Show BUILD THE EMBASSIES ALL THE SAME The senate has turned down the proposed appropriation I tion for foreign embassy buildings The Herald of New York approves of that action and thinks no American buildings should be erected on foreign soil until we WC have a battleship fleet sufficient to defend both coasts It discusses the dan danger er of a war wal with Japan last year and thinks the sending of the fleet to the Pacific dispelled that danger In passing it may maybe maybe maybe be remarked that there any danger of that war wal The flurr flurry was all worked up by President Roosevelt and a few sensational newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic As to the buildings the United States is now paying in rentals sums that represent more money in England France and Germany than would be sufi sufficient to erect palaces in each of those countries For instance we wc suspect that Whitelaw Reid is paying for his London house about per annum Calling money moner worth 4 per cent in England that represents a capital of more than 2 Then other buildings have to be leased for forthe forthe the legation Now ought to get a long lease on a block of ground and build upon it a i structure that would be he worth looking at And it would representative of our countr country in England England England Eng Eng- land very much increased dignity It is the same with France Gelman Germany and Japan As it is only millionaires can accept such office Why Thy not erect the buildings and build battleships also 1 I |