The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-20
The Diplomatic Service in France and
Germany.

The public expenditures of the French re-
public and the German empire during the
current year. and their several estimates
for 1873. which are now preparing, suggest
some interesting comparisons. None Of
these il moro pertinent just now than a re-
view of the foreign affairs department in the
two countries for Il motion Is now pending
in the French Senate to consolidate the dip
lOmatic and the consular bodies, and there
are signs in the Chamber Of Deputies OF
rcsolutc purpose to curtail the cost of both
services. We are glad to mark disposition
TO reduce the pay Of those singularly use
less persons known as Ministers and Sccrc-
tares of Legation, and to find that the wise
economy of the United States in this dircc-
tion is beginning to be held forth as shin
ing example.
CHANGING first at the central administra-
ton, we observe that the German Minister
Of Foreign Affairs has in his Office So sub
ordinatcs. who receive an aggregate stipend
! Of one hundred and sixteen thousand dollars.
His French counterpart requires the assist
ancc of lis employees, who together cost the
republic only one hundred and three thou
sand dollars. In Germany, the average sal
airy of officials in the Department OF State
- Fi''-' "h''e !" ii"hVv ~ - s'oo' vi tic
0'''0i MAN, W. s"'r N""'''on7 "io nV' o"7ny
VNpehcu iiVih 'hc r,'ncii niln'' anu "ocoiu-
~siy we remark that iune'ioh"rles Oh INC
very hlghcst Craze are petter palu AT YER
saillcs than at Berlin, the head Of the depart
ment, for instance, obtaining twelve thou
saIu instead oil nine 'housahu uoiiar~ a year.
and the one director who. in the German
chlplre oi tW-hty-sN leuerateu states ana
iorty-tWo inlllloh subjects mis- the post Oh
Assistant Secretary loi S5''Vv. Is represented
III rIahce oy thIc' directors eaeh Oh "n"h
mas ei'ooo year l, - true 'h"t liie Yer
man iuhc''oharles all receive "h"t Is oaileu
i"uglhs INDEMNITY "hleh never ialls oel'w
"n' nun"ieu uoilar7 lvi 'lie lowest V'eih' anu
III '"c '"se ~ the chlel 7olH'"hat eNo'''s
wv" 'H'u-ail"' "u' me idttcr sum l. very i"t
from "'lhs an ciu'Na'hl ivI lhc privilege
'lJ"yH ny a fr"hch Mlhl-t'roi Foreign AZ
iall-, VINO l. l"useu ny the STATE III a palace
WlssSh i a,sl y l9Ne 'osl lhrec pllll0ns OF
dollars. Inc truth Is, that the French re-
public, Notwithstanding much Wholesome
reform IN this respect, stu pays the Minis
Ter 700 inuch ana MS clerks TOO Mite Dur
ing inc second Enlplrr' the former hai
S-oovo ana under the most economical Cow
eminent known tothe anel"n regime Nance
~ IN" Me- hLR cabinet he had >ooooo We
may add that Piinc" IALLhhNND received
not l'-s than >l2ooVo annually from NAiO-
LfoN !. a. Foreign secretary.
lae-lhS 10 the Alhpas-au"iS ana "lher
diplomatic agents a''i"dlt'd 10 foreign
countries, we notice mat the salaries OF these
Officers are even now much hlsh'r III france
IMAM III Germany for example th' r'h'h
Ambassador AT 81 petersburg Is ahoN'u
MY thousand u"llars' nt LONDON i"r'y az
vienna thlily-iour; whereas the hgh's'
sum Ild by The German empire i"ll7 snort
ol 'hlIly THOUSAND u"IlaI-' ana th'Ie are
only hN' posts "i thls cmee' we may h'h-
t"n' too mat Inc Washington mission ranks
seventh on me German list' Out l'h'h III we
fI'hch sch'dul' where II hSNl"7 lar hel"W
Madlll ana even Neh'alh l'hlh We are
somewhat surprised 70 nhn ourselves 81"
inu'h more hlGhly iatea py lrlh'' Dis
MAh'k IMAM ny lhe bu' bEoAHlS' Inc l"l"'
amount ul~'ui7'u ny iah'e III the present
year lor tuat Sl"''7 81 'Hc"tll'"l l'll'-
sehtatlon d"lrayed 10y the salaries OF MINIS
tiers, Will exceed the aggregate German 'N-
pehdturc Tor the same purpose III 1870
10y on" hundred ana tW'A'y-hNe thou-
sahd dollars. inns Is state oil thlnSs
somewhat counter TO the ops,r Nall"h ol
DE locVrENlLLf, VINO says mat IN i'pun-
Hes salaries are low because tie dcp"-l-
taIic7 81 p"ll'l'al power p'lhS numerous
have small chance ot attaining high office,
while III aIl-t"craci's those VINO Tx laige
stlp'i1s AWAY nave vague nope oi prom,
10y them Here too France has o'eneurerd
by the "Xampl" ul the nl-t NAloLLoN, who
established lavish appointments Tor amoas-
~iflili- IN the nope OF lllillk 70 MS service