HERR STAATSSEKRETÄR: Kaiserlich Deutsche BotscHAFT, Emil Heiden-Heimer, Hopfenhandlung in Mainz, hatte an den in Monterey (Mexico) verstorbenen William Bischoff, Direktor der Cerveceria Cuanhtemoc daselbst, eine Darlehnsforderung von 300 Mark. Herr Heiden-Heimer hat sich dieserhalb an den Kaiserlichen Vicekonsul in Monterey gewendet, welcher ihm unter dem 30 April d. J. mitgetheilt hat, dass der Generalkonsul der Vereinigten Staaten in Monterey erklärt habe, er könne nur die in Mexico kontrahirten Verbindlichkeiten des Verstorbenen decken, den danach verbleibenden Rest des Nachlasses werde er in den ersten Tagen des Mai d. J. an das Schatzamt der Vereinigten Staaten in Washington abführen. Die gedachte Schuldforderung sei desshalb durch die Behörden der Vereinigten Staaten geltend zu machen. Auf den Antrag des Herrn Heiden-Heimer beehre ich mich Eurer Excellenz gefällige Vermittelung dafür ergebenst in Anspruch zu nehmen dass, die Forderung desselben von 300 Mark bei Regelung des Bischoff 'schen Nachlasses berücksichtigt werde. Idem ich einen bezüglichen Rechnungsauszug hier beifüge, benutze ich auch diesen Anlass, um Eurer Excellenz die Versicherung meiner ausgezeichnetsten Hochachtung zu erneuern. EL EMBAJADOR DE FRANCIA Al Presidente del ConsEJO DE MINISTROS, HOLLEBEN. MINISTRO DE ESTADO. MADRID, 16 de Febrero de 1900. SR. PRESIDEente: El Ministro de Negocios Extranjeros de la República, á quien comuniqué la adhesion del Gobierno de S. M. á nuestra proposición de reanudar en Paris las negociaciones relativas á la delimitación de les territorios discutidos entre nuestros dos países en el Golfo de Guinea, me encarga manifieste á V. E. que está dispuesto por su parte á continuar inmediatamente esta negociación, poniéndose de acuerdo, al efecto, con el Sr. León y Castillo. A su juicio, el Embajador de S. M. podría estar asistido, como él lo estará, por uno ó dos Delegados, á quienes incumbiría la preparación de las soluciones sobre las cuales habría luego que ponerse de acuerdo. Monsieur Delcassé está dispuesto á confiar este trabajo á un Agente de su Departamento, en unión de un funcionario de la Administración de las Colonias. V. E. apreciará si le es posible confiar igual encargo á uno de los miembros de la Embajada española en Paris y á un Delegado técnico para que exista igualdad en la representacion de los dos países. Por lo que respecta á las negociaciones en si mismas, el Ministro de Negocios Extranjeros de la República estima como V. E. que es preferible volver lo menos posible al examen de los títulos invocados pɔr una y otra parte, ya que el estudio de que han sido objeto y la facultad de referirse á esta primera parte de los trabajos permiten reducir al mínimum esta especie de información previa. Make an idiomatic translation of the following into the language chosen by you above. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, The Government of the United States learns with satisfaction of the appointment of Earl Li Hung Chang as envoy plenipotentiary to conduct negotiations with the powers, and will, on its part, enter upon such negotiations with a desire to continue the friendly relations so long existing between the two countries. It is evident that there can be no general negotiation between China and the powers so long as the ministers of the powers and the persons under their protection remain in their present position of restraint and danger, and that the powers can not cease their efforts for the delivery of these representatives, to which they are constrained by the highest considerations of national honor, except under an arrangement adequate to accomplish a peaceable deliverance. We are ready to enter into an agreement between the powers and the Chinese Government for a cessation of hostile demonstrations, on condition that a sufficient body of the forces composing the relief expedition shall be permitted to enter Peking unmolested and to escort the foreign ministers and residents back to Tientsin; this movement being provided for and secured by such arrangements and dispositions of troops as shall be considered satisfactory by the generals commanding the forces composing the relief expedition. SUBJECT-NATURAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND COMMERCIAL RESOURCES AND COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES. 1. In connection with the conservation of the natural resources of the United States, discuss one, and only one, of the following: (a) Our forests. (b) Our water supply (rivers and streams). 2. Name five important groups of manufacturing industries in the United States, and two States leading in each. 3. Name, in the order of their relative importance, two principal classes of articles of export from the United States to (a) China. (d) Argentina. 4. (a) To what cause or causes do you attribute the present high cost of meats in the United States' (b) Name the two principal centers of the meat-packing industry. Name the two principal cattle-raising States. SUBJECT-AMERICAN HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, AND INSTITUTIONS. 