Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-04-08


tice, with Smokeless Powder. is Another
Indicatinn Of National adherence to Estab-
lished Lines of Precedent.
BY FRANK N. KENNEY.
Shortly before noon Of Oct. Goth,
we came to anchor in the Port of Gil
bra!tar. There is no natural shelter
there, but the English government
built breakwater behind which
their men-ofwar lie. This being for
their own use exclusively. it is not
available for private vessels.
AS usual, everyone was on deck to
see the next city of our trip around
the world, and while there is nc
special feature (other than the Fort
the fame of this one thing was suf-
ficient to interest each and every one
of the party. for before us lay the
strongest military position in the
world.
The tenders for disembarking were
much larger than those furnished at
Madeira, and consequently it did not
take so much time to land our party.
G uides were furnished for each party
of twenty. and nearly all proceeded
to the Postoffice in order to mail
their letters or postals, and it was
very busy place for q few
Everyone was anxious to
buy stamps so they could get their
mail posted and be on their way
sightseeing. Our party was among
those who went with the crowd, but
instead of staying with the guide fur
nished, we concluded to 60 over to
the Spanish city of Lenea. In the
city of Gibraltar no Spanish cab-men
are permitted, but outside of the in
ner gate and inside the outer one
can be obtained a Spanish cab to
take you to the country of Spain.
We obtained one at q cost of 81 for
three persons and secured a boy to
guide us for the sum of 25 cents.
This boy had o Spanish father and an
English mother. so understood both
languages. / might mention here
that English cabs are to be found in
the city of Gibraltar, but on accoun,
of the English not permitting Span
ish cabmen to enter that city, Eng
lish cabs, except by permission, arr
not allowed to drive into the Spanish
city of Lenea. OF for Spain WI
started. It was not near as far as i
sounds, being separated from Gi
braltar by only one-half of o mile
This strip is what is called neutra
territory, and neither the Englisl
or Spaniards occupy it. 1t is abou
a mile long and entirely barren o
either buildings or vegetation. ON
side OF the strip you will find Eng
lands soldiers guarding gate ant
on the other one Spanish soldiers do
ing likewise. Each side has erectet
a high fence. covered with barb wir,
at the top so it cannot be climbed.
Soon we came to the gates of LIE
nea. but before entering. our cabmar
had to submit 20 q searching both a.
to himself and his cab. We were no
molested nor even asked if VIZ
had anything dutiable. We drove
through the town and found it like
many others, that is it had its Bull
Ring. public market, and a. lot o.
small stores and shops. After 6
short stay we drove back to the City
of Gibraltar and proceeded to look
around town.
We endeavored to obtain permis
sion to enter the fort but could moi
do so. According to the policeman,
of whom We inquired, for nearly four
years visitors have not been permit.
ted in the galleries. except by spec
ial permission. and about three OF
four months ago this privilege was
done entirely away with. Conse.
quently we had to look at Gibraltar
from the outside and very unsatis.
factory view it was, for while you
could see some guns they were so few
in number and so far away we would
not have missed much if we had moi
seen any. Those we did see were
either at the top of the mountain OF
nearly so. The town is under mill
tary rule and the policemen evident
ly are taken from the army. 1t was
very odd to converse with the d.
liceman N English and have him
turn around and speak in q foreign
tongue. generally Spanish, to some
native. There are quite number Of
Spaniards employed in Gibraltar but
they must leave the city as soon as
their days work is done. They
labor eight hours and receive sc
cents remuneration. At seven every
evening the signal gun is fired and
that is the sign for closing the gates
OF the city, and after this hour nc
one is allowed to leave or enter ex-