The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-23

\lfiLEM VI ENIARN to what was
said recently, appropos Of
~ the resignation of Consul
General stowe, as to the in
adequacy of the salary allowances in
our diplomatic and consular service,
some facts presented in the Washing
ton correspondence of the Philadelphia
Press merit attention.
All first class governments, the Press
correspondence notes, own the embas-
sizes and legation buildings occupied by
their Representatives in other i'm
portant countries. The United States
ambassadors and ministers must pay
rent out of their salaries. Foreign gov
ernments also make liberal allowance
for official entertaining, and in most of
their consulates there is an allowance
for office and house rent.
The uniform salary OF the United
States ambassadors is S17 800 per an
mum. Out of this they must hire quar-
ters, entertain and meet all social obli-
cations. 1t is safe to say that not in
one instance does this salary meet the
demands upon the ambassadors. In
Washington the British ambassador.
Lord Pauncefote, gets salary of SSl 647
ped annum. In addition to this he has
the free use OF magnificent embassy
owned by his government ana fitted
for all social and official entertainment.
The French ambassador receives an
annual salary Of $1,000 This is much
less than the salary paid United States
ambassadors, but there is an allowance
made TO the French embassy in Wash
inton of $4,000, for use in entertaining
and maintaining the establishment.
The salaries OF French ambassadors
are the same at all courts. The min
listers of the first class receive a salary
of about 5000.
At Paris the British ambassador is
furnished with an embassy and re-
ceives salary of $43, $50. General Por-
ter, the United States ambassador To
France. pays most of his Sl75OO for
house rent. At Rome the British am
bassador receives S34 900: at ST. Peters,
burg $3S,O0O and at Berlin $50 600. AT
II. Petersburg the French ambassador
in addition to his salary of $500. is
allowed 49,, 800 as pocket money. AT
Berlin the French ambassador receives
the same salary and perquisites that
Ambassador Cambon receives at Wash
ington.
The Chinese mission furnishes an
illustration of the disparity in the COM
pensation of the United States repre-
sentatives and those of other countries,
The British minister there receives the
salary of S2+,350; the French minister
gets salary of $500 and an allowance
of Slo,45O The United States minister
gets salary of $4,000 and no allow
ances. The British minister to Denmark
has a salary of $14,6lO; the French
minister in salary and allowance re-
ceives Sl5, 700, while the United States
minister gets $500. The British min
lister to the Netherlands gets a salary
OF sl7,5OO with an allowance Of s., 600 for
mouse rent, while the American min
lister at the same post gets $4,000.
In the consular service there is about
the same disparity in salaries. For in
stance the British consul general at
Canton, China, receives salary of
$4,000; the French consul $4,75o, while
the American consul gets S3.5OO. The
British consul at Foo-chow gets $4,000
and the American $1,000. At Buenos
Ayres the British consul receives IS 900
compensation; the French consul s.. .32O.
while the American consul gets 50, 500
with less than 5000 in notarial fees.
The British consul at Marseilles.
France, gets $4,000 in salary and al
lowances, while the American consul
receives about $4,000 with fees. At Ror-
deauX the British consul gets "a, POO in
salary and allowance and the American
consul gets $500 with fees. At Trieste,
Austria, the British consul gets $4,000
in salary and allowances and the
American consul $4,000 with fees.
Consul General Osborne at London,
received in the year 1900, $l2,47S; Con-
sui Boyle at Liverpool in the same
year received S9,73i,5O; Consul General
Gowdy at Paris received sl3s69. At
the same time Mr.. Gowdy turned into
the treasury $54,5S0: Consul General
Osborne at London turned in $63, ,4OS. so,
and Consul Boyle turned in SETTLE
These incomes are not extravagant
when the responsibilities of the posi-
tions are taken into consideration, nor
do they measure up to the salaries and
allowances paid by Great Britain 10 her
consuls in the United States. New
York might be compared to London,
and here the British consul general re-
ceives a salary of siO,s57, while there