1. How, when, and from whom was (a) the contiguous territory of the United States acquired (b) the noncontiguous territory? 2. (a) By what treaty was the war of 1812 with Great Britain terminated? (b) When was that treaty signed and when was it ratified? (c) What important battle was fought after the treaty was signed, and by whom were the opposing forces in that battle commanded? 3. How is the President of the United States chosen, and what are the constitutional requirements for eligibility to the office? 4. Name the executive departments of the Federal Government, and state the principal func tions of each. 5. Where in the American Government is the treaty-making power vested? SUBJECT-MODERN HISTORY (SINCE 1850) OF EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE FAR EAST. 1 1. Briefly describe the features which have been noticeable in the government and development of South American republics. 2. With what countries and events do you associate the following: Alexander II; Bismarck Marquis Ito; Dom Pedro; Cecil Rhodes; Thiers; Garibaldi; Maximilian? 3. Briefly describe the form of government of the German Empire. 4. What causes led up to the Russo-Japanese War and what were its results? XXI. REGULATIONS GOVERNING APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CONSULAR SERVICE. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. Whereas, The Congress, by Section 1753 of the Revised Statutes of the United States has provided as follows: "The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter; and for this purpose he may employ suitable persons to conduct such inquiries, and may prescribe their duties, and establish regulations for the conduct of persons who may receive appointments in the civil service." And, whereas, the Congress has classified and graded the consuls-general and consuls of the United States by the act entitled "An act to provide for the reorganization of the consular service of the United States," approved April 5, 1906, and has thereby made it practicable to extend to that branch of the civil service the aforesaid provisions of the Revised Statutes and the principles embodied in the Civil Service Act of January 16, 1883. Now, therefore, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Constitution and laws of the United States, the President makes the following regulations to govern the selection of consulsgeneral and consuls in the civil service of the United States, subject always to the advice and consent of the Senate: 1. Vacancies in the office of consul-general and in the office of consul above class 8 shall be filled by promotion from the lower grades of the consular service, based upon ability and efficiency as shown in the service. 2. Vacancies in the office of consul of class 8 and of consul of class 9 shall be filled: (a)* By promotion on the basis of ability and efficiency as shown in the service, of consular assistants † and of vice consuls, consular agents, student interpreters and interpreters in the consular or diplomatic service, who shall have been appointed to such offices upon examination. (b) By new appointments of candidates who have passed a satisfactory examination for appointment as consul as hereafter provided. 3. Persons in the service of the Department of State with salaries of two thousand dollars or upwards shall be eligible for promotion, on the basis of ability and efficiency as shown in the service, to any grade of the consular service above class 8 of consuls. 4. The Secretary of State, or such officer of the Department of State as the President shall designate, the Director of the Consular Service, the Chief of the Consular Bureau,‡ and the Chief Examiner of. the Civil Service Commission, or some person whom said Commission shall designate, shall constitute a board of examiners for admission to the consular service. 5. It shall be the duty of the Board of Examiners to formulate rules for and hold examinations of applicants for admission to the consular service. 6. The scope and method of the examinations shall be determined by the Board of Examiners, but among the subjects shall be included at least one modern language other than English; the natural, industrial, and commercial resources and 'the commerce of the United States, especially with reference to the possibilities of increasing and extending the trade of the United States with foreign countries; political economy; elements of international, commercial, and maritime law. 7. Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and no person rated at less than 80 shall be eligible for certification. 8. No one shall be examined who is under twenty-one or over fifty years of age, or who is not a citizen of the United States, or who is not of good character and habits, and physically and mentally qualified for the proper performance of consular work, or who has not been specially designated by the President for appointment to the consular service subject to examination. 9. