Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-20
ooNsuLs GENERAL.
CONSuLS.

These sums are all that consul can pos
sibly receive. Under the new law no consui
can accept a dollar for any service, either
OFFICIAL or unofficial, without reporting 1t to
the Department of State and turning 1T into
the treasury. He must credit the govern
ment with every penny he receives. his
will REQUIRE a considerable sacrifice on the
part of several Of the consuls. but Will pc
greatly to the advantage Of those In the
lower grades and will protect the govern
ment against frequent scandals and charges
of extortion. Under the Old arrangement a
consul was authorized to make charges for
such services as are not required by the reg
ulations, and the average free ana indie
pendent American citizen. assuming that the
officials of his government are bouno 10 serve
him without pay, usually objected. l have
known cases in which American travellers
have asked consuls to do things that law
yers would charge $500 or $1,000 for, and
growl when they received bill for $25 or
$50. Hereafter there Is no such thing as an
official fee The regulations will be revised
so as to show exactly what may be ex-
pected Of consul by American tourists and
the public and by the government, and he
will not be required to do anything else. II
he should do more than is required of him
he cannot accept compensation for it, or, If
he does accept compensation, he must re-
port 1t in his regular accounts and turn the
money into the treasury.
Cut in the Big Salaries.
BY this new arrangement the consul gen.
eral at London will lose about 5000 or
$4,000 a year, the consul general at Paris
$1,000 or $4,000 a year, the consul at Liver
pool $1,000 or So goo, and several of the
other consuls smaller amounts. The consul
general at London who Is now making
from SIT. GOO to $50. 600, and the consul gem
eral at Paris. who makes in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000, are placed in the first class
and will hereafter receive fixed salaries of
$12. 600 year. The consuls at Liverpool,
Berlin, Havre, Havana, Hongkong, Ham
burg, Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai will re-
ceive 5000, and those at Manchester, CAL
cutta, Cape Town. Constantinople. Mexico
City. Montreal, Ottawa. Vienna and Yoko-
hama 5000.
Consuls General-at-Large.
In the reorganization OF the service there
will be good many transfers and the best
men viii be given the best places To be-
gin with. ave inspectors OF consulates have
been appointed from among the best men
now in the service. They are to receive
salaries OF 5000 each and their necessary
travelling expenses. It will be their duty
to inspect every consulate In their dis
tricts at least once in two years and make
confidential reports to the Secretary of
State concerning the behavior and the eff
cheney of the officials under their juris-
diction. There will be five grand divisions
one In South America; one in Central
America, the West Indies and North
America two in Europe and northern At
RIGA, and one in the far east. These
travelling inspectors have authority to sus-
pend consular offices ii they find It advis-
able to do so for a period OF ninety days,
until they can report the facts to the Sec
rotary of State and give him an opportun-
ity to take action. They are Fleming D.
Cheshire. now In China: Horace Z. WASH
tngton. now at Cape Town; Charles NJ.
Dickinson, now at Constantinople; George
II. Murphy, now q consular clerk and
Richard NJ Raxtleman, now at Valencia.
Foreign-Born Consuls.
Another rule Of great Importance. which