New-York tribune., 1905-12-20

quires that the United States and the other govern
ments concerned should respond TO this move on
the part of China. by raising their own represen-
tatives at Picking to the grade of ambassadors and
this will entail a considerable increase in
pendture, since ambassadors compelled to
maintain a considerably greater state than mere
ministers and receive correspondingly larger pay
ard allowances.
For the United States there Is such a distnyt ed
vantage in maintaining ambassadors rather than
ministers in most of tho great foreign capitals,
especially in such countries as Japan, China ond
Turkey that it has always been 3 matter of sur
prise that of all great powers. the American gov
ernment should be the only one TO content itself
with a mere legation st staulboul. For it compes
the representative of the United States to march
in the wake of the ambassadors OF Russia etI-
mary Austria, Italy. France and Great blitalH'
ard debars him from quite large NUMBER OF Ndlu-
able prerogatives and privileges which they enjoy
OF course the prestige OF the United States suflers
in consequences and in the Orient prestige Is an IN
valuable asset Indeed it may be said 70 eonstita'
the principal basis Of England's domination Oh
India.
An Ambassador among other rights, has that of
demanding an audience Of the ruler 70 whom ne ls
accredited whenever considers It necessary ana
to deal with him, If need ne. over the head 9t le
Minister of Foreign Affairs. Thus whereas ths
ambassadors of the great powers ct Stamboul can
Obtain an audience of the Sultan SO soon as they
ask for it, the American Minister IS sometimes kept
cooling his heels for weeks before tho Sultan VIII
consent to receive him.
LADY cRFoRD's MoATED HOME.
T,ady orford. who has Just arrived in this eQun-
4r, from, England to visit her American relallVe
she is a daughter of D. c. Corbin' OF NeW-4olA-
makes her home at Warrington 5all' Sassi i9
old noated manor house In q well "ooo9N So.
op NTorForl;srire not far from CTomer' NnNet
CT,.I1 1,ez !. freoueut visitor there In the Gays
,vhen it belonged to the Potts family anu ~ -,
Sir Charles POTTS. the last of his race was -
bv the South Sea bubble it was puf -. ~ 10
arst Lord Walpole. The approach 10 Tue ,,5o
D.o,,,;or AS there is only a narro"
across the r1oat, carriages do not draw up 81 '.e
fr+ door visitors having to cross the trlose oii
foot The house is full of treasures alnone 80 tn
most curious of which is the key VI - 80 -,
stanaboul Mosque of St Sophia, IN 9ne oase 80
= vss sti11 a nlace of Christian worship; al @u1
" - eror,, George II to Lord Wa1poie. con-
I5tT "csod bless ycu- G. r.; the spurs WIN
b,- ECfnr william III at the Battle OK tne [2ys.
o,5 the inkstand used by the great sr tN0Dsl'
xVaJpele the only commoner In ths last t"'
dred years to be Knight OF the ga t, z.1o1es
Near bv Is the last resting place OF the Walp9i
sr5 II nav be added that each Earl OF oFAoi" q"
his burial is driven in ha hearse three t1ss
the church before his body finally IS 4slo " te9@
The origin Of this queer eustena, aceoFoAhs " -,
f and local tradition is that Horatlo' sseono Ear
of orford destroyed the tomb OF the ecstlAa.s
for,,er uesgessors of the place, and one o+ 'ne - IN
bappv ladies Of this family, hndlng no ies@ eq4
bann+s the ehurchyard, searching for eae So 80
tered remains of her relatives 1t IS 70 ~ hloilS
her spirlt that this drive of the hearse 'pAe7 I
around the church takes place.
The nresent Earl of orford. fifth OF his me mas
had a singularly adventurous career anu q
,,idsbipnan was on hoard the ueepsntp ~ +4Ses-
when It was wrecked on st. Paufs Islaho' 80 [Ial'
t,-,5ra5 miles south of the Cape OF 'Geoo flope'
49, ,,r+il +bree months later and after the mos
terrible hardships did rescue come, anu tlst - ~
rs transferred to the cruiser Blanche, wfnen "ss
commissioned to stop Kidnapping ana piracy ia e
y+b SEQ Stands. He visited many OF the lseset'
So So - b{tA man had ever bean seen before.
as Tvaeant at the annexation OF the fAl +slaliH9'
and then left the navy with the RANK OF d toss
ant and served in the Ottoman aFlny :. go
the T1,rco< Russian War as alde-qe-cA4lip ~
10, Joaof7s being present at the eieeeS pat'le -
Shipka Pass. , l.. +L,s Va
To-6 Crford is a Protestant differing IN thls re-
spect from his uncle and predecessor, tle lou - -
earl who was converted 70 Roman CatIe+ieAs+, -
sFrsignor caDe the once famous English pIela1e'
- o,r- lives In obscurity in California, ana VINO
,,ss bee, uortrayed by Lord Beaeonsfle1a IL ms
novel e'Iethair'' under the transparent psse'o-
nvme of Monsigpor Catesey.
r-7a late earl was q worthy descendant OF tie
.raot Horace Walpole, and had the reputation OF
ssine ouite the most selfish member OF the psef-
GO az well as the last of those Syearltes Oh
-bo,7 the third and fourth Marquesses OF aerIiolu
were the most noted types. He separated from ms
z.5ife after q few years Of marriage and accord
ing TO their respective accounts OF the Jrouple
the latter originated in a sugar basin me late
T,ard erford insisted that the countess came down
"a breakfast without having washed her hands and
had taken some Jumps Of sugar out OF the bowl
with her fingers, on which he requested her IN
t,,re to either wash her hands or to use the sugar
+ones Lady orfords story of the quarrel was
that the earl objected to her taking too many
Iurops Of sugar in her tea Whatever the rights
and wrongs of this matrimonial squabhle We're It
Vas followed about year later by Lord orford's
sensational elopement with the wife or the hrtn
T9Ike of Newcastle, herself the enly edus'IeF %
the tenth Duke Of Hamilton
'ne MARQuIsE DE FoNTENoY.