Word: consulation
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Edward of Wales: " In strict incognito I attended the Alhambra Music Hall at Lille, France. The orchestra struck up God Save the King-but I wasn't noticed. The honor was for the British Consul, also present...
...Chicago Tribune, however, reports that the Japanese Consul General at Vladivostok is negotiating with officials of the Far Eastern Republic for the removal of Russian bars to trade. The suggestion of exchanging trade commissioners is put forward, the Japanese to be stationed at main Siberian ports and at Moscow, and the Russian at Tokyo and important Japanese ports...
Engaged. Consuelo, Comtesse de Maupas, daughter of Harry Hays Morgan, American Consul General at Brussels, and sister of Mrs. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, to Benjamin Thaw, Jr., American charge d'affaires at Brussels. She was divorced from Jean, Comte de Maupas du Juglart in Paris last November...
Reginald C. Vanderbilt: "My 18 year old bride of a few days, formerly Miss Gloria Morgan, daughter of the American Consul-General at Brussels, became ill with diphtheria at my farm in New Jersey before we had sailed for Europe on our honeymoon...
Since the time of lay and Franklin, the ministerial wages have not been raised. The traditional equipment of a consul's office, a stool, an alarm-clock, a cat, and a cuspidor, does not inspire an ambitious man with optimism. "Cabbages and Kings" present a consular paradise which might appeal to some; but at present, none can afford to enter the foreign service without private means. Adventure, travel and hard work may suit a young man for a short time, but unless more material incentives are provided, a permanent, expert staff cannot be maintained...