The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-13

VA" retirement should take place at inter-
Nai4 OF few months apart. As an illus
tihtion Of the position In which our am
bassaaors are placed the following item
i@ed statement ~ Eustis expenses is in
terestlng:
House rent in Paris. per year....., s12. 900
Ambassador coach and livery. 5000
Diplomatic dinners and entertain
menus ...-.-....- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
One ball per annum ................... 1000
Entertaining American naval officers 1000
Attending state department func-
tons .....-.................... 900
Official presentations .................. 1000
Total ..................................s27 81. 800
In reality. however Eustis has spent a
good deal more than $4,000 a year since
he went 10 Paris. lie is out Of pocket
about 100000 as "A result of being American
ambassador to France. II might be OBJ
served that Eustis has chosen a rather ex-
pensive house, but were he TO 90 out OF
the expensive quarter of Paris his useful
ness as diplomat would be gone, and
house rent Ia fashionable Paris is high.
The umbassadorial coach Is also a neces-
sity. and the entertaining must be kept up
or the diplomat would lose caste. The
other ambassadors are in an equally sorry
plight Bayard Is out so far about $4,000
on his mission. AIacNeagh spent $4,000 In
Rome during the first three months Of his
stay.
The money question has reached a crisis
owing 10 fhs recent elevation Of our min
listers 10 the capitals Of Great Britain.
France Germany, Italy, and Russia 10
the rank OF ambassadors When We had
ministers only the situation was bad
enough. but now n has become well-nigh
inlolerable. Gresham made personal plea
10 Bayard to use his influence with his
colleagues In Europe TO remain patient
until the time when their situation can be
made known TO congress. Bayard, on his
arrival in London sent letters
which he had previously writ
ten in this country and shown
to his official superior. in which the hope
Of amendment of their situation was held
out Gresham has received communication
from the ambassadors setting forth that
their positions are absolutely untenable-
At their conference the American diplo-
mats agreed upon a representation to the
state department that In their opinion IL
would be advisable, in the interests of our
national dignity, to reduce at once the
grade of our foreign establishment TO its
former level This would save each di-
plOmat $4,000 a year. since a minister iS
saved coach expenses and the cost of en-
pertaining other ambassadors. Unfortun-
ately however such a proceeding would
leave the ambassadors from the five for
eign powers in Washington in a very IN
dienihed position. Their governments;
would undoubtedly recall them and en-
tente cordiale would be jeopardized. The
situation. to sum UP. is this:
our ambassadors are running themselves
abroad and they want to come home. one
by one. They propose to come home. and
Breckenridge wants to come first. Gresh-
am will make an urgent representation OF
the difficulty to congress through the Pres
ident. and the country win then learn
whether we shall do without ambassa-
doris.
The above is the state departments hor-
rifed story of the great coming strike OF
our diplomatic workmen. They threaten
to quit If we don't pay them more money
Let them quit Their value is shown by
the fact that we're in ham and beef war
with ali the world as the result OF their
diplomacy Ambassadors come to only so
much tinsel and gold lace. Let them quit
and come home. All we need at London.
Berlin, and the other places is an occa-
sional notary public.