New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-05
"STRAPPED" DIPLOMATS.
AMBASSADORS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
WITH NO MONEY AND NO CREDIT.
SOMETIMES AS WITH THE TURKISH ENJOYS. 1T
IS THE FAULT OF TIE COUNTRY: SOME
TIMES OF THE MINISTER'S THE
rp.EcyAN.S I,IBERAILTY.
TRANsvAAL's LIBERALITY.

simultaneously
TO Dr. Leyds the Secretary of State of the Boer
ReDublic ha. been accorded the enormous sal
ary of $50 900 a year for representing as Minis
ter Plenipotentary the Transvaal In the various
capitals Of Europe comes the news that the
Ottoman Ambassadors at Rome. St Petersburg.
Vienna Berlin Paris and London have decided
to strike along with their respective secretaries
and ATTACHES in consequence OF their having been
left not only without their salaries and allow
anccs but even without remttances OF any KIND
since the beginning OF the year-that IS TO say
for the space of just eleven months IL ~ dini-
cult to conceive any more startling contrast thah
that which prevails between the diplomatic rep
resenta,ives OF the small African-Dutch hepun-
lie which is not even an independent sovereign
IT, but merely 4 prOtectorate or Great br'a'"'
and the ENJOYS Of one of the most important
Great Powers of the world. Power the posses
sions Of which extend over a considerable por-
ton of the continents Of Europe. ASA ana
Africa the spiritual supremacy or whose mon
arch is represented by all Mahometan countries
from the Asiatic coast Of Africa To the racine
shore line Of China. and which weighs 80 heavily
in the International balance that the question OF
maintaining unbroken the peace OF the Ola
World may be said rest with the Sublime
Porte
kingdoms and republics which insist on being
represented in the principal capitals of Europe
and at Washington By full-nedged Ambassa-
doris in lieu Of ordinary Ministers Penipoten-
tiary Ambassadors being. Of course. expected To
maintain the dignity Of their high office on
much more elaborate and magnificent scale than
ENJOYS Of minor rank. The position Of tn" I'M
fortunate Pachas and Boys intrustcd with the
direction Of the ottoman missions abroad may
therefore be appreciated when 1t is mentioned
that not only have the Ambass adors received no
pay for nearly year but that. moreover they
ere unable To find any one willing to trus, theIn
even fer the ordinary necessaries Of life. for the
tradesmen know full well that wrts do not run
in the case Of foreign diplomats. and that 1t is
impossible to obtain either judgments against
them attachments against their property.
Moreover. Turkish credit is at the lowest ebb IN
the various capitals Of Europe and under the
circumstances it is quite probable that the
stories current to the effect that one Turkish
Ambassador has subsisted for months bread
and tea, when invited out to dinner by
colleagues and acquaintance. and that another
Is unable To stir out Of the house because he
has no boots to wear. may b. true. When one
has neither money nor credit in Europe. and
when one is moreover precludcl by ones diplo-
matte position and office from rcsorting To- other
means OF livelihood it is obvious that a recourse
the charity Of frion ds Is the only escape from
starvation.
MrsrKUS PACHA AND HIS FAMILY.
The financial difficulties Of Turkeys Ambassa-
doris is nothing new. although it is the lrst time
that they have all. gone IN strike together and
have abandoned their posts withou, leave IF
absence declining 90 return 20 their duties until
they receive their pay MuSuruS Pacha who
for nearly quarter Of a century represented
his country at the Court Of St James was
mixed UP in all sorts Of unsavory Transactions
mostly incurred in connection with his efforts
to procure resources. and even to-day there are
suits pending in the London courts against his
estate for moneys advanced to him. His son.
Musurus Bey. attempted in vain to better the
fortunes Of his family and Of his fathers mis-
siOn to which he attached as secretary. by
abducting a French hciress. Mile. d'Imccourt. a
niece and ward Of the famous French cavalry
general the Marquis d. Galliffet. After con-
tracing marriage In England with her. which
subsequently annulled on the ground Of
llegality. and living with her couple Of
months he vas mprudcnt enough to venture
upon French soil whore both ne and the young
lady were Immediately arrested by the police |
she being turned over t. her relatives ana he
conducted TO Calais and expelled from the coun-
try his diplomatic rank in England alone saving
him from a criminal prosecution.
Among other chiefs Of diplomatic missions
who have 10 grief financially. sometimes
through the neglect Of their Government 10 pay
their salaries and sometimes through their own |
extravaganza and recklessn"ss. is Prince Nal |
kom Khan who for many years represented
the shah at the Court Of 81. James. The Shah. |