New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-19
OUR ENVOY TO ENGLAND. so


INVESTMENTS.
70 me Edit0r Of The Trt6une.
SIR: Gen. Schenck, late trustee and director
of the Emma Mine, ani then and now United States
Minister IN Great Britain. has jst added one more to
The number oi the obligations I,ch tho two res
achnowedsc TO him. lie has been making speech at
sheffield 80 long Gen. Schcnck is Minister must
bc content that tue tone Of his speeches should he such
ns seems proper TO HIM. IL 10 matter OF taste. A
Minister has been iefucd person sent to lie abroad
IN the Interest OF his own country dch1ili0n
wheh an able man. TO say honest man, vii.
successfully coutute by his daily acts AMI life. Gen.
schencA's view OF his duty to hii country may b.
summed up IN the word-brag. Let England understand
that the Untcd Statcsis big country and her beet
| toner beside. Tucse EGG lsh-yOu may imagine the
General ref ctnc-are nation OF shopkecpers. have
rIcd talking 10 them about community Of language and
INSTITUTIONS and history aud o;h"r "scntinentd Ideas
bat mat did not seem to 20 down. Now let Inc tx to
heir pockets. AMI lie says not textIiliy but in sub
stance We are your greatest MARKET trade with
IA Is one'sxth OF your trad win tie whole worii;
| feed YOU We are beginning to beat you manufac-
lures we made four thousand millions OF dollars
worth OF thng' last year. II you DOUBT It. aud
Sec Come 10 the Centennial when going to cele
brate our victory and your defeat OF hunured years
ago. You nave got your soreness about tat long
since, for yOl know too good customers to b.
angry with and tho l. xhibitiOn viii be splendid Op.
| p0rt1niiy of advertising your wares."
lt is Idle to complain of such talk az that. We
! complain OF hayilg Gen. SJhcnck forcoi US "a
representative Of the Uuited Sites but II accept
| HIM as such, and make no protest. one iil-naDnered
speech more or less Is only one drop more CT less III
cup that onL since overl1wei. 1 dol't suppose that
either g n. ScIeuck President Grant would under
stand why such speech Is peculiarly Offensive. They
doh hear the VI old cnemies oyer here nor
see the shame IL the faces or old friends wlen our
Minister makes an exhibltiol ike this at Ic.lleld.
There was. however. another sclteace IN this har-
| aneue which may be called q model OF cynical cdlOut
cry. II touches on topic which you might suppose
Gen Scheucl would be The last alluie to- You
don't talk OF rope Ia tue presenco of a man whose
father hanged, but what il the himself begins
discussing hempi II has zen thought unHn TO speak
OF the Emma Mlno in connection with Gen. schcneA.
ia PRINT. BIT when G N. Schcnck himself makes
auslon TO IT, then Shat Mt by name. 10 be sure, bu,
IN way which nobody could miSuniorstani. "Ihen
again, the country whero you III ie your invest
mcnts tGreat lauglerl Tloso inveatm;l ats do MT
IlSays prove to be prJHiablt. lR1ae|ed lIuIhte'I
IGis from Was Instrumental In inducing Ia
gis to invest great Sums OK mon5y In an undcral-
ing which d not prove to b, Probable" simply be-
cdGs2 II WAS OF most impud-nt swldlc3 Ia the
whole history OF friullleIt stock j)jonG. Ga.
S,Bcuok permitted - whether honestly or not
whether as dupc impostOr, Is not
to tho pont-permittcL the use OF his
and Oh oicI tie and position In AL OF this
cnlcrpr-e. 10 Wa advertised day atcr day in the
most lnlIcutial aud widcly-circuateI plpTs In EI-
gland in TWO capacities IN connection with the L NINA
Mine. lis uaaio would been nothing. NOBODY In
EI-lini knew or cared anything about MdlJr-Hon.
Robert c. Schcnck. Nobody would have invested q
penny IN anything the strength OF las civil fame or
us military title He knew they would no., AMI the
men WIKI whom he associated knew they womb
not. Bat irG'n. SchcncG, Untcd States Minister al
| he ST., "A
Minister Is "A considerable person III Europe by virtue
OF hI- oil g. lie may DC the veres noodle (Whi'h Gen.
