| Show J 4 What It to lie an WI A 11 OW that tho tim difficulties In the N way ny of at the tho appointment of ot Dr David 1 1 Jayne Hill Hili to the tho German mission have hae all nfl been heen smoothed over H It t Is interesting to find hat the tho chief objection on the thc lh part of at has hall been his comparative lock lack t good American dollars dollar The Tho genial lector Is III by b no means a poor pOOl man even rom rem an nn American viewpoint lint Jut In or ier ler to ta fulfill alt all ot or tho the requirements of ot ofin in UI ambassador a LL man Inan must bo ho very II to do Indeed Mr Charlemagne Chari em liS no Tower the retiring ambassador Wits was IS an if t that Ideal al sort He lie could coul afford to odee odge the tho American embassy emba I In u tt build n ng for tor which ho lie paid lath a year rear mil hn lie h did lid It although II it took tool all nil ot of his of ot and 2500 besides h b Ho lie also afford to 0 astonish Berlin by b the he magnificence of his entertainments mil md ho he did so He lie gave a II series of or such bulls belie and dinners that ho hI nc ne IlIaH made mado for far himself a unique place In the tue lire life of ot the tue German Cerman capital Ho If 0 alt distinguished by I the tile with he ha title titie of 01 tho tito first ambassador a L novelty as applied to an nn Amer Atner American AmerIcan ican lila Tho kaiser did him tile the exception II U honor to single lo him out on 00 various occasions occasion and oven to dine dille with him at athe atthe he the grand graml l An embassy The kal lerin too paid to Mr Mrs Tower Fower nod and tile the four COlli German princes made It a I point to be lit exceedingly polite hi 10 o the Americans Americana antI and nil all tile the court air clr airIe de le Ie did dill likewise All Mt this title walt wad good policy on Oil tho the part parti Parter or er i Mr Mi t Tower rower and nn nil excellent thing thillA for Bam who wan actually a II treat neal deal for rOl comparatively corn nothing it Il t mado mallo possible an nn Intimacy between tin Ihl he American ambassador tho tile Car Ger natt emperor which would have hao been Ull out of If the question for n ri poor it enabled the tho to relations which vero of ot Itu non Ien o service in III tile the ot of pub lb II business H it WItH wan tho tile of illS 1110 lio difference that thal would como come with thin tho now flow wand anti poorer appointee that Inspired Ile ie e of ot tho tile German court to tn the tha thalea thoI lea I t of at losing Mr I r Tower For a II long longI I r it Imn been lisen an un admitted fact that J I 1 poor man mOil cannot support the role 1010 of or with credit either to III him It lt or to tile the nation ha 1111 No lory paid pah by any uny under Ih Iii sun Aun Is In large t to In cover coor the la entailed by Ity b nn an at III a foreign capital capitalI C I Cli n lie tho t oriental a ri Oil tel nations nIh bUN understand II tid Kit perfectly anti and in those I l choice of foreIgn Jil unfailingly an the tho richest subject be ho fit It or unfit In r respects wIll I log Ing or unwilling i Our Six Ambassadors i The Tho salary of ot nn an American ambassador dor wo now have hac six ix of or them themIs Is whether he lie Is III at nt Paris Pari London Jondon Londoni i Berlin Vienna St SI Petersburg burgor or Homo Home I In addition ho lie Is allowed something for forI I rent loUt fuel and light furniture sta ilIa stationery postage telegraph service and 1111 numerous other IncIdentals incidental His Ills total Income however IB Js not Riot more than 20 In any case At first sight this tills seems to be a 1 largo large laroI I I sum an nn Income laconic Indeed that Ihal most moat AlDer Amer American I lean ican citizens would be bo glad to enjoy but cannot It 11 is a n sum which represents I a 1 host ho t ot or creature comforts which i the tile average American must t do without I Possibly ho would even be willing to toI become an all ambassador to 10 obtain them I Before ho lIe proceeds proceed too far In III this dl di j let I l him pause and consider First ot or nil