This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...is that of M. Delcasse, French minister of foreign affairs, who, being forced out of the cabinet, took his revenge by publishing in a Paris journal full details of the confiden1 U. S. For. Eel. (1895) 276. tial understanding which had been reached between the French and British governments in respect to Morocco and the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...is that of M. Delcasse, French minister of foreign affairs, who, being forced out of the cabinet, took his revenge by publishing in a Paris journal full details of the confiden1 U. S. For. Eel. (1895) 276. tial understanding which had been reached between the French and British governments in respect to Morocco and the proposed hostile combination against Germany. Bismarck after his fall from power made revelations of the secrets of the German chancellery in the highest degree reprehensible. The case of Count Arnim, German ambassador in Paris, was a notorious breach of diplomatic confidence which led to his arrest and condemnation by the German tribunals. In all these instances the reputation of men high in public life was stained by their betrayals of state secrets. CHAPTER X OTHER DIPLOMATIC OFFICIALS In addition to the four grades of diplomatic agents recognized by the Rules of Vienna, representatives of a government are frequently sent abroad on missions of various kinds, some of whom possess diplomatic functions and privileges. Others are sent in a purely private and unofficial character so far as their relation to foreign governments is concerned. A review of some of the more important of these missions appointed by the United States will indicate the nature of their functions and their relation to diplomacy. The first diplomatic commission appointed by the United States was named in the year of the declaration of independence, 1776, and was composed of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Thomas Jefferson. The latter not being able to accept, his place was filled by Arthur Lee. This commission was appointed by the Continental Congress "to take charge of American affairs in Europe, and to procure a treaty of alliance with France." Of this cla...
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