New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-10

times. however conceding to him rather la.
sideration than she ID wont to accord TO ~.
two domestic aninala The Ambassador -.
to regard the attache in the light Of mere ~.
which Ii extremely disconcerting: while "a ~.
veteran secretaries tho attache Is more or -.
a butt for witticisms and jokes, which h. Ana.
It difficult to appreciate in their humorous lI.ns
Still there are some compensations In IN. me-.
of an attache, and among those who do ~.
know more about his profession he Is abb :.
pose as though weighed down and oyerwhe,mss
with the burden Of the State secrets that 49,.
locked up in his breast At such times he I. :.
course In his element and In the seventh heava.
of delight
THE UNIFORM SELDOM USED.
Save In time Of war international diAacul
ties the English Queens Messengers" and N.
Continental "Courriers de Cabinet" rarely wea,
the uniform to which they are entitled Ana
which by rights they ought to do wheneye,
travelling with dispatches. At the most the,
wear the gold or silver laced cap. But as mi.
they prefer to avoid attracting the attentio,
which would be created were they to travel 4,
uniform, and merely reveal their identity and
their office at the frontiers, when the special
passport which they bear. inscribed with n.
magic words Charge de Deptches." Is suficiep,
to pass them through the barriers without bein,
subjected to the indignity Of an examination Of
their effects. The official uniform OF a Queen,
Messenger consists Of q dark blue cloth double.
breasted frock coat, adorned with gilt buttons
embossed with the royal cipher. encrced BY tn
crown and garter and having a greyhound
pendant. The blue single-breasted waistcoat n
edged with gold lace and buttoned to the throat
The trousers are what Is known as the Oxford
mixture. with a scarlet cord down the sids
seams The blue and gold laced cap has Ii.
royal cipher and crown in front while a badge
consisting Of gold crown. attached to which i
a silver greyhound pendant, Is worn at The
throat by dark blue ribbon. The pay Of thes.
Queens Messengers averages about $1,000
year. in addition to which they receive, Of course
travelling allowances. They are ali Of them men
of birth, and. as stated above, mostly retired
officers Of the army and navy. may add that
in all my experience have never seen Queen'i
Messenger in full uniform.
In conclusion. 1t may be pointed out that no
one objects to the police tampering with the
mails in the case OF crime. and for the purpose
Of tracking evildoers and surprising their Sc.
crets. Indeed. understand that this is tolerated
even in the United States. Once this Is al
mitted 1t Is a matter Of some difficulty to de-
termine where the violation OF the secrets con.
fded to the mails is to stop. For European Gov.
ernments have some ground for argument that
they have just as much right to resor. to such
means as these for keeping track o, political
intrigues as of ordinary felonies The latter are
crimes against the individual; the former, they
insist are crimes against the nation as repre-
scented by the Government. The one crime is as
bad as the other. and the means that are EN-.
ployed to get the best of those who are engaged
in their preparation are equally justifable In
both cases. That is the only excuse that can Be
urged in defence Of Europe's BLACK Cabinets
EX-ATTACHE