The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-19

doaiars viii have that entire SUM At his
oisposai 10 spend IN the way that he sees
e, the EngHsh territorial magnase draw
lng me same revenues from bis estates
VIII not be able 10 have the flee and ur-
srxmmeied use Of more than Eg.soe Of the
entire amount. the balance being swai-
lowed up by charges on the property %
one kind and another. the obligation 20
keep ancestral charities and hereditary In
situations, etc
The result ~ this b tint when an Eng-
lish peer II able 10 rent his town house
Tor the season for few thouaAnd dollars
ne - glad 10 avail hsnse4 Of the oppor-
tunity. since II enables him to add thereby
TO his pin money. II may be permitted
% Use the exrre1saon-tEaf Is 10 say. TO
that portion Of hts resources upon which
there In no call and which he In free 70
spend ~ he lists. II In almost incredible
20 what inconsenIences nontnaIly rich
people In England viii gain order TO pro-
cure pocket money IN this manner. Great
lords and ladies' think nothing Of letting
theiy own town mansions for the seaspn
and then leasing q much smaller fur
nsshed house for the same period close by
delighted TO pocket the difference. even
when the latter u restricted 10 few hum
dred gufneas. and people have got %
much IN the habit Of RMS thai ore finds
prominent perSonAges I'm the EngIish great
world changing their abode in town not
and Cowea week
This being the case. 1t In difficult TO
understand why 20 much criticism should
be leveled by the English against the al
legged American fondness for hotel life,
which destroys. 10 II In said. domesticfty
and the family system. TX appears TO me
that the short-teru1- furnished hons<-for-
the-season institution is much OF the same
thing. and every bit as bad.
Ambassador choate will. therefore. be
compelled To take furnsshed house In
town for the canning season. probably
from some uobieman or other. and to dts
pense hospitality in the name Of the
United States on porcelain and pate bsar-
ing the heraIdic devices Of his titled land
lord and with the portraits OF the latter's
ancestors supereilfoasly gazing Down upon
him when he II AT his own table I'm a man
nef calculated to impair any American
digestion There viii. In fact. be nothing
American about this American embassy
but the ambassador. his family. and his
staff. aud IL vi. require ell the cordial
gentality. the wit. the tact and the kindli-
pess for which Ambassador Ihoate 10 no
renowned TO convey the impression to his
visitors both American and foreign. that
they are on what L. iiguratIvely a bit OF
United States territory.
Far different IL the treatment which the
great powers Of Europe extend to their
ambassadors. With the OBJECT of adding
to the dignity of the latter and To the
prestige OF the nation which they repre-
sent, they provide them not only with a
mansion or Fasace. but also with the fur
niture os the latter. with paintings to
adorn the walls, and even with superb
services OF silver plate, engraved with the
national heraidic devices. In Rome. for
instance. France, Great Britain, Germany.
Austria and Spain have palaces OF their
own for the use Of their assadors,
which are magnifieentiy appointed and
kept In repair BY their respective govern
ments. without any expense 10 the ambas
sador, whereas the American envoy. al
though OF the same rank, IL Obliged TO
content himself with q furnished fiat. II
he does not happen To have the private
means over and above his salary To en-
able him to 60 TO the expense Of leasing a
furnished palace.
At Vienna. again. the English, German,
and the Russian governments own the
palaces occupied by their ambassadors.
In Berlin the English the Austrian and
the Russian emba ssies are not merely
nguraitveiy but actually bits OF foreign
territory. since both the sites and the
buildings belong To the governments OF
the ambassadors by whom they are oc-
cupled England, France. Germany and
Austria have palaces OF their own at 81.
Petersburg. while Austria. Great Britain
and Russia Az well as Germany, own the
stately mansions I'm Paris that are ten
anted by their respective embassies. That
of Great Britain Is particularly fine, and
In grandeur AS well ns Ia the magnin-
eence OF its appointments, II but little In
ferior To the Eiysee palace. occupied by
the president OF the republic. and which
Is almost next door.
The English embassy at Washington
which was constructed long before the
mission was raised TO It's present rank, Is
Il familiar landmark in the national capt
tai IL stands on land purchased by the
English government. Is furnished-and.
one might add. silver-plated by the crown.
and IL Ia every sense OF the word in keep.
ing with the dignity Of Great Britain and
with the Importance OF the country IN
which the English ambassador Is aecred-
tied
Nor Is II only for the ambassadors that
Great Britain provides and furnishes
ahodes hefltting the greatness Of the ma
ton. At Toxic. at Picking. at Bangkok, at
Teheran AT Cairo. and AZ Tangier the
British minister's and In some cases even
tn. vonsuis general. are housed In i'm
posing mansions. handsomely furnished.
and calculated "a impress the natives
who nom the highest to the lowest. are
taught TO understand that within the pre-
cfncts Of the walls or sgon ratings by
which tho grounds of the legation or con
sulate are surrounded the soil is British
territory in every sense OF the word. an
empire therefore. within an empire. and
"a sanctuary To every fugitive TO whom
the british representative Il willing Ia ex-
tend mis- protection.
To such an extent IS this theory car
riea that when few years ago disturb