The evening times., 1899-12-05

Some important and interesting recon-
the Secretary Of State to the Secretary
Of the Treasury transmitting the estimates
OF the State Department for the next fiscal
year.
Secretary Hay wants the salaries of ths
Second and Third Assistant Secretaries oi
State increased from $500 to $4.500 each
He asks also that the appointment of ar
Assistant Solicitor Of the State Depart
ment be authorized, at sala-
ry of s2,5OO. He recommends
earnestly that authority be CIV
en- to appoint second secretary of lega-
tion at Constantinople at salary OF 81 600
This officer must be an American student
Of the language Of the court and OF the
country.
"All the work at the palace" says Mr..
Hay, has to be done by an interpreter,
except when the Sultan gives an audience
to the head of the mission. and even then,
as the Sultan speaks Turkish, the inter-
prefer has to be present to correctly render
the Minister'S language" England.
France, Germany. Austria, Russia, and
Italy have schools in Constantinople or in
connection with their universities, like at
Oxford, to train interpreters for this SER
vice.
Mr. Hay urges that the title of the inter-
prefer at the legation in Pekin be changed
to Chinese Secretary" with no increase il
salary. This higher standing officially Is
necessary, and he asks that the recommen-
dations be carried out by Congress, in
view of the circumstances now prevailing
in China of the necessity of keeping Will
liant and efficient watch over the growing
interests of American trade and enterprise
in the East" Ten student interpreters are
needed also. he says, at the American lega-
tion in Pekin. He asks that Congress pro-
vide salary of sl,C00 for each of them.
Young men, citizens of the United States,
from eighteen TO twenty-four years of age,
should, he says, be selected for examina-
ton. Ii is recommended also that Congress
give authority for advancing consular
clerks to consular positions after five years
satisfactory service.
Mr. Hay asked that the salary of the
Minister to the Netherlands be increased
from 81 500 to $4,000. Living expenses in
Holland and the necessary outlay in con-
nection with court functions are among the
most costly in Europe, he says, and The
Hague, as a meeting place Of international
conferences imposes on the Minister GER
tain demands and courtesies requiring an
outlay which cannot be met by his salary.
cdSts Al the Vi tuS
to Bolivia, Ecuador. Haiti, Persia, and
Siam from 5000 to $500 are recommend
ed. 1t is urged by Mr.. Hay that authority
be given to appoint secretaries of legations
at $500 each TO Belgium, Denmark,
Greece, Netherlands. Siam. Sweden, and
Norway, and Switzerland: that a consulate
general be established at Eucharist, Rou-
mania, and Belgrade, Seryia, with salaries
OF $2,5OO each. and consulates at Nieich-
" n M AND DO, 1h.,,-
Increases in the salaries of consuls at
the following places are recommended:
Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic; Tam
sin, Formosa; Bahia and Para, Brazil; Bar
ranquilla and Cartagena, Colombia; st.
Johns. Newfoundland; Yokohama, Japan;
Chihuahua, Durango, Ensenada, and MAJ
atlan, Mexico; Tangiers, Morocco: Am
sterdam, Netherlands: Genoa. Messina,
and Milan, Italy: Stockholm, Swe-
den; Alexandretta and Sivas, Turkey; La
Guayra, Venezuela; Berne. Switzerland
Cardiff, Wales; Monterey Mexico; Barba-
dor and Prerto Caballo. Venezuela; Rot
terdam, Netherlands; Dysuldorf, Germany;
Copenhagen, Denmark; Santo Domingo;
Marseilles and Nice, France; Tamaton.
Madagascar; FRANKFORT Kehl, Mannheim,
and Strettin. Germany; Belize Honduras
Hull, England: Ottawa, Ontario; Chefoo,
China; Hanover, Germany; Malta; Har-
poot Armenia; Dawson City, and Cape
Haitien.
Authority to transfer the consulate at
to Cornwell. Ontario. is re-
quested. Changes from fee to salary Off
ces are recommended for the consulates at
Budapest, Hungary; Suva, Figi Island;
Moscow. Russia; Port au Prince, Haiti;
and Alden, Arabia. The reason advanced in
nearly every case for the increase or
change from fees TO salary is the high cost
Of living in the consul's post or the grow
ing importance of the place to American
trade