The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-11

infamy. His widow, the Princess,
daughter of the enormously wealthy
Vienna banker Baron Sina, was ga
zetted a bankrupt shortly after his
death. Count Vsone. the Italian
charge d. affaires at Berlin was COM
PEELED not only to quit his post, but
also the Old World, in great hurry
for the Argentine Republic, in conse-
quence of his indiscretion in cashing
at the. Hunt club, at Rome, a $1,000
check upon a bank at Berlin where
his balance was exactly 81. Before
the check came back dishonored he had
sailed for the New World, his name
being, of course, at once removed from
the roster of the diplomatic service of
Italy and from that of the club. A
week afterward the leading pawn
brokers at Berlin displayed for sale
In their windows a series of jewelled
watches, snuff-boxes, rings. scarfpins.
etc, adorned with royal and imperial
monograms and with inscriptions to
the effect that they had been present.
ed by emperors and empresses. kings
and queens and other scions of royalty
to the late Count Visone. minister of
the household to King Humbert, and
father of the fugitive diplomat The
young mans sole inheritance. and as
he had lived far beyond his means
while acting as italian charge d. af-
faircs at Berlin he finally got into diff
fculties, was driven first to pawn all
the mementos above described, and
then, i'm utter desperation, to raise
money at the Hunt club at Rome on
a bogus check.
AMBASSADORS NEED OF FUNDS.
of course the object of the Boer Re-
public in providing DR.. Loyds with so
large a salary as $4,000 a year Is to en-
able him to represent the Tarsvaal In
such manner in the various capitals
OF Europe as to irprcss the people
W tn whom he is lrouaht into Official
cor-a"i with the import ln2e of his
E.oNCrnment. While mach has been
Writ'el about the uselcssness of costly
issicrs abroad in these modern Gays,
when all the great capitals of the world
are connected with one another by
wire, and when it is possible for min
lister of foreign affairs to cOnvey his
instructions and orders to their les-
tinations within a few minutes. with
out leaving the latitude to the discrc-
tior or direction of the envoy, there
able to represent his country on a
scale Of grandeur ana magnifcence,
WHO is able to entertain on a large
scale, has 1t in his power to serve the
interests of the government far more
efllcaciously than a diplomat who, for
one reason or another, can make no
show. Not one but dozens of treaties
of the utmost international Importance
have been, so to speak, floated into port
on tidal wave of champagne, and
this even more the case nowadays,
when alliances are announced in the
shape of post-prandial toasts, than it
was when Lord Elgn came to this
country with Laurence Oliphant, in
the flfties. for the purpose of conclud-
ing his commercial treaty with the
United States. That is why Great
Britain accords to her ambassador at
Paris a salary of $4,000, together with
allowances to the tune Of an addi-
| tional $20,000 and the use OF a hand
some palace entirely furnished and
| equipped even with a superb service of
! gold and silver plate. The ambassa-
! dors of Russia. Germany and Aus
| tria in Paris have abodes which, if not
| quite so sumptuous, are still very
grand and stately, and salaries of about
$4,000 per annum, while England pays
her ENJOYS in the other capitals Of
| Europe on the same magnificent scale,
| providing in almost every case an i'm
| posing palace or mansion furnished
even down to the item of gold and sill
Yer plate, as at Paris. The English
| ambassador at Constintinople has two
! palaces, one at Pera and the other at
! Therapia, together with couple of
steam launches, a state barge and a
| government steam yacht, commanded
| by lieutenant and manned by eighty
British tars, all being maintained for
the official and private use of His Ex-
cellency by the British government.
AMERICAN ENJOYS SALARY,
1t will readily be seen from this that,
unless the United States happens to
find man of wealth willing to under
| take the not always grateful task of
representing this country as ambassa-
dor abroad, he must necessarily, with
his $4,000 salary, convey to the people
| among whom he is sent to reside a less
powerful impression of the prestige and
of the grandeur of his native land that
| his felloW-amba assadors-always eX.
cepting those of Turkey, who are i'm
American envoy who is compelled to
live within the narrow limit of his Of
fetal stipend, 1t is only fair to add
that these highly paid ambassadors of
European countries devote conscien-
tiously all the money which they re-
ceive from the state to the purpose for
which it is granted, namely; the repre-
sentation of their government and of
| Cp1 1nV
and dignity. Few, If any, of them put
aside anything during their Official ca
rcer, many of them, indeed, dipping
heavily into whatever private resourc-
eS they may have happened 10 possess
as, for instance, Lord Lytton and Lord
DufCerin, both of whom quilted the
Palace Borghese at Paris, the one for
his grave ana the other for private life
far poorer men than when they first
crossed its threshold as master. Eng
lsh diplomats are not alone in this
1t is the same with their other Euro
pean colleagues, who are perfectly con-
tent to rely upon the assurance of the
liberal pension which is always accord
ed in the Old World to those who serve
their country conscientiously and with
loyalty.
The example of the Boer republic in
conceding so large salary TO DR.
Leyds is one which merits careful con-
sideration in this country. President
Kruger and his associates in the gov
ernment Of the Transvaal are recognize
ed as some of the longest-headed and
shrewdest statesmen living, Prince Bis.
marck, indeed, having declared that
President Kruger possesses the most
sagacious and keenest intellect of any
| he n ar ar Ags