The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-07
EMPEROR WISHES
OLD LAW REPEALED

70 ne Jews sinee Yrussiaa s1AaAaaA
unlike thasA for instano~ o9 EnGlanA.
do not exercise any judgmsat IN ~
applications Of sx1st1ng lava 7Aage ere
hundreds Of statutes In EnglanA. sems
Of them dating from the reign q
Queen BlAsAbsth. and from James I.
providing extfavagant penalt1e0 for the
most trivial offences. ana In Scotland
the medieval law 6scrssing capital
punishment for iufract1ono q TIE
Seventh Commandment continues un-
changed. OF course. No attempt u
made nowadays to enforce either this
or othsr statutes % IN analogous ma
tufe. ana they have been permitted %
become dead letters. But In Prussia,
- long a. Q law remains unrepealed,
no matter how arbitrary III tenor. the
government omc!al. the magis-
trates. and the 1uaGss. consider Il ia
be their duty TO execute III previsions
with the utmost rigor.
spain's ambassaAor - yfanes. SenA-
tor Psres Caballsfo. former Minister
Of Foreign Affairs ct Madrid. 10 about
to quit his post under somewhat un.
usual and awkward circumstances. A
-
cial concern. entitled the Credit Fon-
cler OF Southern Spain. doated . loan
In Paris. and the walls Of the city
were covered with huge posters call
ing upon the people TO subscribe, an
nouncing In large letters that the
Spanish ambassador Vas the presidens
Of the institution in question: while
the name OF n. de Nolhao. curator OF
the Palace ana Museum Of Versailles.
was given - one Of the directors. The
French government Immediately CALL
ed upon NJ do Nolhac to choose be-
tween his curatorship and his direc-
torship. with the result that he lost
no time In rssigning from the la&tef.
He IL now Q candidate for election TO
the Academy Of France.
AT the same time. the then French
Premier Caillaux. although engaged N
all sorts Of more or less reputable nm
ancial enterprises himself. caused 1t
to be quietly intamated to the court
Of Spain that the action OF foreign
ambassador accredited to the French
Republic. In using his ofncial position
to foster financial schemes Of his own
on the banks Of the Seine. was. 70 say
thu least, impolitic. and did not COM
mend itself to the French government
Accordingly. Perez Caballero was COM
PEELED to resign his presfdepcy Of the
Credit Foncier Of Southern Spain. and
to thus forego the pecuniary advan-
tases which he had secured therefrom
and expected TO derive In the future.
This naturally embtttered MIN
against the French government. and
II IL q question whether this personal
rancor on his part did not In measure
contribute to the ill-feeling which mas
exis0d for tho past eighteen months
between the two countries. and which
an several occasions has brought them
almost to the very brink OF war In
connection with the Moorish problem
Last month the Credit Foncier OF
the south Of Spain came to grief. the
failure being ono Of particularly
disastrous and unsavory character. ana
now the French stockholders have
lodged charges against the ambassa-
dor in the Partisan law courts. on the
ground that they were induced to IN
vest their money In the enterprise. oy
means Of fraudulent representations IN
the prospectus. which bore the name OF
the .mhassador as president Of the
concern.
~ long a Perex Caballero remains
ambassador, he enjoys diplomatic and
ex-territorial Immunity from the jurts-
diction Of any French courts immuni-
ties which. however. will cease wheH
his mission il brought to close. On
the other hand. 1t IL manifestly impos-
sible for q foreign ambassador to con-
tinue to shield himself behind these I'M
munities in order to protect himself
against accusations Of fraud; and piac-
"A between the alternative OF having
his passports sent to him by the
French government, or resigning his
once he has selected the latter al
tentative. ana II returning home still
shielded By the prerogatives OF his OF
ace, to sever at Madrid his connections
with the diplomatic service OF Spain.
The Lady wolseley who II now visit
ing San Francisco with her SON. u .
native Of that city. the daughter OF
Daniel +. Murphy. one OF It's leading
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