New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04

Foreign Poscers Nay House
Or Embassies -1br00d.

.,.-or,-f-et. 1910 ry- the Brentwood Company
~ moment when the United States gov
,,,-,.rs,-;.f Is being urged TO acquire the own
@ SIM. o. mansions In various foreign CAPT
GALS fer t.se as permanent quarters OF its
st,ha S~a,iors and ministers abroad. 1t may
&c ,yorta while 10 draw attention 10 the
.,-ra.lceaaeYts which have for many years
existed between France and Turkey. N
,,.4rser- NJ this Acknowledgment which
--. know, . but few. The Turkish gov
.,,-,.-1eur. ever since the Crimear war-that
IS 20 -sz. Tor more than flfty-four years
mas rraced al tho disposal Of the French
.-s-e.ur'ent. free Of cost. palatial build
...- 3D. Pera the foreign quarter Of Con
st..-' luap3e. for the use of the French hn1-
bass during the winter, and has added an
..a,.a..v cornIsoGious villa, or. rather, palace.
es1r large grounds. al Thera pia. further
nr-'n- on he shores Of the BospoTuS. 10 oe
,-se-7 as summer quarters by lie envoy and
his star III return for this the French gov
c-arilrut houses the Ottoman Embassy at
T.-.~ free OF cost. and the Chambers each
..a~ vora q sum OF slSeoo 10 defray the
-s,-, ,f ~. mansion occupied by the repre-
zc-7-at-vcs Of the Sublime Porte.
King Ferdinand Of Bulgaria last year
,rr.ro,l I, the great powers sites in his
cao.t.- free Of cost. for the erection OF
see-ruaus-s: homes for their ENJOYS TO ms
court and there IS no doubt that the
I-rite.7 States government could at any
time -nat Il wished make with almost any
foraiEn government The same sort q ar
-argenlent that exists between Franco and
Turkey. that : 10 say. II the American
Government were 70 undertake 10 place at
IT, DISPOSAL Of . foreign power, for use
- IL embassy al Washington d suitable
mansion. which il had either built bought
az rented for the purpose that power would
IN return undertake 10 house III a sL-'ap'"
fashion re United States Embassy or L.
cation IN is capital. Tie advantage o. ms
: scheme would he that i would avert "a
e,r-s ~ complications arising from Lle
----..--r,i-, nv the United States Of build
l-.-e :r foreign capitals Ihese d'SaD an
10 arc numerous. Thus. district OF
---- ,4nltaI which IS fashionable io-o'-H
- - s,.-ite the reverse twenty-five years
,.-c. and the English government now
.....s- s-ea7f Under The necessity Of selling
- - sor1f7ce the mansion occupied by rs
,r.s-e.- ro- The LAST thirty years at Berlin
I'D a. transferring its abode to new quar-
-o-- IN The more fashionable ThiergaTten
~ s-- f.,rI7ood- Tho German government Is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY Of transferring
e. embassy in Paris 70 more commodlous
.r...--c-s Than those which il owns in the
r,-.c ar Lille. the mansion. once the nome
..r r-frcc Eugene Dc Beauharnals. sfeI'so0
- --ru-eror Napoleon. being inferior N
o.r--- respect to The Infinitely more I'M
posing embassy buildings OF Great h7l'a-i'
- --at- and Of Austria.
t. United States government coulo
e.--s md means Of housing he foreign
.--5rr.7=-ia= a. Washington, and would do 50
-.s-H ----o, economy Of money and trouble
r F. s--n,,1d thereby transfer 70 the foreign
,..--.--z --e obligation OF providing suitable
-..--s---= for the United States embassies
--E -r-ztions abroad