The Washington times., 1901-10-17
FOREIGN TOPICS.

and one extra for grand occasions This
last one has been worn only three times
at the opening of the Exposition of 1900,
at the reception of the King of Sweden,
and at the garden party in honor of the
shah of Persia This gala coat differs
from the others in that it has heavy silk
lining and lapels.
m. Loubet invariably wears plain
black satin tie-nct tied by hand, but
sewn together and attached with a clasp.
He used formerly to wear false cuffs, but
one day while making a sudden gesture
the right-hand cuff slipped off and rolled
on the floor. hishappened at ;he Lux
embourg Palace. when NJ. Loubet was
President of the Senate. Since then NJ
Loubets shirts have been made with per-
manently attached wristbands.
NJ. Loubet's trousers are very. peculiar.
They are black or grey in color, but their
cut is of the pld-fashioned pattern, with
the top of the trousers coming up as high
as the armpits. He has always worn
trousers Of this quaint type and is so ac-
customed to them that he has an inyet-
crate dislike for evening clothes, which,
with low-out open waiStcOat, render the
armpit trousers impossible. The Presi,
dents wardrobe is, however. provided
with several pairs of evening trousers
suitable for low-cut, open waistcoats.
The last of the series of the conversations
with the late President Faure, of France,
appeared few days ago in lie Figaro"
NJ Faure's Boswell has him say a good
deal concerning his personal opinion of
Great Britain in the light of possible
Anglo-French complications. The late
President is reported to have said on one
occasion; II know the English well.
he nf IN
ours, there evidently still remains an old
leaven of national animosity arising from
historical recollections. But the rivalry
which the British fear economic rivalry
in industrial and commercial competition,
they will no longer meet in France, but
in Germany. If we had entered
into arrangements with the Germans in
view of the possibility of events taking
place in East Africa, we should have
created still another point of contact with
the British, a point where the contact
would have been very disagreeable They
would then have had "A right to say to us,
You have no business in this part of the
world. What right have you to come
here to impede our expansion?
We did very wise thing in leaving the
British and Germans to settle matters
between themselves in that part of At
rica- They VIII not always live IN mar
mony there"
As to the Newfoundland shore question,
NJ. Faure said that he had his own ideas
on the matter. He would say TO the
English: You want to abrogate the
Treaty of Utrecht. So do we. But hrst
of all. what we are going to give up 10
you is worth money. We must indemnify
our fishermen who are to be evicted.
Meanwhile the Treaty of Utrecht has
fallen to the ground with the clause for
bidding us to fortify st. Pierre and Mi
quelon- Therefore we intend TO carry
out all the works we need IN order 10
create a basis for operations and sure
coaling station in seas where we were
without these advantages" The Treaty
OF Utrecht, NJ. Faure considered, should
be torn up. and England allowed ful.
freedom of action in Newfoundland,
France having equal liberty in the Islands
of ST. Pierre and Miquelon.
Some interesting developments of
minor order are deemed likely to grow
out of a three-cornered correspondence
carried on between the British Colonial
Office. the Jamaica Government, and the
Humanitarian League of Great Britain.
1t seems, according to the league, that
last summer the Jamaica Legislature
passed law. now awaiting the approval
of the King, which empowers the Jamaica
Agricultural Society or any affiliated body
to order any person suspected of predial
larceny to be flogged with not more than
eighteen stripes. sc under the age OF six
teen, and thirty-six stripes II over that
age. which punishment is to be inflicted
with a cat-o'-nine-tails. and in cases
where the offender is convicted a second
time may be ordered in addition to or in
lieu Of imprisonment.
When the Information of the passage Of
this law reached London the Human-
tartan League hastened to address the
Colonial Office. expressing the hope that
his Maiesty's Government will not give
its assent to the measure in question"
The Colonial Office, In replying to the note
from the league. dEclared that the law
of course does not enable any person
to be fiogged By the order OF the Jamaica
Agricultural Society or 9th erwiSe than In
due course of law; that the maximum
number Of strokes allowed to be inflicted
under the law Is twentyfOur for an adult,
and twelve for person under sixteen
years of age. and that, in the latter case. !
the instrument used would be a birch and
not cato -nine-tailS. | am 10 add that
the law viii not come into operation until
his Majesty has signified his intention of
not disallowing IL, and that the provisions
VIII be very carefully considered by Mr..
Chamberlain before he tenders any advice
TO his Majesty on the subject
The Jamaica Legislature has now at
tached rider to the law explaining its
adopted and despatched to the British
Humanitarian League enclosing a printed
copy Of the law, and informing the league
that copies of all acts Of the jamaica
Legislature may always be obtained in
Downing Street for the asking. Inciden-
tally the resolution lmparts the informa-
tion that the administration of affairs in
Jamaica Is solely a matter between his
Maiosty's Government and the local leg
islature:
Some old snun-takers still employ a
small horn spoon to convey the pungent
particles to their nostrils. At a banquet
in Edinburgh not many years ago the at
tention of the chairman was drawn to a
gentleman of the ancient school who had
n remarkable snuff-box with one OF these
spoons. The box was handed round ard
much admired, and several members of
the company put the spoon to its primi-
live use with a pleasant sense of keeping
up old customs. Presently the owner
challenged them to guess what the spoon
was made Of. Vainly they tried fish and
fowl. the tusk Of an elephant, the horn
Of the mountain goat, and were not
little startled when the old gentleman told
them with pleasant smile that the spoon
WAS made from the wristhone Of q no
torious murderer who had been hanged
about forty years before.
The Spanish method of producing salt
as employed near Cadiz, is by allowing
the sun to evaporate the water from
what are known as "pans''-smaIl ponds
prepared for the purpose, of a uniform
depth of about eighteen inches These
are flooded directly from the sea three or
four times a year. and in time there is
left q deposit of about three inches of