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the eighth or ninth class of consuls which the President may deem it expedient to fill, the Secretary of State shall inform the Board of Examiners, who shall certify to him the list of those persons eligible for appointment, accompanying the certificate with a detailed report showing the qualifications, as revealed by examination, of the persons so certified. If it be desired to fill a vacancy in a consulate in a country in which the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction, the Secretary of State shall so inform the Board of Examiners, who shall include in the list of names certified by it only such persons as have passed the examination provided for in this order, and who also have passed an examination in the fundamental principles of the common law, the rules of evidence, and the trial of civil and criminal cases. The list of names which the Board of Examiners shall certify shall be sent to the President for his information. io. No promotion shall be made except for efficiency, as shown by the work that the officer has accomplished, the ability, promptness, and diligence displayed by him in the performance of all his official duties, his conduct, and his fitness for the consular service. 11.§It shall be the duty of the Board of Examiners to formulate rules for and hold examinations of persons designated for appointment as consular assistant † or as student interpreter, and of such As amended by Executive orders of December 12, 1906, and April 20, 1907. As amended by the Act approved May 21, 1908. As amended by Executive order of December 8, 1909. As amended by Executive order of December 12, 1906. persons designated for appointment as vice consul and consular agent, as shall desire to become eligible for promotion. The scope and method of such examination shall be determined by the Board of Ex aminers, but it shall include the same subjects hereinbefore prescribed for the examination of consuls. Any vice consul or consular agent now in the service, upon passing such an examination shall become eligible for promotion, as if appointed upon such examination. 12. In designations for appointment subject to examination and in appointments after examinanon, due regard will be had to the rule, that as between candidates of equal merit, appointments should be so made as to secure proportional representation of all the States and Territories in the consular service; and neither in the designation for examination or certification or appointment will the political affiliations of the candidate be considered. THE WHITE HOUSE, June 27th, 1906. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. A perum separated from a secretaryship in the Diplomatic Service without delinquency or smdurt at his own request in writing may, within a period of one year from the date of such paratum, be reinstated in the grade from which he was separated, provided he shall have been originally appointed after the prescribed examination for that grade. In the event, however, that such separation shall be for the purpose of undertaking other work under the Department of State the limitation of one year for eligibility for reinstatement shall not hold. This rule shall be applicable wa regada reinstatements to the consular service and also to the Department of State when transfers hall have been to another branch of the foreign service.-From Executive order of November 26, 1909. To offer or employee of the Government shall, directly or indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in the instruction of any person or classes of persons, with a view to their special prepara tum for the examinations of the Boards of Examiners for the diplomatic and consular services. The fact that any officer or employee is found so engaged shall be considered sufficient cause for lus removal from the service. Tom Wine House, December 23, 1910. WM. H. TAFT. KPGULATIONS GOVERNING EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CONSULAR SERVICE PICOMULGATED BY THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS DECEMBER 13, 1906. + The cxaminations will be the same for all grades and will be to determine a candidate's cligi tality ba apjeantment in the consular service, irrespective of the grade for which he may have been da sigonated for s mamination and without regard to any particular office for which he may be selected. • The cxaminations will consist of an oral and a written one, the two counting equally. The object of the opal examination will be to determine the candidate's business ability, alertness, general contemporary Information, and natural fitness for the service, including moral, mental, and physical qualihe attona character, address, and general education and good command of English. In this part of the & camination the applications previously filed will be given due weight by the Board of Examiners. asperbally an exilence of the applicant's business experience and ability. The written examination will to bude dost subjects mentioned in the Executive order, to wit, at least one modern language aller than Pindah trench, German, or Spanish;* the natural, industrial, and commercial resources and the commerce of the United States, especially with reference to possibilities of increasing and a el puling the foreign trade of the United States; political economy, and the elements of international. Comm. bad, and maritime law It will likewise include American history, government, and institu Thane jedite al and commercial geography; arithmetic (as used in commercial statistics, tariff calcu lations or bone, accounts, etc), the modern history, since 1850, of Europe, Latin America, and the Pur Boat, with purticular attention to political, commercial, and economic tendencies. In the written semmitation, composition, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing will be given attention. 