The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-24
LONDON news LETTER

tons are followed. 1t Is considered
that n term in Latin America is the
usual service unless a man happens tc
have chosen that part OF the world as
his special sphere, and such is not Mr.
Markings case. His liking has beer
the near east and 1t is no secret that
he does o relish the idea of going tC
Mexico, but like all officials in the dip.
lomatic service he cannot very vel
decline a promotion to be minister
when 1t is offered.
II he finds troublous times in Mex
leo, however, he will not suffer from
ineXperience. For nearly twenty-five
years he has served in the Balkans and
Turkey. He is a careful diplomat, and
the foreign office feels safe in send
ing him anywhere. While he has MOI
attained any very high Office and is
still a councillor of embassy at the
age of 81 years, he has scored many
successes.
A Cambridge graduate. he entered
the diplomatic service as an attache
in 1888 and in the following year was
off to Athens, the first of his foreign
appointments. Later in Constanti-
nople. where most Of his career has
been spent, he acquired such a knowl-
edge of the Turkish people and their
language that the foreign office award
ed him a special allowance and gave
a round Of duties at Rio Janeiro and at
Paris, for a few years, as a sort of
holiday.
When the Cretan question became
acute and the powers had to step in
10 prevent Crete from leaving the
Ottoman empire and joining her for
tunes with Greece, which was only &C
complished after the recent war, Mr.
Marling was sent to Athens as charge
d. affaires, and when each power sent
q representative to Crete he Went
there as consul-general.
Still more delicate duties awaited
him concerning the Anglo-Russian ne
gotiations in regard to the spheres OF
influence in Persia. The British poll
cy, as decided upon by Sir Edward
Grey. did not meet with the approval
Of British diplomats. To give Russia
a hold on northern Persia. instead OF
keeping that country with Afghanistan
as buffer states between Russia proper
and India, a treaty was signed which
gave Russia ar open road to India, &C
cording to these officials. It was hard
to find a diplomat who would go to
Teheran. Mr.. Marling vas chosen for
the post. the duties OF which were
neither easy nor pleasant. He had to
deal with a Russian minister. who all
B~ritishers in Persia and the nearby
countries believed was getting the
better of their country and who they
believed under the cloak Of the Anglo
Russian treaty was trying to get
troops to Teheran, and eventually
RussianiZe the whole Of northern Per
STA. 1t was a delicate situation but
Mr.. Marling came out Of 1t well. The
Russian troops never got to the capt.
tai. the way was Smoothed for the
British minister and Mr.. Marling was
rewarded with a special allowance for
his knowledge of Persian, a promotion
10 a councillorship Of embassy and
made q companion Of the Order Of St
Michael and St. George.
An increasing number of street ac-
cidents have caused the London Coun-
t council to be swamped with de-
mands that the antiquated ambulance
service Of the metropolis be improved
With the exception of the n square
mile under the jurisdiction of the city
Of London, the English capital has no
wheeled ambulances Of any kind. AT
certain street corners throughout the
various boroughs s~tretchers are kept
in boxes. the keys to which are in the
possession of the nearest patrolman
In case Of accident the victim must
await until sufficient bearers "a be
secured to carry him to a hospital
When no hospital is within walking
distance, the police may commander
/ ii CID. JllS6o pLILiilllNS Il6dSuLG S
| since the advent of the notorious jug.
gernaut, have involved the death OF
several victims, who might have beer
saved If they could have been rushed
to the hospital in a wheeled ambu-
lance.
The failure of the county council tc
act sooner in the matter has been de-
nounced as a scandal by some Of it's
members because authority to insti.
| fIItn q good ar1hJI1onnn carUfrn Wue
granted by parliament in 1909.
The dominions royal commission
which is holding hearings on thu
proposition of a state owned Atlantic
cable has written into its record thu
testimony of experts who take issue
| with the opinion held by Postmastel
General Herbert Samuel that such al
enterprise would not pay. Thes'
witnesses, who gave their evidence il
Australia. New Zealand and London
point to the success of the state owned
Pacific cable and argue that an Allan
tic line would be just as successful
and would give the British empire {
routs which would enter foreign
territory or come under foreign con,
troll. .....
The Pacific cable between. Canada
Australia and New Zealand, completed
in 1902 cost so, 900, 900 which was sup
piled by the dominiorts named in con
junction with the imperial govern
ment. AS the cost will have been PAT,
off in 1920. the cable will then be abb
to rely solely upon its earnings ant
rates to Australia which have alread,
been reduced from $3.50 a wore t.
rs cents will probably be still furthe
reduced.
Some of the witnesses declared tina
SO long as the control Of messages be
tween Great Britain and Canada wa
in the hands of foreign companies TIL
fact constituted a serious n Il
the prosperity and welfare Of tn
British race. 1t was estimated tina
the costs of a cable to link up thu
British empire would cost So, 500, 00I
and that the working expenses, includ'
ing renewal fund, would be just under
S400, 900 against which there would
be earnings of over 100000. 1t wa
figured hat a sinking fund for repay
ment in fifty years of ass, 000, 00'
capital and interest would be abou
5000, 900, leaving a substantial balance
A peculiar bargain is being strucl
by some local governments in Englan'
for the prevention Of the spread of dt
sease. The Manchester city govern
ment has just agreed to grant a pen
sion to a woman carrier OF enteri'
germs in return for which she has Civ
en- her promise to give up the keeping
of a lodging house. According to re
ports of physicians attached to the 10
cal government board the landlady wa
responsible for an epidemic Of enteri
fever among her dodgers, and it wa
decided to buy her off with a week..
pension.
A more serious case is reported from
the West Riding of Yorkshire wher'
a woman employed al housekeeper a
various farms is declared to be tn
source OF sixty cases of enteric fever
'six of which have proved fatal. FoI
three years after her discharge from