The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-05

Cairo is taking away a good many of our
foreign residents. We used to have a
couple OF years ago, six to seven thousand
apbIivism residenis ana they have consider
Are you aware" I said, that Col.
North IS building a magnificent watering
teado Nddtttiiakerke as an extension TO o.
tehue, with roulette, trente-et-quarante
ana all the luxuries you have here: and
.hat II Will be ready In June next year, in
time Tor the next Brussels exhibition
know nothing about that" said the
prince. IT Is quite news to me. As for
sambilng IN the abstract" he continued,
81 on pouVait supprimer, le jou tout a fait
ca serait une excellente chose Butt he
went on, warming to his subject Took at
tne sambllng in the clubs. the Medter-
rance, the Massena, at Nice and All the
other clubs in Paris and elsewhere n IL
an nonsense about people getting ruined
mere. good many come when they ara
ruined already. and last resource think
ing that desperate evils require desperafa
remedies And as for the suicdesS-and
ne glanced at some figures-"according 10
the statistics of the season 1876 there
were 100000 visitors here, and there were
nor more than three or four suicides One
l MAS person suffering from an incurable
Illness, and here the princes voice and
manner became emphatic, there was nor
a a. single suicide due to gambling at the
"Blackmail is" the prince said .or
course, the, reason Of ali such ruinors-
Iruly'-and look of Infinite disgust
s sniu his FACET see so much OF
81
lois, ge items Fhumanite en- horrelir
why, and he shrugged his Shoulders de-
spoIfdently, Il take 1t to be owing TO the
eVer-lncreasing desire to satisfy those re-
quirements for luxury that the life in
Dig cities like Paris makes almost a me-
ee,Ssi'y. hardly day passes by but
what some one who calls himself a four
nallst comes here on some blackmailina,
errand. The other day one OF them
Drought document and said: My pa
per VIII give me so much for this If
you give me more, or even an eduivalenf
sum, II shall be suppressed Generally
speaking, the English press is the most
honest IN the world; but, Of course, black
sheep get in anywhere.
You want to know something about
our our administration. OF course you know
that my principality is the mark for all
the leading pickpockets from London and
ELSEWHERE all over the world. Ny force
of detectives consists OF $50 men All
picked men-some Italians. some Esnglisb
some French. We have treaties OF ex.
tradition with every county; only with
France We have a special arrangement
by which those expelled from French
territory may not remain here, and vice
versa.
"Our laws are, to a certain extent. based
on the Code Napoleon. Our droit civil
raising, as 1t does, so many questions OF
International law, is very involved and
causes me great deal of trouble or
course you are aware that the final court
of appeal Is constituted by myself ana
that am the head Of it. Not only thar
but l have absolute power over life and
known-powers far more absolute than the
Car of Russia. We have no parliament
and no municipal council; the laws are
made by me with the assistance of nv
advisers, and when drafted to my salts
faction are simply proclaimed and the
thing is DONE"
There have been no cases Of criminals
condemned to DEATH" said the prince.
'either during mine or my fathers reign
A thing not generally known Is that mine,
is an absolutely Independent state under
no protectorate whatsoever. OF course we
have very strict treaty Giraffe tres
etoit) with France, especially as regards
the French Zollveren. Our customs ara
managed by officers in the service of the
French government, who collect the dues
and then settle uD accounts with us al
the end of the year. we paying, of course
for the services rendered. The same svs-
tenn obtains with the postal and teie-
graphic arrangements.
In fact, think you will find" said the
prince, smilingly, that everything Is for
the best in our best possible Of little
worlds. / do my best honestly to govern
my principally in the interests Of my
subjects. II Is not my favOrite occupa-
ton. Science is thats but we are ali
slaves to our duty"
-Quericus.-rHow did such a place eyer
get the reputation OF being a great health
resort2"