The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-07
ITNGTISTS ~ DtNIND.
Secretary HAY Tr N 81 Their Growing I'M
portance in II Diplomatic service.
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WASHINGTON, Jan J. Secretary He &
urging on Congress- the necessity II UrJy:ling
throughout our diplomatic service American a.
taches who are At home in 'hc language II the
country to which they are accredited. With The
visible expansion NJ ell our trade interests, as we'll
rs the extension Of our territorial domain. he
Consular service assumes a greater iwTortau,c
than it has hitherto enjoyed in the "y'Sof hWcr-
cans at home The consuia,rS where our Consule
or any Of the Americans connected with them can
sneak nuently the language Il the people among
whom they are sent are few.
The Secretary Of State begins with Turkey
az an examnle, and asks Congress IN authorize
the employment ~ n Second Secretary 81 Legation
al the court of'hc Sults n who hRli he an American
student n the language of tho country Mr.
Han suggests that " ,crc n man hos been appointrd
II he still needs 'o perfect himself IN the language
he he allowed time from the routine 81 Office
work in which to do So. Il has been Tie cra'orn
to employ n Turkish drnvoiu1n Il rrug,r,e a
long tine 10 trHin such an I"."-r.rtc-. Gad Il To-
deemed wise To have al \ucrira.7 r.rScl in the
urescrt intcrpre'cr with &c Turkish Icgr'iur
is getting quite old. and the work is beyond his
physical strength.
While Diplomatic husircss is largely trars,r,d
1T The Porte. there is much the' requires the atten
ton ~ N" inlerrreter n thr bureau ri ~" Score
tarios of he Sultan The Tng'isr Frcrch. Ger
HNlAt ahNNN' ANlN NNNH ihANN " |N '|Atl = I|'. ~
maintain each their oNh schools a. tpNv'G4ji
NOBLE or IN copncCtion with Co'uc university at
home to teach the language iu rfrSo-s who UnUt
10 get cmnlovm cnt IN connection with Pc Fw
haSsirS at tonstHUtluo"le Tho Knowledge 81
French goes fer Ia assist in doing business n
Turkish Diplomatic OIL Cc.. hu, the tongue NJ the
country II hecomirC an INDISPENSABLE nccrSSitv
Perhaps more important than %lcrrrllr TUr' N
ust now is the acquislti,n Of Chinese Srctr.
tary llay proposes to establish n school ~ vuuug
men, between IS and q, who want to study Cht
ncSr, with n view ~ entering th" dIpipmatic Srtv
ice in China. He aSBg Congress e. arpr lnriatu
10000 to provide fog ten such students asa be-.
ginning This would take 10 china aud main
tain these Young men FOR one yrnr while thrY
eyoted thcmselvesto the conquest ' the lRurufyn
nf the people In all hut two ~ our CuusulatCs
in China the whole work ~ iOtrrpTc,e''Ir iV-
yolving the most imporiant kind ~ business,
Americans in these place, VIZ shall b' com.
petcnt and trustworthy In the pr ormanrr " the
business ~ the Consulate Several tpusul4
from this country to China have found them,
selves deceived and played upg1 by their ra.rally
Drihc-taking interpreters, aud no smal. aWoIut
~ annoyance has arisen from ;his practice ~
employing Cinnamon as Interpreters
Mr. Hay says that none oi the thlncsr inter
prefers now employed /, altogether ~satiSiHc.
tory, and II is sale to say that competent Amcr.
cans, n they could be found. would not wait l.Ig
before they would hc Ia 2 plrcrs Nearly
Ill the foreign legations NJ .rkln have more
than one Interpreter and several students, n,
Chinese Al sll being required. The IngHth
maintain eighteen young Englishmcn ~ Pc
kin, who are studying the language. As uur
INNER with the Chinese increases the mut0
clearly the importance VI this proposed language
requirement in the Consular srryiIr will appear
accuracy and general efficiency in the scry CO.
but II win add materially o. the stability NJ the
whole consular force BY the orrlpuH strength.
ening Of the attaches tenure Of his oiAc&