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From material as we'll as political
point of view, the alliance would be an
excellent one for Manuel. The Duke OF
Fife is very rich man, and no doubt
would make u generous provision to en-
able his daughter to maintain the posi-
ton she would be called to- Manuel is
poor, and a few months ago he decided
to forego part OF the income from the
state to which he is entitled until all the
money Illegally oNerdrawn by his father
is repaid. In addition to the provision
made for his daughter by the Duke OF
Fife, the English people could be relied
on 10 do something handsome for the
granddaughter of their king.
OF course there are some other ques-
tons to he decided before the marriage
could take place. One of these is the
health of the princess. Apparently, she
is a huxom, hearty sort Of girl, but the
maintenance of the royal succession de-
ponds on queen, and kings take no
chances in selecting their wives. AS a
rule. royal engagements are not an
nounced until the prospective bridegroom
is satisfied from IL report by his own
court physicians that his prospective
bride is fitted to become the mother Of
princes. The announcement OF the King
of SPANS engagement was delayed for
months because there was some doubt
on this score. This fact never found its
way into print before, but il is none the
less a fact.
If all the difficulties are overcome, how
ever. Alexandra may expect to nave as
good a husband a royal bride can
we'll expect. Manuel is a quiet StudouS
young fellow. He Is a hard worker, is
inspired by high sense of duty and no
breath of scandal has ever been con
nected with his name. He is an accom-
plished artist, something Of poet and
he has an excellent literary STYLE. His
attitude toward his mother during the
terrible times succeeding his fathers as
sassination has endeared him to his peo-
pie with whom Queen Amele was never
very popular Her extravaganza was
blamed for much of her husbands finan-
stood by her nobly. insisted on all-around
retrenchment. and it is fact that today
the queen mother is far more popular
than she ever was before. and she owes
most of this popularity TO her son.
1t was feared, too. that when young
Manuel became king he would he dom
mated entirely by Queen Amelie. who
possesses all the imperious tenn or OF
the Bourbons. 1t was soon evident. how
ever, that he intended to be king in
fact as well as in name. A little IN
cident d few days after he became king
showed this. The court physician WAS
missing when he was wanted, and Man
uel, making inquiries. found that he was
attending 10 his private practice, as he
rad been in the habit of doing during
King Carlos time. Manuel sent for
vote his whole time to his duties at court
if he wished to continue in the appoint
ment.
Does the queen know Of this?" the
astonished medical man asked.
1T is quite enough that | know of it."
was Manuels reply.
Another incident illustrates the serious
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whose capital he is accredited; and in
Europe all courtierS must he lavish hosts
and good spenders. If che secretary IS
married his expenses inanifoldiy increase.
Ills wife must have new gown Tor
each separate appearance at court and lie
must have accommodations for returning
hosptalitieS preferred her. At oriental
and South American capitals the de-
n,and6 upon the secretary are not so
heayy, IN Toxic and Picking our govern
rnent quarters our principal secretaries in
the homes seen in the accompanying pic
lures and they do not have To pay Uncle
Sam any rental.
Young Philip Bayard. who is to be sent
as secretary OF legation to Tangier. Mo-
rocco, is the son of Thomas r. Bay
ard. who under Cleveland was Score
tary OF State and our first ambassador to
London. Another case where diplomatic
ambition runs in the blood is that of
young r. S. Reynolds Hit, son of the late
millionaire Representative Hit Of Illinois
who was chairman of the committee OF.
foreign affairs of the House, and who be-
fore entering that body had a diplomatic
career. While our first secretary at Paris
under Hayes he is said to have spent
$4,000 a year, taking upon himself the
burden of the hospitality at our legation.
