The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-24

A deputy in the French Chamber re
e Gently called attention to the fact tina
b in the present year, in fifty-eight days
: lightweight murders or attempts t
I murder had been committed. TIL
5 modern French bandit, the product 0
, his age-and of a notably insufficient
I police force-is an interesting study
J.. and this is how one of the 'cambri
} oleurs" presented himself to a Frencl
journalist in Paris. The meeting tool
place in a cafe near the AuteuiI railway
station, and the newspaper man haG
no idea that he was in such distin-
guished company until the "caissiere
drew his attention to man sitting al
small table and slipping a 'sirop.
This" he whispered, lis the chief of
the bandits who terrorize our neigh
borhood," and smiled with scarcely
concealed pride at the honor done to
the cafe. The journalist was presented
to the General of the Cambrioleurs. .
who received him with a calm sim
plicity, but informed him that he could
not tell him his real name. You can
call me Georges he said, "as that
will annoy Clemenceau." After this
somewhat cryptic remark, which point
ed to some sort of understanding be-
| tween two great men, the bandit and
! the Premier Of France, NJ. Georges
| pointed with disdain to an omnibus
| conductor who was preparing himself
| an absinthe with some care. There is
| a man." he said, pointing contemptu-
| ously to the conductor" with whom
1 should never allow myself to be as
ISOLATED in my enterprises; for what
confidence can you place in a man who
is the slave to alcohol? In order to
exercise our art it is necessary to have
calm nerves, clear ideas, a good MEM
DRY. We drink nothing but milk or
eau sucree It is but a few days since
I was obliged to separate myself from
a lieutenant, intelligent and honest,
hut who had acquired the fatal habit
of imbibing brandy or rum after each
meal. These are vices which must be
left to the gems du monde; no matter
how small the quantity taken may be,
it leaves, for a time, the head heavy,
the hand uncertain; and the slightest
slip in my business may lose or be-
tray a comrade. We are obliged to
act with great prudence; I am forced
to tolerate the use of tobacco, or else
| should not find sufficient collabora-
tors, but l distrust the use of nicotine,
and firmly repress any excess of this
habit.
1.-The public declares itself astonish- |
ed with the satisfactory results which |
we have obtained in the north, at Mar |
settles, even here in Paris; and, as Is
so often the case when a man attains |
to signal success, the jealousy of his |
contemporaries attributes this success
to luck, to some vague divinity favor
able 70 him. 1t is thus that weaklings
pay homage to the strong and fools |
deny intelligence to their superiors. |
Have you never been struck by the
persistence of our prosperity? In the
Midi, on the Belgian frontier, and near
our own Qualifications, we penetrate
into houses in full security; we make
off with furniture and money, ana
it is in vain that the police attempt to
hinder our actions; the reason for all
this is that, in a corrupt society, we
have preserved sound and healthy prln-
ciples. We possess the sentiment or
the hierarchy and orders which come
from the head are executed with I'M
deyiating fidelity and unquest1oning
obedience: we wage pitilesS war
against the carping spirit which would
demand reasons. Not, however, that
we insist upon our subordinates being
nothing but machines, as we are most
anxious that they should be capable
of taking the initiative if circum-
stances so demand. We develop at the
same time both discipline and energy,
and we are-shall I dare to say so?-
admirable instructors. Had we the
leisure to attend to such puerilities.
we should adopt the motto of All for
one and one for ALL In these egotistic
times we are conscious of our soli-
darity, and are penetrated with the
conviction that the least slip, the
slightest stupidity, may cause the ruin
of our entire band: consequently, each
is keenly aware of the responsibility
which rests upon his shoulders.
THE founders of our great Repuollc
spared no effort to inCulcate civic
teaching to its children. We have but
followed in their noble footsteps, and
all those affiliated to us are permeated
with the necessary sentiments of fidel-
ity to a cause. I may add that they
are firmly attached to our institutions
because their efforts receive adequate
payment, and because they are proud
IF their work For them the mere ac-
of a task does not suf-
fee: it should, in their opinion. be so :
carried out as TO be the cause Of legit-
mate joy and pride There are. thank ,
heaven, in France still left citizens :
'eady to suffer for honor and to devote :
themselves to an ideal: the career of =,
bandit has not by any means lost IN
IL its traditional prestige in our dear =
ountry. We try and forget the in y
amous conduct of some of our frater- =