The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-21
new MINISTER IS
FULLY QUALIFIED
Marling, However, Will
Probably not Remain long
in Latin America.
LONDON
PRIMITIVE METHODS

Increase in Street Incidents Causes
Demand for. Better ambulance Sep
,icc-Outbrcak at MmnlpS in Ing
lisll Capital SERIOUS.
London. Fen. .l.-chAr!cs Murray
MarlinG. The prospective British min
lister To MeNic", is not likely. To be
kept there long if I:r.,ish diplomatic
cred t!nli one term III Latin .Anlcrica
is the usual service unless a man hap
pens to have chosen that part OF the
world ;ts his special sphere, and such
is not MI MARKINGS case. His liking
has been the Near East and i; is no
secret that llr does not relish the idea
of going TO Me>ico, hut like all Of
i;cials in the diplomatic service he
cannot very we'll decline a promotion
TO be minister when it is offered.
Ii he tinds ;rolhiuns times in MeNi-
90, however. he will not suffer from
inexperienced. For nearly t~wcntE-tiNc
Years he has served in the Balkans
aud Tur:eN. He is Il careful dipio-
E.a;, AnG tho foreign office feels safe
~. sending him anywhere. While he
;.,s not attained any very high office
ard is still a councillor of embassy at
tine age of 81 Years, he has scored
many successes.
y. Cambridge graduate. he entered
IL diplomatic service as an attachc
IA 1855 and in tho following year Wa
81 10 Athens. rho first Of his foreign
appointments. Later in Constantine
op!e. where most "f his career has
!ieen spent, he acquired such Il knoWl-
edge of the Turkish people and their
language that the foreign office
awarded him Il special allowance and
gave a round of duties at Rio Janeiro
and at Paris. for d. few years. as a
sort Of holiday.
When the Cretan question became
acute and the powers had TO step III
TO prevent Crete from leaving the OF
toman empire and joining her for
tunes with Greece. which was only
accomplished after the recent war,
Mr.. Marlins was sent to Athens as
charge a. affaires and when each pow
er sent Il representative to Crete he
went there AS consul-general.
Still more delicate duties awaited
him concerning the Anslo-Itussian
negotiations in regard to the spheres
of influence in Persia. The British
policy, as decided upon by Sir Ed
ward Grey. did not meet with the APP
prevail of British diplomats. To give
Russia d 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 pen
road to india. according TO these Of
ficialS. 1t was hard to find Il diplomat
who would go to Teheran. Nh. Marl-
ing WAS chosen for the post. the duties
of which were neither easy nor pleas
ant. lie had 10 deal with i Russian
minister. who all Britishers in Persia
and tho nearby countries believed was
getting the better Of their country and
who they believed under the cloak of
the AnGio-l;ussian treaty was trying
to get troops TO Teheran. INC eventu-
ally Ruesjanizc the whole Of Northern
Persia. IT Was a. delicate situation but
MIR. MarliaS came out of il well. The
Russian troops never gut to the CAPT.
tai. the May Was Smoothcd for the
British minister and MIR. Marling was
rewarded with - special allowance for
his knowledge of Persian, Il promotion
to a counc;ilorship If embassy and
MADE a conlpanion 81 the order of ST.
Michael and ,:t. George.
An increasing mum i,c., OF street &C.
cidents has caused the London county
council to be swamped with icrnands
that the autiquated AMBULANCE ser
vice of the metropolis be improved.
With the exception of the n square
mile Under the jurisdiction of .he. City
of London. the English capital has NO
Wileeied ami ,f any kind. Al
certain street corners Throughout, the
Various borough stretc9iers are kept in
poSeS. the keys to which are in the
possession Of the nearest Da1rclrnau,
In case Of accident the r.ctin must
await until sufficient aenrers can BE-
secured to carry him 20 a hospital.
When no hospital is within walking
distance, the police may commander
a cab. These primitive measures.
since The advent of the rnotornus ing
Eernaut, have involved The death Of
several victims, who might have 7ee,;
saved il they could have bcen rushed
To the hospital in q wheeled anbul.
ance.
The failure Of the County Council,
10 act sooner in the matter has; i,c.n
denounced as a scandal by some Of i,s
because authority to iustlt,;e
q good ambulance service was grant
ed by parliament in 1909.
The dominions Royal Commission
which is holding hearings on the
proposition of a state owned Atlantic
cable has written into its record the
testimony OF experts who take Issue
with the opinion held by Postmaster
Genera Herbert Samuel that such ~,
enterprise would not pay. These Wit
nesses, who gave their evidence in
Australia. New Zealand and London,
Pacific cable and argue that an At
lanuc line would be just as success
'ful and would give the British en-
pire a route which would never enter
foreign territory or come under for.
eign control.
The Pacific cable between Canada,
Australia and New Zealand, complet-
ed in 1902 cost $4,000 900 which was
supplied by the dominions named in
with the imperial govern
ment AS the cost will have been paid
on In 1920, the cable will then be able
to rely solely upon its earnings and
rates to Australia which have already
been reduced from $3.50 a word to
70 cents will probably be still further
reduced.
Some Of the witnesses declared that
SO long as the control of messages be-
tween Great Britain and Canada was
IN the hands of foreign companies the
fact constituted a serious menace to
the prosperity and welfare of the
British race. 1t was estimated that
the costs of q cable to link I'D the
British empire would cost $500, 900
and that the working expenses, in
Guiding renewal fund. would be Just
under 100000 against which there
would be earnings of over 500. 600. 1t
figured that q sinking fund for
in fifty years Of a $4,000
900 capital and interest would be
about 100000. leaving a substantial
balance.
A peculiar bargain il being struck |