Young Hit is following closely in his
fathers footsteps, for as first secretary at
Berlin he must expend AT least ten times
his meager salary of 5000. Still another
of these hereditary cases is that OF
George Barclay Rives, the rich young
New Yorker, who is our first secretary at
Vienna. He is the son of George Lock
hart Rives, who was assistant Secretary
of State under Cleveland, and who de-
scribes himself in his authorized bogra-
ply a democrat of the school of
Grover Cleveland and Thomas F. Bay
ard
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who was United States district attorney
at St Louis for fifteen years at stretch
and who has later been an influential
railway official and attorney. Henry 6
May, who is promoted from third secre-
tary at St Petersburg to first secretary
al Stockholm. is the son of Col Henry
May. the wealthy Washington clubman
who dates his ancestry back to William
the ConqGeror. Robert Winthrop, VINO
will now be second secretary at Athens
is d scion of the Massachusetts colonia
family of Winthrops. and w. Bayard Cut
ting. ir., is the son of the rich New York
reformer of the same name, who has been
civil service commissioner of New York
and who is director in many big cor
porations. NJ. Marshall Langhorne. our
secretary at Chrstiania. is scion of the
Virginia Langhorne family. famous for
its beautiful women. Young Waldorf
Astor and Charles Dana Gibson are
among his brothers-in-law.
George l.. Lorillard. our secretary at
Lisbon. is the son of Louis l.. Lorillard
who married Katherine Beekmam and
the grandson of Peter Lorillard. the
founder of the Lorllard fortune in Amer
lea. lie is nephew of Pierre Lorillard,
who died eight years ago.
X j:
That of Aston is another multi-milion-
aire American family with a scion occu-
plying one of our diplomatic secretary
ships. Peter Augustus Jay, our first sec
rotary at Toxic. is not only a descendant
of John Jay, but is the great-great grand
son of the first John Jacob Astor. He
comes down through the latter's daugh-
ter bea Aston who. just at the out
break Of our second war with Great
Britain. married Walter Langdon
AS the years go by our diplomatic serv-
ice approaches nearer and nearer to a
permanent organization. in which party
lines are disregarded Thus We have
Oscar Stratus accredited to Constantinople
under both democratic and republican
administrations, and this tendency is
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DRINCESS Royal of Eng
! land and Queen Mother
of Portugal Vowed as Girls
That Their Children Should
Marry, and Now They Are
Moving Heaven and Earth to
Unite King Manuel of Portu-
gal and Princess Alexandra of
Fife. Who Have Even Never
Seen Each Other-King Ed
wards Interest Enlisted and
He Is Not Averse to the
Match for His Granddaughter,
But Religion Stands in the
Way = Anyhow, King Man
uel Is Going to England to
Get a Look at the Young
Lady and to Talk 1t Over.
and a Way May Be Found of
Smoothing Out the Difficult
ties.
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officially denied in England. IT was thought
that the wish IN Portugal was father 10
the thought. and that there was nothing
in the story. The fact is that while the
announcement may be premature, two
women are moving heaven and earth TO
bring this marriage about and it is on the
cards that they may overcome the objec-
tons TO the marriage of a princess of such
Protestant traditions AS King Edwards
granddaughter and the king of a country
so Intensely devoted to the Roman Cath
Ollie faith as Portugal
The women are the mothers of the two
young people, the queen mother Amelie of
Portugal and the Duchess of Fife dauyh-
Ter OF the king, and Princess Royal OF
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snip AT the capital to which he Is ac-
credited. At some capitals We have two
and a others three secretaries of en-
bassies: at some one and at others two
secretaries of legation. In the entire
service there are sixty secretaries Of
embassy and legation in grades receivin (
respectively 5000, S2,625, $1,000, S1,S0o
and $1,000.
All holders of these secretaryships
must be confirmed by the Senate before
being finally commissioned by the Presi-
dent. Such is the Importance given them
by the fathers of the republic. But be-
fore being nominated to the Senate all
candidates for appointment must now be
examined al the State Department by a
board consisting of the second assistant
secretary. tie solicitor and the chief OF
the diplomatic bureau. These eXamina-
tons are both oral and written and in
clude international law, diplomatic usage
and modern languages No one can now
hope to become a secretary Of embassy
or legation unless he is proficient in at
least one foreign language. Immediately
after receiving their appointments new
secretaries are under a new regulation
of this summer required to spend an
instruction period of thirty days in the
Department of State. Here they confer
with and listen to talks by government
officials on subjects having an important
bearing on diplomatic work. This is
the extent of the governments "diplo-
matte school" lately exploited in some of
the papers.