Schenck certainly WAS noD or the vericst kliye tJt
which do not accuse Cen S.henck hi Christi niOn,
bu he represents either sovereign orr the sovereignty
Of MS As such he has di,tngulshe! social
position as well as diplomatic prestige. The public acts
ana declarations Of Minister TO great extent
deemed to be thc acts ana declarations of the Power
nose commission he holds. lie is the mOGhpicec OF
aIs own foreign oic' lie ia never supposed 10 speak
or act for himself, but % follow accurately certain III
,ructons whether general specific, which are inva-
raby gwen to the envoy Of every State By That State
II his private convictions opposed to those which
prevail at LONE he bound to suppress his priya'e
convictions whatever COMMUNICATION he makes to the
Power to which he Is accredited.
All this is tie A i G of diplomacy. IL must have
been known TO Gen. Schcnc and 10 those with whom he
acted. They acted with him soely because they hne"
IT. and because they relied upon the inf renee GEN.
renck's Official status woIi have upon the minds or
tic pnbic whom they going to try to ence INTO
Tie Emma Mine. Tacy knew aud he knew ;hA, when
the Untcd States Minister was advertised by It Tie
~ Trustee and Director one OF two conc.usionS w0ut
he drawn from Il. The more 'htei=eAt WOMB oohc''c
mat the consent ana sanct;oh OF S % , ,I NO
Int would unders and that the sanction Of the Uuiicd
states Government had been gwen to the enterprise
f,clr Tnay would say that no Government would per-
mil lis Minister Penpntcni.ry 10 be publicly involved
In "A purely commercial speculation; sun i1''
in an al ar about the sounGncss OF which tho
f.t,vp IN N
aud. In fact. that the Government or the
United states stood ia some way bthind inc Eund
line and meant to guar.luco to the BIIt IA pIDIc the
nac which tic American Munster vas ASKING rn'm -
mye.tmoney IN People had some right to peeve that,
u whether they had moi. II was beyon doubt That
tnry would b. licye it, and 10 was hecdl'c thy WOuIi
believe 1t that I'm scuenck's name was wanted aud
Nor is ils all There ia rrason to suppose that Cen
TiIistcr To- advise Investments in ANA II he did nor.
he ought to publicly that he did not tor 1t is be-
very strong way VIZ, that Gen. Srhenck vent down 10
country houses-the SEATS OF great tanilics cro"teh
with distinguished guests-lnd cinodssed ior suDserp-
lions to the stock Of the L una Mihe IA one case
man OF high birth but not II geat iortune was indeed
had INTO the Emma Nine. lie holds Gen schemes NOR
ally Icsponsoo for ~. lor' ana ne mas u,e,nroi tn
he woGll not speak to iGmo r Oh MS us owl family
VINO did not cut the Amer. al Minister IN society and
Nor - this tho worst said above that 1t did not mat
cr-meauing far as Cen Schencks htueSs TO DC our
Minister here WAS c0nccrned-whetherh ne was dupc or
mpostOr IN TINS unhappy business ~ ma'Ueis wy
much TO the Question or Tie degree OF his personal quit
Minister But the depOrabo thing or all Is That he
Is universally believed 10 be innocent Az the tao
when the explosion came II WAS stated that Gen.
Sncuck paid for the use OF his name as Mus-
ter. The pad named. II was matter OF com
mon gossip. and Americans in London had to submit
to hear IL related of their Minister that lac
was the paid accomplice OF tho scoun-
drels who engineered tnis Emma robbery
Gen. schenck enersetically denied II in private.
But his denial aid not convince everybody nor dd IL
stop the OF scandal Innocent or euity Rrk3i
with his share OF the plumber or drained s nc aves) Of
a great share OF his property, hi Usefulness here
was gone The United State, have right to be- repre-
scented III England Dy man who has escaped the ins-
fortunes that Jcdllcn n. Sclcnck, ~ some ono
who has pledged sanction OF his official char
acter to gigantic fraud, by one VINO has not been
suspected making merchandise or his ministry, ANA
of probing by the thets which weie committed III his