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1785年,刚才从殖民统治下获得了独立的美国所派遣的公使约翰·亚当斯到了伦敦。把他的日记的记载说,当时英国外交部用一种“干巴巴的规矩和冷冰冰的客套”接待他,对于他所提出的“任何一个要求、建议或是询问”,都拒不答复。因此他后来向美国第一任首席法官约翰·盖诉说道:“你可以想像一下:我在这里过的是怎么一种没没无闻的清闲日子。”这是久远以前的情况。当时英国尽管于心不甘地承认了美国的独立,究竟还主宰着世界的海洋,就实力地位来说,是远远超过了草创时期的美国的。我们可以理解,当时的英国为什么对美国使节采取那么一种爱理不理的态度了。
In 1785, John Adams, an independent U.S. ambassador immediately obtained from colonial rule, arrived in London. According to his diary, at a time when the British Foreign Office received him with a “dry rule and cold politeness,” he refused to answer any of his “requests, suggestions or inquiries.” So he later told the first chief justice of the United States, John Gai, “You can imagine what a dessicated leisure time I have been here.” This is a long time ago. At that time, Britain, though reluctantly admitting the independence of the United States, dominated the world’s oceans more than the United States in the grass-roots period in terms of strength. We can understand why the then British adopted an indifferent attitude towards American diplomatic missions.