The poor young man has but a slim
chance for success as secretary of
legation or embassy in one of the large
European capitals. Those accredited in
such capacities to these posts are ex-
pected TO spend five on ten times their
salaries in making a social showing to
the glory of their republic at home. As
part of the suite of our minister or am
basSador the secretary becomes, for the
time being, a courtier of the ruler 10
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VINO Is going Ia EncIand 10 Inc crI his
mother wants him to marry.
smart baby sayings OF the present King
of Portugal. while his mother IS equally
familiar with the early COLES and other
adventures of the Princess Alexandra.
Years ago a compact was made that II II
were possible the two houses should be al
lied by marriage, and neither mother
has ever lost sight of that agreement.
FIRST il was the Inflated crown Prlnce OF
portupal-Who was murdered with his
father February /. 19oS-Who was 10
marry Princess Alexandra, but when MS
younger brother became king the desire OF
his mother that her son should marry the
daughter of her old friend was trans
ferred TO Manuel. and 1t was with this
hAed idea that she acted so sternlN TO
break off the poor boys love affair with
the daughter of noble Portuguese house.
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Tokyo Each has a GLORIOUS CHANCE 10
see the world and rub elbows with kings
and queens if he will but stick to the
service and make himself useful to the
State Department.
Two commence as second secretaries of
embassy at 81 600; three as third secre-
taries of embassy, at 1900; one as sec
rotary OF legation. al $2,6oJ; seven as sec
retaries OF legation, at $1,000, and one as
second secretary of legation, at Sl,SU.
Each begins in the lowermost secretary
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ton and will be coming before many
Weeks-the exact date isn't set yet The
young people will then each other
ana IT Is hoped that they may add per-
senal inclination to the other forces
winch are at work to unite them. 1t is
significant also that Manuel is bringing
with hin1 Senior du Bocage. his minister
FOR foreign affairs. and his prime minis
Ter. Senior Wencesiau de Lima States
men of this rank do not as d rule ac-
company their kings on visits that are
merely private in character The social
gossips in England are predicting that
there will he some very serious confer
ences at Windsor castle about the pro-
posed marriage. 1t may be stated that
there are no questions at issue between
England and Portugal which would call
FOR the presence in England Of two such
.unctionaries.
II had been suggested that the Portu-
guese statesmen might he prevailed on to
adopt the view that the advantages Of an
alliance with the English royal family
would outweigh any imagined disadvan-
tage which might accompany the intro
duction of a Protestant queen to Portu-
gal, and that the pope might he prevailed
on III return perhaps for modification
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. Of "A schoolgirl Vow.
"a Protestant princess. If this could he
obtained there is no doubt that the mar
riage would be popular enough i'll eng
land where the sad circumstances OF the
young kings accession have created "A
chiyaIrouS regard for him. Much de-
ponds OF course. on the impression which
he makes on the English public i'll No
Nember next.
Another Influenza triiie il is true. but
trifieS sometimes change the history of
nations-has helped along the kindly
plotting of the two royal mothers. King
Edward has an almost eccentric desire to
do the same thing at the sarle ele every
year Ever since he came TO the throne
he has entertained European monarch
at Windsor Castle every summer or au-
tumn. This year he intended To have the
ear at Windsor, but at the last moment
1t was decided that the cars safety
could not be guaranteed. 50 he was only
allowed to land from his Yacht at cowes
Tor an hour or two. Edward has enter
tanned nearly every one else at Windsor,
ana lie was In despair when his daughter
suggested that he should invite Manuel
over. me king jumped at the chance If
kliing two birds with one stone, and
Manuel is coming.
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. I K TEEN lucky
young men have
Just passed their
eXamina tons for
secretaries COM
missions in our
diplomatic service.