1. To become eligible for appointment, except as student interpreter, in a country where the United States exercises extraterritorial jurisdiction, the applicant must pass the examination outlined *As amended by the Board of Examiners February 18, 1911. above, but supplemented by questions to determine his knowledge of the fundamental principles of common law, the rules of evidence, and the trial of civil and criminal cases. 4. The examinations to be given candidates for appointment as student interpreters will follow the same course as in the case of other consular officers, provided, however, that no one will be examined for admission to the consular service as a student interpreter who is not between the ages of nineteen and twenty-six, inclusive, and unmarried; and, provided further, that upon appointment each student interpreter shall sign an agreement to continue in the service so long as his services may be required, within a period of five * years. 5. Upon the conclusion of the examinations the names of the candidates who shall have attained upon the whole examination an average mark of at least eighty, as required by the Executive order, will be certified by the Board to the Secretary of State as eligible for appointment in the consular service, and the successful candidates will be informed that this has been done. 6. The names of candidates will remain on the eligible list for two years, except in the case of such candidates as shall within that period be appointed, or as shall withdraw their names, and of candidates holding subordinate positions in the consular service, when eligibility shall not expire until apointment to consular rank or until separation from the service. Candidates whose names have thus been dropped from the eligible list will not again be eligible for appointment unless upɔn fresh application, designation anew for examination, and the successful passing of such second examination.† INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS DESIRING APPOINTMENT IN THE CONSULAR SERVICE. Consular-service examinations are held usually once a year, in Washington only. No one may be examined who is not especially designated to take the examination. The letter of designation furnishes all information necessary as to date, place, etc., of the examination. Traveling and other personal expenses connected with the taking of examinations must be borne by the candidates. A general notice of examinations is announced through the public press. Notice is not sent to all applicants, but only to those designated for examination. Blank forms of application for appointment may be had upon application to the Department of State. Although designations for examination are made by the President, applications for appointment should be addressed to the Secretary of State. An application is considered as pending for a period of two years. After such period has elapsed without its being acted upon, another application with indorsements will be necessary to obtain further consideration. Applicants for appointment, in their correspondence with the Department, should always sign. their names as given in their applications, without enlargement or contraction. Originals of all indorsements listed in the application must be filed therewith, copies thereof not being acceptable. Indorsements may not be withdrawn while a person remains an applicant, or while he is an officer or employee of the Department of State. A candidate is not designated for examination with a view to his assignment to a particular post or a particular part of the world, but in order to determine his cligibility for appointment to class cight or nine. A consul may be assigned to any post where, in the judgment of the Department, his services would best serve the public interests. The Government does not maintain a school for the training of candidates for the foreign service does not recommend any particular institution; does not suggest a list of books to be studied, nor furnish a course of study in any school. No special training is accepted in lieu of the prescribed examination, and no transfers, without examination, are made to the consular service from other branches of the Government service. The successful passing of the regular entrance examination, except as provided for in regulations 2 and 3 of the Executive order of June 27, 1906, is necessary for appointment. As amended by the Act approved May 21, 1908. † As amended by the Board of Examiners October 25, 1911. |