The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-26
FOREIGN DIPLOMATS RETURNING HOME Dislike ExOrbitant Prices
 for Summer Homes IS GENERAL EXODUS Diplomats Will Remain Longer in Washington This Year Than
 Usual on Account of Polit-
 ical Situation
By RopER1cr< CLIFFORD

Washington. May 25.-( (Special. .)-Despite the fact that American consuls report that the high cost of living is not con- fined to the United States, but in menace lug the entire world, it is significant that the members of Washingtons diplomatic colony. who usually make their summer home in Massachusetts Rhode Island or Connecticut, have planned to return to Europe during the heated season.
 There seems to be but one reason for this exodus-the high rentals and food prices of this country. This makes it cheaper for the diplomats and their fam files to go to Europe than to stay on this side of the Atlantic.
 The principal item of expense objected to by the foreign officials now in Wash ington is the rental of the summer homes on the north shore of Massachusetts and along Long Island Sound, where the ma jority of experts in international affairs formerly made their homes from June to the end of September According to sev- eral officials here the rental of these sum- mer homes has advanced nearly POO per cent in the past decade and a half
 Because of these conditions the Meth erlands Minister and Mime. Loudon have already left Washington for the summer, while many others are preparing to de- part. The Norwegian Minister and Mme Ei,ne will, for instance, sail next week to spend the summer in Norway. The Swedish Minister and Mime Ekengren. wishing to be in Stockholm in time to wit ness the Olympic games. have also booked passage, as have the Spanish Minister and Sonora de Riano, and the Swiss minister, Dr. Ritter.
 The Danish minister and the Countess Molike are preparing to close the legation preparatory to going to Lancaster where the Countess will visit her mother. Mrs Nathaniel Thayer, sailing for Europe in July .Cheavalier yon Lowenthal-L -Lnau Austrian counselor, and Mime. von Loew- enthal-Linau have already left this coun- try and number of the younger diplo- mats attached to the British embassy will soon depart for ''deah old Lunnon" The l German counsellor and Mme Haniel von Hesmhausen and Frau von Herwarth
 have sailed and Major von Herwarth, | German military attache. will soon leave to join his family Mme Kienlin, wife Of the German second secretary, will leave from New York this week and Herr Kien- lin will join her in Germany in June. Following the example of their superiors many of the younger attaches, secretaries and under-secretaries, will also get out of " coAf4iS tbii uiiilS lflc heated term, pre- ferring to spend the summer in their own countries, where living is considerably cheaper
 The Maine coast. from present indica- tions will this summer usurp much of the elegance which the Massachusetts north shore has been wont to Haunt in former years So far as at present planned the Austrian ambassador and the Baroness Hengelmuller will spend the earlier part O. the n Urfft tci, ambassador has tentatively selected Seal Harbor, where he and Mrs. Bryce had pleasant home last summer. but the sum mer residence of King Georges represent ative here is trifie uncertain owing to the fact that Mir Bryce may not return to the United States until fall. In this event the embassy may be kept open here. while Mrs. Bryce goes up to Maine. ac- companied only by some of her personal attendants
 The Turkish ambassador and his son, the second secretary and Mime. Ibrahlm Zia Bey, have chosen Manchester for their summer home, and a number of the younger diplomats who have been left in charge of their nations affairs during the summer will also go there. The Japan ese ambassadors have for years chosen to remain within easy reach of Washington because of the international complications which may turn up at any time. Buena Vista Springs, Pa, is the spot usually chosen by them. However, the new ann bassador and the Vicountess, Chinda have not as yet definitely selected summer home
 The Samese legation will be located at East Gloucester, Mass. where the Per sian charge d'affairs and Mrs. Ali kuii Khan had cottage last summer. It is not thought probable that they will re- turn there this season. however, as they