The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-08
Fosters Visit to the Commons.

[Specialto THE HERALD-Exam1ner Dispatch
LONDON, March Through no fault of
his, Secretary Fosters visit to the house OF
commons Thursday night has caused some
unpleasantness among the diplomatic corps.
The little gallery set aside for diplomats
will, by tight squeezing, hold six persons.
As a general thing only five people are con-
tent to sit in it. Ministers from abroad
never ask any but very distinguished visi-
tors to accompany them there and even
then they have some arrangements among
themselves that word snail be passed
around, so that there shall he no confusion
or crowding. Whether Minister Lincoln
omitted to give this information or not,
cannot be learned, but certain IL is that
few minutes after Mr.. Lincoln with Secre-
tary Foster and party were seated two
special attaches from the French and Ger
man embassies wanted to get into the dip
| lomatic box. They had been sent by their
ambassadors purpOsely to watch the debate
/ on the new Mombasa railway, and to take
notes. When they found the diplomatic
1 gallery filled, they applied TO the sergeant
/ alarms, who informed them that the in
/ truders were guests Of the American min
1ster Both attaches said they had received
| no intimatiOn from their chiefs that Mr..
I
4 matte seats this evening, and as they were
there for business, they must request that
room be made for them. The sergeant de-
clined TO interfere, so the attaches appealed
I direct to the speaker, complaining in
| formal fashion that the diplomatic seats
had been appropriated by persons not in
the diplomatic corps. The speaker was
evidently disturbed for few minutes, but
after ascertaining who the American gen
tlemen were, he asked the attaches to ind
/ seats elsewhere. This they could not do.
as the small place reserved for visitors was
already overcrOwded. When they insisted
the Speaker replied that when Count Her.
bert Bismarck was here he filled up all the
diplomatic seats with German periWigs.
Also when NJ. FloqueJ visited the house
the F'reDchmen took possession of it,.
Though ministers are not strictly entitled
to this privilege, no exception was taken
to it when matters were arranged among
ministers. He thought the American
visitors were entitled to every considera-
ton and declined to have them removed.
Thereupon the two mortified attaches,
whose stiff dignity is proverbially greater
than that of full tiedged ambassadors, were
showed into the ladies' gallery, where the.
could see little and hear less.
The British house OF commons is Yerl
chuTiish in extending courtesies u
I strangers, no matter how eminent M
= one is allowed on the noOr and no mort
= fuss is made about the Prince of Waller
: when he goes than about the most humO Ole
) stranger, except that a special way is re
: served for him. Secretary Foster COM
{ mented upon this lack of courtesy, in talk
ing about his visit to your correspondent
, He could see Goschen and hear him, but
: could not get any where near him. "If Mr..
3 / Goschen visited our Congress" said Score
! tary Foster, The would at once be taken on
the fioor.n When Goschen learned of Sec
Q Rotary Fosters presence he came into thu
r gallery to shake hands with him. NothinG
: was said in their brief talk about the silver
question or any other financial matters.