Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-27
IS NEW YORK TO
MOVE ITSELF
INLAND?
WORLDS GREATEST PORT :
LEAVING THE SEASHORE
of Sahara, Remark
able Man of Mystery, Dis
covered in Gay G%otham--Im-
proved Consular Service.

New York. July 26.-Is New Yorl
destined to become an inland city with
European freight loaded and unloaded
= hundred odd miles to the eastward
This is a question which bobs up pc
riodically with the chance Of a posi-
tive answer some day. 1t is not eX-
pected that the metropolis Is to suffer
any geological upheaVal which shall
plant il il the middle of the state, but
rather that the extreme eastern end Of
Long Island will be made the AmeTi-
can terminus of transatlantic steam
shin lines. 1t would be a vast under
taking to construct at MOntauk a port
bearing the same relation to New York
that southampton does to London, but
1T Is hardly more visionary han tun-
ncls under the river were considered
ten years ago. Its great advantage
would he in decreasing the time of
the European trip by eight hours. The
truth of the matter Is that New York
harbOr is proving too small for its
nceds. Even with the generous appro-
p|riation made this year as a result Of
the campaign waged so vigorously by
the National Rivers and Harbors con-
gress, New York is only barely able To
keep up with its needs. Without this
assistance it would already be moving
inland since ever now its channels are
not deep enough for the largest ships
under construction. As an Illustration
of the endency of the pot business 10
move eastward may be cited the mill
lions now being spent on Long Island
h1rbors. whose already ag-
gregates more than $40, 600, 900 an
nuallv. Examples of private develop
ment are also plenty, the most prOmi-
ncnt perhaps being the Bush Terminal
property in Brooklyn with its miles of
docks, twenty miles of railroad and its
vast m qnfffqR fI1TinU gfnFfnn TpnplNinF
shipping and transfer plant forming
an industrial center I'm itself whore the
manufacturer can lease any kind OF
property wanted with the assurance OF
good freight facilities. All these de-
Vclopments, Il should be noted. are to
the eastward of Manhattan island ana
If the present movement continues
what is now the greatest port In the
world may become little more Than IN
inland city so far as transatlantic
commerce Is concerned.
jacques Lebaudy. self-styled His
ROYAL Highness Jacques l.. Emperor
Of Sahara. Europe's most troublesome
and ~peripatetic ruler, after having
vanished from the face of the earth
for a year. thus causing much ucas
mess In royal circles abroad, was acci-
dentally discovered here this week. An
emperor In New York, even If tho title
be of his own making and his crown
aud throne, with which royal rogaiia
ne had provided himself, in cold stor-
age Is something Of "A novelty here,
and with the "sillv season" at It's
height, the city has been dclvinC once
again into the strange history Of the
man whose career resembles that of "A
hero OF modern fiction. Jacques Lee
haudy's father was head of the French
sugar trust, N he left a great many
million francs TO his son, who oon
developed a fine faculty Of getting rid
Of them. Tiring of the ordinary means
however. he decided 20 found an cm-
pire and after casting his eye over the
map. concluded that the sour regions
OF the Sahara desert ought 10 be sweet
ened by his sugar-cured fortune. He y
bought a throne and a crown. organ- 1
lled a colonizing expedition, and sailed
for Africa early in 1906 to establish
himself as emperor of Sahara. He 4
never a chance to sit on the
throne, however, for European nations
made SO much trouble for him that he
was constantly on the jump. He was
haffasscd by means Of every known
oNpedicnt of International procedure.
The local sheiks took pot shots at him.
ne french ministry of the marine |
tfled Co bar the seas to him. Switzer-
ana threatened him for recruiting
SWISS coionists. France chucked hin
on the frontier and hordes of diplJ-
lhitlcdlly instigated doctors tried to
INV INN IUIlfllllt1 lnl llNNlllL. It
: hihgs got so bad. even for Africa. /
His Royal Highness. jacques l.
emperor of sahara. quit his kingdom.
'tltl chertshing his project. however.
still retaining his title. on the lat /.
.er point he was firm and il Is said l
mar ne even refused to accept a chccS |
OF million Trance because IL was /
made out to Jacques Lebuady instead 1
u Jacques l.. Now after more thar a
OF mysterious silence this man I
II destiny has bobbed up again 10 4
European potentatcs uneasy. 4
50 far as consular agents. the men 4
'n whom depends real commercial \
Presentation, are concerned, New I
y prk Is probably on . Of its +
numerical interests. the most import Il
'ht city IN n country. Washington. I
81 course has its ambassadors and Z
whose sphere is high diplo- 4
society and entertainment but k
fhen u comes down to the real busi- !
Of gathering commercial data, in 4
ofination concerning political and
tonomic conditions, business Oppor-
unittcs from the standpoint of the {
IMPORTER and exporter. the rights uf
'iiens and the like, New York's inter- {
50 is far greater than that Of the fed 6
iai capital. IL Is here that q vast Z
mount of consular business IS trans
'fied, and for that reason the efforts Il
p the United States TO improve the y
lualltN OF its representatives abroad
! receiving the closest attention. One n
7 the chief factors through which 90 is 4
Apected that the service will be im- \
,foved is the school Of Diplomacy and q
Hmmcrce recently established BY The l.
gorge Washington University. 10 has r
ong been NOV hat the hero Of the !
merry tree planned and hoped for n T.
ittonal educational institution az the
apital, but u Is only recently hat a Z
infempnt has been started 10 raise s
uilN Tor the accomplishment Of thia
iia by which. as soon as the plans n
q carried out, the University viii full \
II the wishes OF its founder. WithIs
~ approval Of President Roosevelt y
other government officials special z
inphasis IS being placed on tho train
pt men for the foreign service. ana
q consequently believed that tle ~
hAftfNity viii play n large part in
foreign commercial expansion %
country By providing better trained \
a~huiaates for service. New York. II
.tfing suffered both in temper and 4
thetbook through the inCompeiene- Z
enr national trade representative u
of'ad. halls the new movement with 4
MaA street = not always busy maxi 8
A money. Sometime b. Jokes or 4
although IN a grim way. 4 GER =
HAhef Tor a prominent brokaEc II
Ano. neW to the game. made. his
appearance IN the street nf z
airez this week. received ar u