The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-27
MERCILESS WAR WAGED ALL
OVER WORLD AGAINST GAMES
OF CHANCE.
Europe's Greatest Battle for Reform Is
Storming Very Citadel in
Monte Carlo.

NEW YORK, April 27.-(SpeciaD-
A merciless war of worldwide dimen-
sions is being waged on gambling.
The policeman who stops a street
corner game of crap is merely doing
on small scale what the nations are
striving to do in matters of millions.
The mighty wave of reform, of in
curry as to the underlying motive Of
wrong, which has swept the United
States during the last couple of years,
has been felt in other parts of the
world and in nearly every instance 1t
has been found that at the base of the
theft and corruption can be found the
gamester's hand
1t may he on small scale, as for
instance where q quarrel over game
of cards has ended in a murder, it may
be some gigantic railroad fraud en-
gineered bv a distinguished ''finan-
cier," but there may be a difference in
degree, it is gambling to which cor
receive measures must be applied, and
the police powers of the world, from
kings and presidents down to country
constables. are working to that end.
The basis of Roosevelt's so-called
war on Wall street was after all moth
ing more or less than an attack on
stock gambling.
At Monte Carlo.
Europe's greatest battle against the
game of chance with all it's suicides
and miseries, is storming the citadel
of Monte Carlo.
Diplomatic suggestions carefully
confided to the discreet have for the
purpose the development of Euro
pean movement by which the famous
Casino can be put out of business.
Every government in Europe has a
motive for wishing that this could be
accomplished. The treachery of OFF,
GERS who sell military plans can usual
ly be traced to a need of money to
recoup losses at the famous tables of
M. Blanc's establishment. Many
country is now writhing under need
lessly heavy taxation to replenish
royal Golfers emptied by some profit
gate scion of nobility while trying to
break the famous bank.
Worthy men by thousands can
trace their ruin to the beautiful
Casino. and more suicides by the
score than ever known to the world
occur within the superb grounds.
In one year the officials of the COM
pany which leases the Casino from M.
Blanc cleared no less than seven mil
| lion dollars. This gives an idea of the
! extent of the play, and also shows
how futile in the long run are the
hopes of those who go there imbued
with the foolish idea of breaking the
bank" In fact the directors well
| come the man with a system,
| who thinks he can clean up a fortune
| in a few days or hours. In the end he
usually loses far more than the rich
American, for example, who merely
! drops in with the idea of having a lit
tie sport, no matter whether he wins
+, or loses.
1t will not be easy to wipe out Mon
| tie Carlo. Back of it is wealth and in
| fluence, and in the past the clever
| Prince of Monaco was able to play on
| the jealousy of the nations to prevent
| interruption of his gambling enter
prise, put the strength of the present
movement against it, none the less
potent because quietly conducted, ar
| CUES eventual success at no far dis
| tant time.
| From the time that horses were
first pitted against each other in tests
of speed gambling has been INSOFAR
|