Arizona republican., 1899-05-13
FOREIGN NOTES
 AND COMMENT

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 president, by his democratic ways. l' literally breaking the heart of M Gro zier chief of the protocol and grand
 master of the ceremonies to the Frenca
 government M. Loubet declines to De b2und by any of the rules of etiquette
 or t. be surrounded by the pomp which nlayed so great a role during the ten u.a of office of his predecessor. and leads almost as simple and as unaf- fected ah existence at the ElySee pal
 are as if hs were in his own little town
 Of Mcntelimar.
 He rises at ' o'clock, reads his news papers as he sips his coffee, and at l o'clock he enters his study, where he
 finds his secrstary. M. Combarieu. who has already classified his corresponds ence. and who makes a report thereon. receiving instructions with regart to the replies to be ssnt. ThereupOn the
 president sends for his son, young
 man of 20, whose appearance suggests the Latin quarter rather than the fash ionable boulevards, and together they
 leave the palace by side door, and stroll up the Champs Elysees as far as the Arc de Triomphe. Behind them at q considerable distance, though well within sight, are a couple Of power fully built detectives in plain clothes
 The president affects a black Prince Albert coat, which, while neat, is evi- dently built with a view to ease rather than Ic elegance, and his hat, with large and somewhat curly brim, is se-- dom shiny or well brushed.
 At g: 30 o'clock the president is back at the palace to preside at the meeting
 h, ing, to receive visitors. His audiences are conducted quite simply, and with out any Of the solemn ceremonial so dear to Felix Faure At 12 o'clock luncheon tak5s place in the small din ing room of the private apartments, at which Mime. Loubet prasides, and then the president takes stroll in the gar den, smoking his pipe. At o'clock the president is back in his work room, receives mere visitors, transacts the current business, and then takes a nap until dinner, at o'clock, after which there are more pipes, chats with old friends who drop in informally, con versa5ion on every subject (except the Dreyfus case, which is tabcoed, and then at 10 o'clock goodnight kiss ali around and to bed
 Thcr1 has been so much denial in the English papers with regard to the footing by the English officers and men during the recent campaign in the Sou dan that it is rather refreshing to ind young Lord Tulliebardine, the eldest scn and heir of the duke of Atholl, fix ing the copper plated finial which sur- the dcne of the mahdi's tomb onto the top of the towers of Blair h he nf d11I-nc of Atholl. Young Lord Tulliebardine is a very gallant young officer of the | Life Guards, who recently distinguish ed himself by his bravery at the battle | Of Omdurman, and there are f5w under ! the circumstances who will feel dis | posed to grUdge him this bit of loot. | even though it ccmes from the mahdfs | tomb
 It is ridiculous to deny the charges brought against the officers and mcn serving under Lord Kitchener of hay ing footed after the conclusion of the battle of Omdurman, and it is no eX- aggeFaticn to assert that the palaces of | Queen Victoria are filled from cellar to | garret with loot presented to her by | he victorious generals of the innum- 3rable and almost never ending wars with duSky pGtentateS of one kind and | another which England has had upon ler hands since Queen Victoria as 3ended the throne. Indeed, at Wiud- sor there are whole show cases full of SoUdansse loot presented by Lord Kitchener. while the throne on which Queen Victoria sits on some state oc- casicrs, the marvellous jeweled tiger head that ornaments h5r sidebCarl at grand dinners, and the Koh-i moor dia- nond that she wears as a brooch, are Ill So much loot. Why, then, deny hat there has been footing after the battle of Omdurman?
 The war whsre probably the least -cictlng took place was during the tranco-Gernlan war, in spite of all hat has been said to the contrary. and he only bit of loot that is to be found Il -Empercr Williams palaces. and which owes it's origin to the war Of S71, is little silver gilt flat b1ttomcd and icaticl1, which old Emperor Will jam used throughout his sojourn at versailles for the purpose of reading Il bed at night. and which he carricd lWay with him when he returned to Germany as a memento of the cam ,aign. Yet, if one were to believe the itories current in France about the var, the imperial palaces in Germany, $ well as the chateaus of the nobility, would be stocked with art treasures md valuabies of ona kind and another ,r0ught back from the French war in he shape of ICot.
 
 With regard to the loss Of the steam hip Stella on the Casket rocks. off he Channel islands, no one seems to lave drawn attention to the fact that was on these very rocks that the v h1re Ship, conveying Prince William nIy sen Of Henry I, from Normandy o England in 112O, was lost. The rev had been drinking, and the ship truck on the same rocks as the Stella nd I'm in1tliately began te fill \ beat 1as lowered for the prince. Just a5 it