Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-22
EnslIsbman Who Has Just Re.
turned from Frcuchmans King.
dom Tells Story.
DREAMS OF the FUTURE.
Maintains narem Simply Because
He Finds II Necessary TO CouellIale
Arab Public Opinion"

sprui n correspondence
I uNpON june l2-hcgues I, ems
iuror of the Sahara, crstwhils
| known 10 fame as NJ, Lcbaudy ot
Paris, and the roputcd possessor
u' tar moro money than brains, IL now
commonly regarded os no,oriety-
cooking freak whose Kingdom shout
be- restricted to the confines " lunn-
ur asylum Thb ~ the way he Ia us.
uolly wrltlcn up, But an Engnshman
who recently h,s had abundant op.
porlu0lllcs for sudyng Lobuudy nt
close l1ngc takes nv entirely different
view of him
WHERE me DREAMS,
W, IT, dc +, LcmoN is his name ami
he has just returned from years
stay at TroJa, where the eccentric
Flcn hman has established the capi-
tai II wha, ne dreams viii some daV
be- u mighty empire, Nor can It be
said that Ma LcnnoN has any reason
10 be prcludiccd IN lobaudys favor.
Formerly an officer In the British vol-
mlcofs, he thought that he might he
able to got snug billet IN the cmper-
ors army He didn't get II because, hs
says. he would moi forswcar his Eng
lish citizenship ana turn Mahomodnn,
That VAS uoi calculated to make him
an admircr " jacques |, Notwithstand-
ing this he assured me that his S0harNn
majesty N a much moderated man.
Instead of being devoted Ia mere idln
show, pOmn ana vanity he said that
Lohnudy hus proved himself an onor.
Rolic ana capable administrator who iS
doing a difficult work IN an excellent
fashion, transforming u barren waste
into productive region ana introduc.
INK law ana order whore hrgandago
way formerly the fANorito occupation
Of the people.
HAS nONE WONDERS
Jacques / " be- said, has done won-
dcrs IN a country that formerly proc
duccl hardly anything ana was wholly
given up to brIRandogo and povcrtN
Two years ago whom he went Ia SA-
haru, the territory over which he now
rules was IN a most primitive state
Now law ana order have been ostah'
lSh,d there. schools have been opened,
am embryonic city NJ 5000 people has
been nroughl into existence, many acres
have ocon brought under cultivation
ana Yield sugar. cotton, rice ana tobhcs
co Mhnc sloroY, grHnNrlos and other
improvements have been introduce !,
Ills empire IL sclf.supportlng ana well
gnycmod ne himself leads most IN
dustrious lfc and n tho hardest worker
I'm his Kingdom, His role II
that ~ "A hononccnt nutoorat
uc has installed fronchmcn AZ mo
head Of the various departments or MIS-
government They are practical men
ana good organizers and have displayed
remarkable tact In dealing with tho
Arabs who arc naturally a most IN
Wac,ablc people,
MAINTAINS 4 IIAREM,
"It ~ true that jacques maintains
IA hnrom, hut M does 50 solely because
10 obtain respect for his authority M
nnds II necessary To conform 20 the
customs W hlR pconc There ~ moth.
ing NJ the lhortlno about him. All the
mon In his employ are giNou pay ana
milone sufficient 10 enable them 10
maintain three wives apiece which, by
the way ~ only onc'half the regulation
Mahomodan matrimonial allowance, Ito
wants no uolFiio Interference ana dis
couragos the settlement Of foreigners
until such time uH he has moro fully
Jnvo,opcd the commercial resources ~
The counirv,
WHAT llE RULES,
o,,,r, b nav under the omporors
,ul, ,i,uI loOn saunro miles and A
r"nulnt,nD of eomothug Ike n. o0O pco.
plc Through hlA domains there nro
constantly passing .rdmol irilns oYls'
ygns 'hIrny 40 40 Morocco carving
ivory. csrcam. Aes. dates. hldca, gold
r,r' nnforo ho appeared those cara.
NINA ,oro uhIopt no rnnsinp, dcnrnin.
lions by hrlgnul. hcaucs I exact,
"a u,nU,o from ,hos. caravans, II II
trnc I'M I'M roum hc RlycN them mil.
itar, o,,or.. Watering privileges az mo
VOLTA. ana fnl urotortIon
....... ,,,,.
THE lNFNIVN" NI'Nf'
orn, tp,u,rlel army Ia eno,posod oe
ooo prm .,,n MIX , r,n,o' ma a
r...r,, I,r,. mp lOo ryrrV s5ldlor ia
Wdl' cuippod .IN me most modern