They will be scat
tered all over the
earth, from Tan
gier down TO RIO
Janeiro and from
Montevideo up to
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England. These two ladies have been
bosom friends since girlhood. Although
separated from each orher by the duties
Of the high positions they occupy, and sell
dom able TO meet, they have maintained Il
weekly correspondence which has been I'M
broken for years. They have contided to
each other their joys and SORROWS. and it
IS safe to assume that the Princess Royal
knows all about the infantile ailments and
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view which he takes of his duty. 1t is
his custom to get every paper published
in Lisbon every day and 10 spend hours
III his study porting over them. 1t was
noticed recently that he looked pale and
tired and his ministers asked him to
delegate to one of them the task of
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HEN "A Portuguese
n g w : p a y er "A n :
II q Il II c e d a Z G W
weeks ago that an
engage III q n I had
been arranged be-
tween King Manuel
of + O I I u 3 Il ! and
Princess Alexandra
of Fife, King Ed
wards granddaugh
ter, and a few days
later the story was
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GEO. Posi- WHEELER

WHO'S Who, Where,
w Why and for How
Much, in This Interesting
Corps-Conhrmed by Senate,
Examined and Tutored at
State Department - Their
Various Grades and Salaries
Must Know One Foreign
Language = Some Sons of
Noted Dads = Berths for
Scions of Our Wealthiest
Families-Service Becoming
Permanent = Young Secre-
taries Who Started Under
Democratic Administration
and Who Are Now Minis
tiers and Ambassadors Under
Taft.
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Whose mother wants her To marry King Manuel.
whom she has never seen.
reading the papers and reporting TO him
on their contents.
No" he replied, las long as | am king
| want to know what my people are
saving and thinking. ana | can only learn
that by reading the papers myself"
If the marriage with Princess Alex
andra comes off it will probably put an
end forever to any hope that an American
girl might have entertained of gueening
il in Portugal. Anita Stewart Of Chicago
is engaged To marry Prince Miguel of
Braganza, who is pretender to the
Portuguese throne. Prince Miguel. ii is
true, renouncas his claim 10 the throne,
but pretenders promises. like pie crust
are made To be broken ii the opportunity
arises. With English princess sitting
beside Manuel on the throne, ii is not
likely to arise.
Copyright in the nitei States and Great Bri ain
by Curtis Brown
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Of the English coronation oath and Ger
tain other concessions for which public
opinion in England is ripe. to grant dis
pensation allowing Manuel. who bears
the title OF the most faithful, to marry
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may come off without any offense being
given to his own subjects.
AT any rate. Edward has invited Man
uel to come over and have n chat about
it, and Manuel has accepted the invita-
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second secretary. This is Norval Rich
ardson of Nicksburg, Miss, author of
The Heart OF Hope and of numerous
magazine stories. Another literary man
in the service is George Post Wheeler,
second secretary at Toxic, better known
among the newspaper fraternity at home
is plain Post Wheeler. He has had quite
a varied career After being graduated
a Princeton he Travelled in the arctic
regions where he made a study of the
Tukudh Indians. Returning to New
York, he wrote OF his travels and then for
seven years was one of the editors of the
New York Press. Christmas week 1906,
he married at the American embassy
Toxic, Halle Ermine Rives. the Ken
lucky novelist. who is the author of
Hearts Courageous. THE CaStaway'
and other novels. Mrs. Rives- Wheeler now
has an attractive study in her husband S
quarters within our embassy grounds.
Toxic. and her future novel will have a
Japanese setting.
Still anothe. author on this roll OF I'M
der diplomats is Lewis Einstein. first sec
rotary at Constantinople He is a Column
bia graduate and has produced four books
besides many book reviews and special
articles. He has also edited two sets of
books. The Humorists' Library and
Leonardo da Vine Among his own
works are THE Italian Renaissance in
England and The Relation of Ltera-
ture To History. Speaking of writers
IN this connection. Montgomery Schuy-
Ter, Jr-. our secretary to ST. Petersburg, is
the son of the veteran journalist of the
same name. who was with the New York
World for eighteen years, until the early
eighties, when he joined the staff of the
Times, whore he still remains.
Sheldon Whitehouse,. who goes as sec
rotary to Caracas, Venezuela is the son
of William F'.tZhugh Whitehouse, the
New York explorer, who died last spring
al Beaulieu. France, and Alexander Ben
son, who goes to La PaZ, Bolivia, is the
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CATION at Vienna under Cleveland's first
administration. and is now ambassador
to Paris after having remained in tie
service with only four-year interval
His wife was a chum of Queen Alex
andra while she was Princess of Wales
and during the many years that lie was
secretary to London. Herbert II. ID.
