines Page is more valuable in promoting friendly relations than any number of treaties. The act of respect which the British people are paying him, by placing a tablet to his memory in Westminster, suggests how much the highest type of diplomacy...
Since the time of lay and Franklin, the ministerial wages have not been raised. The traditional equipment of a consul's office, a stool, an alarm-clock, a cat, and a cuspidor, does not inspire an ambitious man with optimism. "Cabbages and Kings" present a consular paradise which might appeal to some; but at present, none can afford to enter the foreign service without private means. Adventure, travel and hard work may suit a young man for a short time, but unless more material incentives are provided, a permanent, expert staff cannot be maintained...