Evening star., 1901-12-14
SCANDALS IN COURTS
Smaller Nations Of Europe Prolific Of
Ugly Incidents.
CASE OF QUEEN OF HOLLAND
Bank Clerk Goudie's Defalcation
Causes Much Comment.
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LONDON. December 4. 1901.
Not for long time have the smaller
courts Of Europe been so torn with scandal
as they are at the present moment From
| day to day we receive denials. official and
unofficial. OF the more or less serious
stories that are current, but in each case
1t is clear that there is something wrong
1t is the habit of most people to regard the
| small potentates Of the continent with a
sort OF good-natured contempt, which. per-
haps. conceals feeling of wonder that any
nation, however small, should be so mis-
guided as to tolerate them. But for the
young Queen Of Holland there is a very
genuine esteem and sympathy. and the sus-
picion that the marriage which appeared to
be inaugurated under such auspicious cir
cumstances has turned out unhappily pro
vokes real feeling of regret. We are told
that the situation is quite misunderstood.
But If the people were acquainted with the
view of the affair popularity held in Hol-
land they would be good deal more dis
tressed than they are.
Young Prince Henry is German and his
queen Dutch, and between these two ma
tionalities there is considerable i'll feeling.
On the part Of the Dutch it takes the form
| Of fear that Germany may one day absorb
Holland. The good people of the country
Of dykes did not take at all kindly to the
announcement when 1t was made that their
| little queen was going to marry German.
They have not become any more reconciled
to it since Prince Henry's conduct has dis
tressed his wife and caused her to undergo
q severe Illness. The prince has been al
most hooted in the streets. and people haye
ceased to take their hats off to him. 1t is
fully expected now that divorce will fol-
low.
servia's royal couple. the Grand Duke
and Duchess Of Hesse, and the Crown
Prince and Princess of Roumania, are near
in the near future a lovely crop OF royal
divorces.
Hue and Cry About Goudie.
There has been hue and cry for q fort
night over Goudde the Liverpool bank
clerk who managed to embezzle Etc, 900
within a year or so. He has been caught
now, and will shortly stand his trial, and
be sentenced doubtless to a long term Of
Imprisonment If found guilty. Goudte. who
Is only twenty-nine years old, and who
handled hundreds Of thousands OF pounds
monthly, received the munificent salary Of
f150 075O yeari
This sort Of remuneration is by no means
unusually low for bank clerks in England.
They as rule receive salaries which are
highly inadequate when compared with
the responsibilities they are called upon to
undertake. One hundred and fifty pounds
a year is considered a fair average salary
for bank clerk thirty years of age. and.
indeed. there are many managers Of
branches of London banks whose incomes
are less than f200 a year.
The case of the walk clerk is even more
striking. Many banks doing business in
London do not belong to the bankers clear
ing house. and as result checks and bills
drawn on them have to be collected by the
other banks. The employe who does the
| collecting is known as the walk clerk"
OVID 10 y1nfh htra0 oil fv, Nf
these young fellows with q salary of ESQ
a-year, having $1,000 or f15,OOO in notes
| and gold in his possession III day.
A few years ago walk clerk was
robbed in the city of very large sum of
money by American thieves. and for a
time great precautions were taken for the
protection Of the clerks.
There are banks which are more liberal
than others in the treatment Of their
clerks. In one of the very best institutions
from the clerks point Of view a man at
the age Of fifty. If he has been with the
bank long time. may hope to receive
about f400 a year in the ordinary course Of
events, but, of course. If he shows excep-
tional ability, promotion may put him in a
better position.
An extraordinary feature in the Lsndon
banking world is the Slarge number of
Scotsmen who hold important positions
In Scotland young man who enters a
years. receiving. perhaps. f5 the first year,
flo the second and flo the third. At the
end Of his apprenticeship he may be ad-
vanced to the enormous salary OF fS5 or
make their way in the world are ready to
accept clerkships in London at lower SAL
aries than Londoners look for. The expla-
nation is that they have been accustomed
to q moro frugal mode Of life than the Lon
doner, and have less expenses to keep up.
The Scotch bank clerk once he has Sc
cured a footing in the big city, is as a rule,
arduous in learning everything connected
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lead all over the world in banking business.
The heads of great London banks receive
all the way from f2,0oo to 5000 year.
Think how this compares with the clerks
humble figure, and is 1t any wonder that
the poorly paid clerk who handles large
sums Of other peoples money sometimes
goes wrong?
Talk About the Coronation.
All Is coronation talk still In the newspa-
pers and as we get nearer the event more
and more columns are filled with 1t.
A fact not without anxiety for those who
are responsible for the due carrying out of
the coronation ceremonial is that the two
principal celebrants in the great fun ction
In the abbey next June will be octogena-
rians. It is upon the Archbishop Of Can
terbury and the Dean Of Westminster the
brunt of the duties in this delicate and
nerve-trying ceremony will fall. The Arch
bishop Of Canterbury was eighty last Sat-
urday, the Dean Of Westminster will lie
eighty in a weeks time. Both are grand old
men for their age, the archbishop being
physically the more vigorous, although he
has lately shown signs Of the wear and
tear Of four score years.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury actually
anoints and crowns the king, but the Dean
Of Westminster has to perform numerous
manual and personal attentions which on
such an occasion will require all the nerve
that he can muster. For instance, The dean
is the bearer and the recipient of the loyal
oblations. He invests the sovereign with
the royal robes, which hear weigh sixty
or seventy pounds. He has to receive end
deliver the regalia to the archbishop. and
1t Is his duty to pour the holy oil into the
spoon from the ampulla with which the
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