Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-09-02
SECRET OF DIAMOND
HUNTING VOYAGE OUT
Duchess of Norfolk Heads An
ti-Smart Set Movement in
Higher Circles Of English
Society.
CBy RIchard .Nbcrcorn.l

htlI MAJ Ute ltdltF OF llt parry ]
said: Il hope the matter has not I
progressed To the point OF definite I
settlement. Nv views on the Ameri- /
can question of Chinese labor may be
expressed in single sentence. | hope /
that the people Of the United States
Will have learned from the expert
once of the British government in &
South Africa, and will keep the Chi
nese out as they would the plague
Chinese labor and Chinese slavery
under the conditions which were OBJ
tanned in South Africa are associated
in the public mind. From the form,
in which the news reaches us | gath
er that the terms under which the
Chinese are to be introduced are al
most Identical with those which gov
erned their introduction into South
Africa. My sympathies are, therefore,
with the people Of America"
s4s
The secret Of the steamer Xema's
diamond hunting voyage is no secret
since she has left the port of London
The facts have not been allowed pub
licity. and the surmise Of the Ameri-
can correspondent that she is bound
for a certain obscure island off the
African coast proves to be correct
Only the exact latitude and longitude
OF the diamondiferous island is kept
secret.
The Coils Diamond syndfcate
which extends to exploit numbers
many peers and other tilted gentle,
men among its shareholders. They
include Lord Aberdare, the Marques
or TWeeddale. the Earl Of Albemarle
several lords of the Scottish court OF
session, number OF baronets and
knights, including Sir A. Conan
Doyle. and several naval officers.
The story of the mysterious island
with It's wealth Of diamonds is told by
Mr. Kenyon-Colls, the manager Of
the syndicate substantially as related
IN the London correspondence of the
american several months ago,
Briefly certain Captain Jones OF
Cardiff, found a collection of precious
stones In the possession of one Of his
crew, Dick Powell Among them
were several fine diamonds and Pow
ell stated that they came from an ISL
and off the African coast Jones
thcreupon set out to locate the island,
having been instructed by the dla-
mond expert. Griffith. who had valued
the stones, how to win and wash dia-
monds
Jones set out for the island and in
1897 Griffith met him in Capetown,
when Jones told him he had located
the Island, and showed him guam
tity Of diamonds. These Griffith val
ued at $4,000 and found that they
did not come from any known dia-
mond mine. Jones shortly afterwards
died, but left In Grifhths hands
chart which would enable him to To-
cate the island.
Griffith, having just returned to
England after a rowing career. has
placed his information In the hands
Of the Coils syndicate formed to ex-
plot II.
This island which Is about seventy
miles from the mainland. is believed
to be uninhabited. 1t Is marked on
admiralty charts but no one outside
the syndicate knows bow to find IT, az
its name is a close secret. Jones and
Powell are dead, while Griffith has
sold his knowledge to the syndicate
OF noblemen and gentlemen that are
sending out the good ship Xemd.
The directors Of the syndicate are Sir
Alexander Muir Mackenzie X G..
Burne, Captain ~ l.. Hughes Hughes,
royal navy; Captain Frederick G..
Jackson (of the Jackson HarmswOrth
polar expedition; Arthur Lundsberg,
n prominent diamond merchant: and
A. b. Larkins.
The Xema carries an elaborate
plant for diamond mining and wash
ing. camp equipments, and arms and
ammunition.
Ancient sedan chairs are now put
to q strange and very modern use by
society women. 4 telephone In her
boudoir being a necessity TO my lady,
she finds that her great grand-moth-
er's palanquin is the only form OF
telephone box elegant enough to suit
the surroundings.
The idea has been taken up by
many fashionable women who have
searched the ancestral lumber rooms
for discarded sedan chairs. These
have been furbished up and installed
in the owners boudoir and fitted in
cOngruously with a telephone appar-
atus all complete
A genuine old sedan chair. decor,
ated in the Georgian style, makes an
elegapt piece of furniture for dainty
bOuddir. and the unsighty telephone
box or naked transmitter and reeelv-
er is dispensed with.
sas
An "Anti-Smart Set" movement has
commenced among the best circles
OF English society II Is headed by
the young Duchess OF Norfolk a high
principled and fearless lady who has
already proved her ntness Tor the.
proud position OF premier duchess
which she gained by her marriage
Father Bernard Naughn's fierce de-
nunciatiOn Of the low morals preva-
slent In certain sections Of society Is
held to be. in the main, Justified
Father Vaughan received many letters
from members OF the Smart Set"
thmselves. admitting that many Of
the charges he made against them
were true.
Now a great effort II 10 be made to
purge society Of the licentious ele-
ments have brought discredit on the
English aristocracy. By a system OF
rigorous scrutiny into the records Of
those who appear on their visiting LIST
hostesses who have Joined the re-
forming movement will weed out the
mon and women who bear the stain OF
the Smart Set" lnveterate gam
blers and loose livers will be barred
from the best houses.
A courteous step In this direction
was taken up by the Duke Of Rich
mond, "a year or two ago. when nc