PIERCE started in the service as secretary
to s.. Petersburg under Mr. Cleveland.
and held the same rank under Mr.. Nc
kinley. while Mr. Roosevelt made him
third assistant secretary of state and now
he is minister to Norway. Herbert @.
Squiers. our minister to Panama. also
began his diplomatic apprenticeship under
the democratic admins, ration of Mr..
Cleveland. who appointed him second
secretary to Berlin in 1894. Alvey 4.
Adee. the dean of American diplomacy.
had his foot placed upon the lowest rung
of the diplomatic ladder by President
Grant, who commissioned him secretary
to Madrid thirty-nine years ago, since
when he has been continuously connected
with the diplomatic service under two
democratic and eight republican admin
istra tions. Arthur commissioned him
third and Cleveland made him secoHI
assistant secretary of state. the latter
of which positions he now holds.
Other former secretaries of legation and
embassy who have worked their way d.
rectly 10 the front rank of our diplomacy
are Arthur VI. Beaupre. Edwin N Nor
gan and Spencer +. Eddy. Mr.. Beaupre
was secretary of legation to Guatemala
early in Mckinleys first term and is now
minister TO The Hague and to Luxem-
burg. Mr.. Morgan began as secretary TO
Korea at 5000. and is now minister TO
Cuba at $1,000 Mr.. Eddy started in as
private secretary TO John Hay when the
latter was ambassador to London. Then
he was third secretary TO London at S1.2D
and now he is minister TO Belgium and
Saryia at $1,000. His wife was Lurline
Elizabeth Spreckels of the multimillion-
aire San Francisco family. and his sister
is the wife of Senator Beveridge of In
diana. JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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son of Edwin North Benson who was
president of the Philadelphia Union
League, back in the eighties. Young Ben
sons sister married Jay Cook. grandson
of the famous Philadelphia tinancier.
Frank z. Arnold. who goes TO Guate-
mala is the son of a wealthy hat manu-
facturer of Reading, Pa, and Irwin +.
Laughln. who is promoted from secre-
tary of legation at Athens to second seq
rotary of embassy at Paris. is the son
of James Laughlin. the wealthy Pitts
the Paris embassy is Seth Low Pierre
pont, second secretary. a scion of the
wealthy New York Pierrepont family
He is a bridegroom. having only this
summer married Miss Natalie daughter
of Elhu Chauncey.
The Paris post is the pick of all those
on the continent. Arthur BaiIly- Blanch-
ard. who has been assigned to the French
capital since 1900, when he became third
secretary now succeeds his fellow
Louisianian, Henry Nignaud, the veteran
diplomat who. at the age of seventy
eight. has just retired after more than q
quarter centuryS career as first secretary
at Paris. During this time. while secre-
minister-or ambassador--n fact and. in
deed. he would have had the full rank
and title of ambassador had he possessed
the means. Prominent Americans in Paris
have just subscribed $4,000 as a retire
ment fund for Mr. Nignaud Mr. Bailly-
Blanchard has been his understudy since
eight years ago, when promoted. from
third to second secretary The only other
new first secretary of embassy is James
q. Bailey of Kentucky, who goes to
Mexico from Stockholm
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shown more particularly among those
young secretaries of legation who show
genius for the calling of the publicist
William +. Sands. who commenced his
diplomatic career second secretary to
Japan under Cleveland, is now promote ed
from the first secretaryship at Mexico to
the rank of minister To Guatemala. Lloyd
Griscom began under Cleveland as pri-
waite secretary to Ambassador Rayard at
London. and after serving secretary
of legation at tonstantinople became min
lister 10 Persia and Japan. and then was
amba SSador while only thirty-four
He could have remained as ambassador
under President Taft had he so desired.
w. W. Rockhill. our new ambassador TO
Russia. began second secretary 10
Picking under Cleveland.
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Copyright, 1909 by John Elfreth Watkins,
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LONDON, August -, 1909.
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1t is a story Of wealthy and influential
fathers the remainder of the way down
the revised list of secretaries Young
Robert Bliss. who goes now TO Buenos
Aires is the son Of William Henry Bliss.
the rich New York lawyer and clubman,
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.