New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-12-16

. eogra1sd as to pernit tho ucsnsent e ~
with eon1ort. With the assigMneut Of e6eQaase
which oat officers abroad 20 now per1litted 9
t1eat 90 personal perquisitea. shOnld 20 doAe
sway with. Every oct requiring the soertmce.
&c schedule rstes and tns fee thsrefor returned
to the treasury. By restoring these revenues 70
the public use the consular service would be
self-sustaining, even with liberal increase Of
the present low salaries. In further prevention
OF abuses, system Of consular inspection
should be instituted. The appointment of a
limited number of secretaries Of legation at
and in particular for temporary service at mis-
stons which for any cause may be without q
head should also be authorized. favor also
the authorization for the detail Of officers Of the
regular service as military or naval attaches at
legations. Some foreign governments do not
recognize the union of consular with diplo-
matte function. Italy and Venezuela will
only receive the appointee in one Of his two ca
pacities-but this does not prevent the require
ment of a bond and submission to the response
e e1es officer whose duties
consular generals should be abandoned
deem it expedient that well-devised measure
for the reorganization of the extra territorial
present system, which labors under the GIsad-
vantage of combining judicial and executive
functions in the same office. In several Oriental
housing the legations OF the United States. A
grant of land for that purpose was made some
years since by Japan, and has been referred to
IN the annual messages of my predecessors The
Siam government has made gift to the United
States of comEiodious quarters in Bangkok. In
COrea the late minister was permitted to pur-
chase building from the government for lega-
tion use. In China. the premises rented for the
legation are favored as to local charges At Tar-
gier the house occupied by our repres entative
has been for many years the property of this
government. having been given for that purpose
In 1922 by the sultan of Morocco approve the
suggestion heretofore made that In view of the
conditions Of life and administration in the
Eastern countries the legation buildings in
China. Japan, Corea. SIAM and perhaps Persia,
ment with view to permanency and security.
10 this end recommend that authority be
given to accept the gifts adverted to in japan
and siam, and TO purchase in the Otner cOun-
tries named, with provision for furniture and re-
pairs. A considerable saving in rentals would
at New Orleans last winter, with the assistance
OF the federal government, attracted u large
number of foreign exhibits and proved of great
value In spreading among the concourse of yis-
1tors from Mexico and Central and South Amer
lea a wider knowledge of the various mauufacr-
ures and productions of this country, and their
availability In exchange for the productions of
those regions Past congresses have had under
consideration the advisability of abolishine the
discrimination made by the tariff laws in favor
OF the works OF Americas artists. The odium Of
the policy which subject to a high rate Of duty
the paintings of foreign artists, and cxempts the
production of American artists residing abroad
and who receive gratuitously advantage and
instruction. recoils upon our citizens en-
gagged in art culture In Europe. and has caused
them with practical unanimity to favor the
and in n the an na d
other obvious reasons, I strongly recommend
it.