The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
Americans IN Paris Are Anxious for
the Coming Of the Man who
is to Succeed
Herrlck.
MUST BE WEALTHY
Salary is Only s17.soo Per Year and
the House Rent is More
Than Half That
Sum.

by William Philip Simms, Paris cor /
respondent of the United Press.1
PARIS, May 10.-Amerlcans In
Paris are awaiting with considerable
interest the coming OF new ambas-
sador to France. who, it is under
stood, will not be rich man. Every
body is asking:
Can a poor man be an ambassa-
dor?' And TIE chief topic of CONVEX
sation in the American colony here
is apropos OF the question: .'Ho~,
much does 1t cost to be an American
diplomat in one of the big capitals Of
Europe?"
According to general belief Ambas-
sador Myrcn T. Herrick, the outging
diplomat representative in Paris of
the United States, has spen. close on
to 100000 during his year here. His
salary-the same as that paid the
American ambassador in Londoni Der.
lin. etc.-amounts to s17,5o0. Granted
that the estimate of his expenditures
is approximately correct, his person
al loss, while serving his country,
amounts to about $50, 800.
The most conservative estimate on
Ambassador Herrick's expenditures
since he came to Paris, places his
personal loss at about 100000.
Ambassador Herrick's house rent is
$4,000 year, being neither more or
A., 80 y sc ore
since he occupies the same residence
which they occupied. OF course he
used an automobile, for which an ex-
pert chauffeur was necessary. Hav-
ing to do much entertaining, hign-
priced chef, with assistants. was
necessary, not to mention large
staff of dining room and other house
hold help. The amount sunk on en-
PERTAINING alone represents small
sized fortune, since one cannot invite
such personages as the president OF
France. foreign ministers, prime min
listers. cabinet officials. highly paid,
richly housed foreign diplomats, etc.,
to sit down to simple repasts served
by the family maid. Or at least no
! one seems willing to try 1t. Another
drain. it is said, was the investigation
of the farm-loan system in Europe,
Herrick having spent, according to
report, several thousand dollars out
of his own pocket. So, all q all. he
has spent between the conservative
estimate of $4,000 and the other fig
ure Of 100000 for his short sojourn
in France.
A French newspaper, commentlns
upon the diflculty President Wilson
/ is meeting with in finding diplomats
ia fill positions abroad, gave the fol
lowing rough estimates, furnished by
It's correspondent, on the amounts
deemed absolutely necessary for the
housing, etc. of Uncle Sans diplo-
| mats:
| For Great Britain. $4,000; Ger
many. 100000; France. 100000: Aus
/ tria. $4,000; Japan, 100000; Mexico
100000; Brazil, 100000; Turkey, So,
! 600.
These amounts are deemed abso
/ lutely necessary" the paper contin
ned "though in most instances the
/ amounts are really greatly exceeded
/ notably during Whitelaw Reds term
! in London.
In the event of Americas next am
bassador to France being poor man
and he follows the custom OF reliev
ing his predecessor of the lease on
the st2 ,O00-a-year ambassadoriai resi-
dence-which is really inferior tc
! that of England, Russia, Austria, Ger
many and Italy-he will have LEFT
but $500, of his annual salary, fol
living expenses. 4 he does not take
Herrick's residence, the former Gov
ernor OF Ohio will be stuck" for al
least $4,000 through the terms of the
/ lease.
Members of the American chamber
of commerce here are outspoken n
their desire to see congress make Y
/ possible for poor man to accept an
ambassadorship without fear of beine
Inundated among those with whom
his duties necessarily throw him. The
i reform should also include bettel