Delaware gazette and state journal., 1899-04-27
AMBAssADoKs, RotsIs.
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B4SSADOKs' BULSES
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Our embassy at London is said IA Il
besieged with offers of houses for N,
Choate at prices suitable for an Ams,i
can ambassador, double, perhaps, NH,
would be expected from anyone sIss
This is the first rerplexity Of @ an
ENJOYS. at is not becoming" iii
Prince Bismarck, mot worthy oi
great nation that its ambassady
should live in hired house, Where i,
would be subject to notices to ouit
and, on leaving, would have to rer1o's
the archives in a cart. We ought
and must have, our own houses every.
where"
'Our own houses" we have novhsra
differing in this from all other leadip,
nations. The location. size and an
pointments of these extra territorial
residences mark thom in all forei7, .
capitals, Us also in Washington. IL,
representatives of the great Power
need no hunting up. As all diplomacy,
not done by cattle, rests upon Tia
science Of social effect. no adjunct ca,
be neglected. An ambassadors DO
nestle arrangement must be scenic,
his housekeeping spectacular. Tho
setting is all in all, and should be al
hand. Inferiority in this respect, shown
at our diplomatic posts, is bitta
pill TO travelling Americans. The Brit
ish government bought in Berlin The
house of a bapless railroad king aud
then spent lavishly ON its furthe,
adaptation. An imposing suite, in.
Guiding the crimson theatre, leads 10
ballroom, used also for State dinners
In this a table of 30 or 40 covers il
almost lost. A full-length portrait d
Queen Victoria is august witness Of
loyalty, re-enforced by numerous
photographs of the royal family, es.
pecially the Princess Of Wales Sir
Edward and Lady Ermyntrude Male.
added the grace of personal belongings
books in reading, trophies from
Cairo, family portraits. A score OF
two Of powdered lackeys, in scarle!
and silver, silk stockings and knee
breeches, with big black bows down
their backs, ushered in great occasions
The summer home at Potsdam was
free from all this. 1t was restful as
an English parsonage, but official resi-.
dence in Berlin made pageantry i'm.
perative. In this city the Austrian
embassy is the old palace of Marshal
Blucher the French embassy that Of
Count Arnim- -Boitzenbure, while q
little way down the Linden the Rus
sian embassy is close upon ministerial
quarters.
| In London, the French Embassy
at the Albert Gate of Hyde Park, I
one Of two houses deemed such reck
less Investments that they were dubbe
Malta and Gibraltar, "because the
could never be taken." France, how
ever, did take this outpost in England
near Apsley House, home of her ol
enemy, the Iron Duke. ~ One !
exchange she yields on the Rue 8
Honore, near the residence of th
president of the republic, while tn
Russian, German and Austrian EN-
bassies hold to the old aristocrat
QUARTER st. GERMAN.
Our representatives come upon u
to live. If "happy thought, the
appointment has been, perhaps, also
sudden one. Anyhow, it could not
lSpvided fer in advance. They, pro
ibly, fall heir to office quarters, Q
pensive, but not commodious, abun
antly accessible, however, to tran
tourists and begging subscription
Also their predecessor is apt to b
queath pew in an expensive churc
with rent paid till the end of I
} quarter, churchgoing being the VOC
in diplomtic circles. House huntln
however, not being ubvia,ed by the
bequests, is tho business first in han
while social functions wait. Its pl
suit is derogatory in such high po
tions. Negotiations are hampercd,
) aree eligible is narrow and speculate
, seize their Frey. :.
When United States Minister to G
many, Mr.. Phelps created truo Ame
) can home, but the expense dazed
I Berliners, be cause put upon hired pr.t
Q erty. In Vienna, this gentleman !.
l pressed the Austrian court by taxi
: stately iuazc Of a palace. Mr.. II
y and his family were forced to the
4 of u Paris hotel, while looking
: quarters large enough for his genor'
I hospitality. When found, these CO
Q manded u rental considerably lar
/, than the salary of any American cnv
$ Is it not time to do away altoget
J with these shifts? Are we not r
e enough to have "our own houses
0 Even humble abode, definitely
apart as American territory and |
+ manently associated with the oflit
: representation of our country, wo
Q have moro dignity than the palace
4 the CAESARS, rented monthly, subj
4 to tho notices to quit and car
s archives deprecated by Prince !
r marck. Elisabeth Ballister Bates