Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-08

the world to gather names for peti | tiOns to the various governments to
 take steps to abolish the plague spot of the Riviera
 Said Max Pemberton, who is an au thority On Monte Carlo:
 q am convinced that the work we
 are about to undertake, the suppres | sion of Monte Carlo would prove far
 nobler and of more practical value to humanity than the advancement oi
 impossible propositions at the Hague
 Peace Conference.
 Monte Carlo is the haunt of every I adventurer and adventures in the world. It Is astounding how many f big swindles and thefts have been planned at Monte Carlo.
 The obvious curse or the place is
 that fools go there to make money
 out of the tables, and rogues go there
 to make money out of the fools. The
 atmosphere is most demoralizing to
 young people, who lose their heads, and also all sense of the value of money.
 Another great evil is that of pure English girls succumbing to the at. mosphere.
 The are often brought in contact at the tables with undesirable per sons. with whom the actually con- verge.
 The government of every country is perfectly aware that Monte Carlo should be suppressed, but the diplo- matte situation makes action imDossi- bic, and France, under whose protec- uon Monte Carlo exists, is placed in most difficult position. but never. theless. am sure our movement will grow strong enough to fierce the Pow CTS to act"
 'I think it is atTocious," says MT. Caine, That the conditions which are suppressed in all the greater .coun- tries of Europe should constitute the cnly reason for the seperar exist ence of the little Kingdom of Mon aCo.
 Everyone recognizes that the Prince of Monaco is an enlightened man, with no particular love of Molte Carlo and it's casino. and of course it is impossible to ask him yoluuta- rily to surrender the chief source of his incorre.
 But have not the Powers of Europe, by whose protection the King dom of Monaco exists. a right to say that the laws of Monaco shall not encourage vice which is demoralizing not only to it's own people. but to the people that come to it from across the frontiers north. east and west?
 The sooner that is done the bet ter. for then Monte Carlo may be- come what -.ature meant it 10 be one of the most enchanting places in the world. |
 Monaco can never be said to be well governed while it appeals to one Of the worst passions in humanity. i While it is a GodbIest corner of the 1 earth in climate, and scenic beauty. 1 1t is morally the plaguespot of Europe. It is the rallying- of the worst criminals in the world. the most dangerous men, the basest women
 The Casino could not exist an hour if the chances were fair, IL is 1 not fair. And the public knows it is not fair and the profits of the Casino go on increasing.
 The Casino is also the cause of al- ] most as much mental degeneracy i among the upper classes of Europe | as drink itself. Glance around the !: tables at the ktired. drawn. paIlid i. faces, and bleared and deRdened eyes 1 of the regular frequenters of he | place. and sa if not nine out of ten of i them are not plainly betraying nearly ! all the outward symptoms of soften | ing of the brain.
 What wonder? On it's own theory | as an honest gambling house, the Ca ! sino is the dullest and dreariest re- | sort of humanity of all the known . world, and in it's appeal to the lust . of individual gain against the colIec- tive loss it is only calculated to waste . the lives, to harden the hearts, and . 10 soften the brains of the people . who haunt it day by day. Europe . should put it down. even of the Pow CTS had to compound with the Prince of Monaco"