The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-12
PLANS OF FRANCE
MAY Be ACCEPTED
Negotiations Concerning tho
Congo Proceeding Under
Favorable Conditions.
PRINCE OF sWINDLERs HELD
Action OF General Robert
Creates Sensation in Mill
tary Circles.
PRINCE OF sWINDLERs HELD
by GEORGE purREsNE.


der less unfavorable conditions. NJ.
CaiilauS, the premier. conveyed this
impression TO the president of the For
eisn Affairs Committee In the cham.
Der The diplomats sitting In BerIin
discussed the French plan some aa,.s
aso' ana Herr Won Kijerlcn- Waechter
without accepting it, did no, orer
non-possumus.
held in Paris. While hewav om tnSs
SeImans may realize the fnttIitv ~,
e eofanIsSi e@ to disnsmssr the French
iieving that they viii not re NOT 6e.
.ne idea Of seeking a point of contaet
G conn th s,I neisian Congo. either on the
outtinS N wn,,,d or on the Ubangi. This
the facilities of communication' t Ss.
tween the French possessions Of tba
district ae On the the c otbso and the Tshad
up the question of the eventual div
sion OF the Belgian Congo.
fond n9u Is GGo a;; alias Durand de Belle
from Gascony and not from Rrit,snv
LOT the Gascons are volubie and RI,
s esac Of se anemn of fortunes and pos
w Mpdn Suffering, colonial officiaI." now
claim I'm to- to be the prince Of swindle aan's
roundings' h his ais s, ne In academic sur
me College OF St. Nazaire, and has or
played many parts In his time Start'
Insurance ar lino ne ed did very well in the
societies. Then he went n y neip
n.arsed more insurance companies and
,mn enoY srIy borrowed, large sum Of
woman wSo , the ia father Of a young
Afterwards he started h.,r -
thraa IN princely fashion. supporting
ed paiatia ies reside so whom he present
aSeS, TO July. 1906. his business trans.
a aS or are supposed to have amount
co co TO S22, 100000. In the early DAYS
nave diminished, and he IeYt 10
when the safe in his ONCE was onsnad
ho ia sou was discovered
visiting Lueerne th M,s started on tour
was al ssnsd Learning that warrant
Saionile aeo Tor MS arrest. he went TO
waitins for I hir the French consul was
ne was put on board a vessel bounI
TOT Marseilles, but managed to escann
NTH hue ,hn raens, and proceeded to Cor
second time. taken to Patra aSr a tine
ssn,5ped TO. Brindisi, when he was ex.
rest in Athens. Here he spnssred az
such magnificent uniform that TIN
pones eommissary with the warrant
take h a, BB sea na told him that mis-
t ~ accompany him to the poiice sta.
ton where 1t could be rectified Thsn
e ae man vsr IN the gorgeous uniform be-
f " I The IDEA ro G5 the 9s
the police Office! You mock noe "s ,r TO
ne said Fearing diplomatic compii-
to '' exnia inc p e eomm!ssary wanted
Of Liberia" turned away In 6,srMst
n Eo same evening. he hed.
be at sa dayf later he was reported to
managed to escape When ss W 1ss
Ssa,n arrested and brought to France he
onment 'ears innpris-
ooi ne reappeared last year, starting q
colonial AGRICULTURAL bank in the Kus
au 4 Septembre. This time he M
stmdn He organized a mission OF
pers OF the mission. who wore lam
noyant uniforms were oficiallv re-
c,s, at Rome. Naples. Brindisi and
TOR :.r, HIS next venture was to start
ana south American States" He pre-
scented himself as Comptroller, Genera1
Sa Peru. and declared that he had
e agh charged with the task of or
securing colonists for that country
neoPle anxious to so to Peru came
t Wish their medical certificates and
2he, liiiss.un nerer eta r.ssy .a.aa ~
organizer left Paris His brilliant uni
am o.mi OF colonial administrator" had
u wh;as everybody in the hotel at
without It, however. for it was ono or
the articles retained because its Wearer
mad not paid his hotel bills.
re continued to direct colonial I'M
9eTthklngs. representing himself as the
delegate of the government A ouarrcI
with a woman in the Boulevard Roche
chouart led to his downfall. for the
polics were called in. recognized him
now reported to have made q complete
concession of his exploits.
in m mia sensation nirc,sa has been caused
General Robert. commander of the
Fourteenth Army Corps and military
governor OF Lyons The general was
asked seso 10 an rat rishmams rise" He was
Dllvision OF Infantry. In garrison In
Paris. He promptly refused the ap-
pointment. and asked to be placed on
the war Minister granted
To place a general in command OF
an army corps at the head OF division
was looked upon by certain papers as
disgrace for the officer concerned.
step. It is pointed out that an acct
dent happened last March to General
Roberts motor car. which was driven
by a reservist during his term OF SER
partment OF the Rhine alleged that
when the accident occurred the reserv-
list was in plain clothes. but that in
order TO make the State pay for the
repairs 20 the car the general ante
dated the order summon!ng the resery-.
list to the colors General Robert In
dignartly denied this allegation. which
was. however. maintained by the Dep
uty.
The appointment Of q commander of
an army corps to a division is prac-
t!cally without precedent In the French
army. According to one of the pa
pers, such an appointment does not
sure Is intended The writer has look.
ed UP the law on the subject, and he
finds that the command OF an army
the object is ito pass the greatest
number OF generals through that rank Z