Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-18

lanBier is increasing because of Tbs. hos
| a Ini,les between the tribes Andjiera and
haissoulL The last named caused several
members of the Andiera to be assa ssina ted
me AnJera led one Of Raissoulis lieuten-
ants and two of his partisans into ambush
and killed them. Raissouli is said to he
secretly in favor of the Germans. What
| II ne should rush Tangier some night and
seize the person of a German subtect-who
,nisht ne waiting to be seized-and take
hlhl, la Perdicaris, to the hills?
X X
Let us leave the field Of politics and
speculation and return to the conference
at Algeciras and present TO
Shetches or the reader a silhouette of
Delegates. some Of the important
members of the conference
The president, the Duke d Almodovar del
Rio. minister of state" as the Spanish
entitle the minister of foreign affairs he
longs to the highest aristocratic families
OF Spain. The Duke d Almodovar is a
rich proprietor of Here's. lie is a true
Andalusian of strong color. bronzed.
the hair black as jet and the whiskerS
1nterspersed with white. The minister of
state is young in appearance, scarcely
forty-hve. He is tall, above the ordinary,
slender, his dress elegant and Sober. His
head resembles that of Cardinal RAM
polla, the expression is that of the prudent
diplomat. NJ. Perez Caba1lero minister of
Spain in Belgium, is second to the Duke
q AtmodoVar, young, active and very in
telligent He necessarily speaks French
with purity and without accent.
NJ. de Radowitz represents Germany at
Madrid and until the nomination of
Marquis acknowledgements he was the dean
of the diplomats at Algeciras. Tall, thin
and vigorous Notwithstanding his seventy
years, the German minister is very affable.
His clean-cut features are ornamented by
a small white silken mustache; his voice
is like sonorous metal; his blue eyes, very
bright, are not without malice but when
ha Ayes hon ha llr n
points. very black, and the glance Is
strangely penetrating. The ambassador
speaks French slowly, but without hesita-
ton and without accent NJ de Radowitz
was the secretary of Bismarck, charge
d'affaires at Paris after the war, secretary
of the conference at Berlin, and successive
ly minister to Roumania and Greece.
Named ambassador at Constantinople, he
was chosen thereafter for Madrid He is
a man full of resources and fnesse.
Sir A. Nicholson, British ambassador, is
small, slightly bent. the face red and bony,
the mustacne trimmed short, the hair
slightly curled on the sides, the eyes are
sparkling with life and humor-the impress
sion is most agreeable and sympathetic.
He was secretary of embassy at Paris, Te-
heran and Constantinople, minister 10 Bull
garia, and finally Tangier. The American
public is sufficiently familiar with the fire.
quent sketches of NJ. Revolt, the French,
and NJ. Count Cassini, the Russian, and
8Ir. White. the American, ambassadors TO
preclude any notice here
This incomplete reference may be con-
Guided by line about Marquis Emilio
Visconi-Venosta, delegate of Italy, the
most distinguished, perhaps. of all the mem
bers of the conference. He was born in
Milan in 1929. Doctor of laws and journal
list he was commissioner royal to Carl
baldi in 1859 After having accompanied
Farni to Parma and to Modena, he was
elected deputy in 1860. and was subsequent
ly secretary general of the ministry of for
eign affairs of the kingdom of Italy.
Minister of foreign affairs in 1853, re-elect-
cd in he raf2
1876. He was elected senator In 1886. He
presided in Paris over the international
tribunal of arbitrage of the affairs OF seal
fishing in Boring strait and served as MIN
lister OF foreign affairs again from 1885 to
1900.
Life at Algeciras has recently been
sketched by NJ. GaItier, correspondent Of
LIE Temps. who says: Isolated,
A White situated in the extreme south
City. of Spain IN country almost most
without communica lions, piled
UP in a travellers Mediterranean hotel, the
delegates give the impression of passengers
bound on a long voyage. Their life IN COM
mon is worth remarking. This diplomatic
boat may become the theater of a hundred
varied acts. The city, with its houses OF
brilliant white, daubed with lime, some
what recalls Capri. The houses are only
one story, except few modern construc-
tions, but the generality OF the native
habttatious offers the image OF city which
had retired 10 take a siesta and covered II
self with a coarse white sheet
a curious custom prevails in this quaint
city Andalusian ladies gather at the Win
doWs. or. rather, behind them, and, thus
concealed, receive the visits of their admir-
ers.
Al night silence does not envelop Algeci-
ras The Serene watches and cries every
two hours, with melodious notes, the time
of night The "sereno" holds in one hand
pike, in the other lantern. His duty Is to
see that houses are closed and TO protect
Korean policeman, who is similarly armed,
he troubles the peace of the city by his strt-
dent cries. rather than protects it's peace
The people, however. in Algeciras, as in
Seoul, seem content with this symbol of
protection.
The women of Andalusiai 1t IS no fable,
the beauty for which they are renowned.
They are coquettes, but instinctiyely and
frankly So Hats are unknown, and their
manner of arranging their couture dream.
You may see a head occasionally covered
by mantilla, but usually a rose, bunch
of geraniums or a spray Of jasmine is the
only head dress. The eyes are brilliant as
black diamonds, the eyelashes long, thick
and slightly curved upward.
Andalusian women are fond of compli-
ments and do not shudder at the most high
~ drawn The Spanish language possesses
some that are Incompatible Behold! The
Andalusian gallant, to some beautiful wom-
an whom he Is seeking in marriage, may
offer such incense:
Bonita sea tn madre!" Blessed be thy
motherl Happy country. where even be-
fore marriage you bless your mother-in
Ia II I