all oh overy usery ambassador must mustI provide and an furnish his hi own embassy I Undo Uncle Sam S makes no 00 provision for tor tho the housing of ot his representatives except In Tokyo Seoul Constantinople Tan Tangier nn i gler gier and IWer man lIon who represents this tilts government abroad is obliged to 10 provide lo quarters for him himself self seif and his family and ho he Is expected to select n a residence resilience that will ivill bo be a n cred crell credit it lo to his government If ho he bo ho a n mil mu millionaire ho lIe may emulate Mr Ml h Reid Held und and take a n palace lute Ilko Dorchester House In iii London at an itu annual rental of ot 1101 n It country house lit at I additional It If ho lb be less les abundantly I I provided with private moans means ho may DIllY possibly obtain u it suitable house for tor half or Dl ot or hili bitt salary In any case caso tile tho worst Is still IIII to come cOllie On all arriving officially at lit his post imst and after ho ha hits a presented hIs hili credentials to 10 tIle tho head of ot the tho government he must give H II reception to 10 Urn tile th diplomatic corps This l Is really n II very vory 11 Important site silo for It II enables the tho newcomer to 10 get somewhat acquainted with those with whom ho lie is 18 to ho bo associated and It Is also necessary to an alt good goad Go ld an nn Im 1111 Impression I UR nit possible A modest oath cat mate mato of at tile the cost of ot such allah a n preliminary Is la and It IL may easily be bt expanded to double that sum Then It IK Is expected of ot him that ho hio will wilt give a 1 dinner tunnel to each of at his Ilie hi ambas ambassadorial colleagues In saute ome pille he must CUbit Include oven this the ministers of ot sec sea second Ic ond claus claim powers pOOl In lii this socIal Quane clients guests on un all au of Or those no IQ elisiOns Include men and anil women of ot tha tho blithest social rank lank and 1111 nothing Inex Ino Inexpensive pensive must IntUIt bo be set ret bernie before thorn TaUn I the Iho French mission for or There are eight ambassadors in Paris Pails in hon hail honor honor or 01 of or each of whom a II function of this tills nature must be ho given chon There rhoe are arc other J t 1 hOnors dinners equally costly costil which must be bc beI I given holl from tune time to tu time tillie one aliI In honor honorof honori i of oi the tho minister ot or foreign affairs Par por ParT T haps hillis or oven even tot for tr tile the head of tho tile state stale I should he hO see lICO lit tit to 10 accept such audI su h an all ut lit uti i 71 r I i if ii t i I f I i I i I i I j 1 I I J S Q I I 1 I 4 I I I I I 1 1 f ft I Ii I t j I t I i c l I f I ii C I I DAVID JAYNE HILT HILL AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY j i The rile Ill C methods lii at employed Iii lIl by h our Oil r gov government gl eminent In ill dealing with this tills I matter do 1111 ti I not hot compare favorably a with i of nt other othiel nations within recent racen t yearn lie tho I general In i estimate ast I Hill La III In Inthis I this country of lit our foreign service HerIc wan that It Wits Will a fl 1 necessary but iUt rather or ori ell I Ion i on i lien to I ii x to the I I ic government Wo v 0 hUll had u IL I comparatively 1 trade lul lulI i I little littie money to III Invest outside of II IIi j i this country Our foreign fIol relations 1111 j i wore ere not Ii lY critical Cli t I iii There Ih 1 11 has hasi I 1111 i been a u great t change In III I ii the Ih I ii last i Tile The Increased power POl 11 and of or lie tho t United 11 lii l Status Ste I among a Iho 1 lIe nation till I lUlls of tho t in World created ted II n vast ll st expansion cx ia ii sion In III I Il our 00 r foreign ford relations I I IllS rue Tho Im Importance i t of our ti Ill Oil I and legations 1 hits lias Indented I lie r ii lId tho Iho Lii o In Iii 11 has mis Involved Veil a 1 corresponding growth III In the necessary r expenditure IX 1116 Them Is I a It very vory or distinct In circles cirches that I IlLie Bum III Is In iii Inclined I ii il lell to III bo ho h hm In I II tho t hi I I el elOr or of his hili foreign ford forI a and II ii ii I ha t he lie 11 should not only provide nil all buildings lint hilt al o contribute lib liberally nail to I their in Iii with tho tile policy of nr IC tile the A 11 I Iii U Powers for fOl Dl Instance I I INta hili II hl ill practice to Iu II ho tiC The 1110 I lii I H UI at Purls re rp rei i I S per lel annum II II Thin I is the hr I hI largest Hilary sin I 1 i to 10 I o any i of or the tho Ih kind II I 1111 but iu t I lUSI a In Is no niu fir fi I I with isI r I her iiii yearly WUKO or of to 10 1 1 lur lii nr j at Ot London und Vienna V with only U OIo to Lu her hr uR nt 1 I al nl a I Koine I The I In I 1511 to In t a aI Ur I I ii i lid Vi InH I I In I II sail rl x to ill th Ih tile respective limbo St SI Sti lt i 1 r 3 30 lel er ermany many U ut almost nw II liberal with ir OU for tor l iI Kondon Ml 1 r und O Olin oon for fOI and Vienna I lIlyH 11 nil all nib II a I of or but the llO allows them thlu 1 kel money as nl follow follows At tt Berlin U tOWO 20 OO ui at London it 1601 i at ut HI lit 41 2000 ul iii j i Vienna Mi allows liar lid only but bUl lex hem Mp money II At t 1 Berlin UlIn al ni ElI ao III ul London ut ul Home VS S eM 0 ut lit 81 i I li iii ly I In III 1 mo i lore ton lIell orous Ihn free iii 11 Ik In her trtat I o tier bet r Hut Bill IRu them only Cal n 11 a It but bUI buth ill h adds udd u Ii sunt fui fol Indemnity dm the Hit sum SUil paid to 10 out our r pi None one nt of ill th MO so hUll has hou rent 11 to tINY 1111 In II most mast instances own Olvil omI iesi donee In the lbs and j when hl Ih III Is Iii not Dot ot the tie CDS II ih lh rent in III paid most t cheerfully I by b tho Iho t ho ambassadors a dors lors employer The Ih governments ot If IfA II Austria A Franco lice Germany U England l I II J Italy I tul tU I and II till Russia I own 11 both huth summer und alid l r winter WI rite I residences ut LIt Constantinople LII In I fl addition 1111 I t Ion to lU t all 1111 iii I this ti us almost ii I most nit all gui KOV go except tile the l 1 Stolen SIeR pay imY their i ambassadors II II a nil titi pension pon hm J j jill on ill retirement this certain pro 1110 provision j i vision In III view they to t i l their salaries tilde their i of Ut lilies The rile UlIS 10 t I lOti I 1 II Ill and Il ministers 1111 ii are 1110 II ru f In ill many oases e us II large as its n tIle tho salarios I i received 1 by h fellows from Ihl ff I I United States during doling thell period of Ut i i activity 4 it t For Fo a II Liberal Policy l J i Iun ut of r Ohio of 01 President u 1 r veil vi II t I 1111 Ie b en an all a II outspoken I ohen In InI t pion I Ion of Ut the Iho h lie proposition I i Ill lo 10 Ii purche t u om 1 hll hi Ill every eVer eVIr country In III Inh which v ii h a U mission Ill I In III maintained I In III n a t i report written tile tho lust of itt he lie himself as fol rI follows oh II lows I Till The of orl a bill hili t which leil I I n 1 Is tO ieli Iv till I hie on i 1 I ul iI I present t absolutely a u y III I l lii I l l that Ihal III of gleit wealth fr QI the tho l H I t I nf lit il high Oku under fIt t I Itle tIle the It It IK Is I upon open anti I notorious tact fact fu t and ono one cannot be he ti and l Is III not disputed ii I ted that I lie I with lIh II the lIe t very lIV p 1 1411 a lii III lies paid pahl 10 I a our iii lIr r diplomatic ii I ilu 1 envoys III In with hoSt of ot I Ii t ri es but hUI Ill t v ier ry rich mon Inch Incha I can a aspi i a to Iu Ih I that I 1114 1 no lit mull of Or groat rII el uc I I or II hi lit ii ty iii Ii ii t thin hIs I country i ia a he Ii h be Lit b a u of lit Kraal ICI aL I t II Xu o iti i i I how I II U ti h sil Ill ellIS 1 t lit bo hI thure w i 10 bo I un till of or the Ih of or e ci I pit III I I Ill t loI I to 10 0 thu tilo 1 of f the hia ho Ito d It tr however a IL oil I t I lIal I Ii bl tn to each of Jt I r I lun lh n ut lit least bust so 49 o far fur nn ow Ill I 1111 lire are rt con it the tile rich gull and the poor wll II I Ibe t be 10 1 l K Jo i U 1 |
