The chronicle=news., 1913-03-24
.eus Notes from,
Foreign Capitals

Paris, March .t.-PrcsIdeut I
PoIncairc hus made up his mind 10
spcnd, us fast as he receives II. every
penny OF his presidential income VI
$4,000 u year. Then, at the end
of his seven year term h. Will re-
turn without savings to earning his
| living m lawyer A total income
during the term OF office OF nearly
81 100000 has given opportunity to
previous French Presidents TO lay
aside u snug sum ;ainst the time
when they retir, TO private life. but
even this cOmmsndable thrift do.s
not enter into the plans OF lii. new
President Of the French Republic.
n PoIncaire expressed this de-
Termination TO lie lavish In his .x.
pcnditurcs to lawyer friend u few
days ago. His friend thought this
WIS rather unwis". and pointed out
to the President that his prlyat"
means were no, large.
What will yom do. II you don't
save anything. when You are no
longer President" hc asked.
DO" answered ". Poin.air..
why. work. OF ,oursrs Mr.. TAFT j.
going to hcOm" y Professor ut fal'
when he ieaveS tn. Whit. House:
why should not ! p'i' IN M Ni,"'
Gates gown again'"
Although French Presidents only
appear with the sash Of the Legion OF
Honor In public. they could II the.
wished. display rs many vnrlcgatrt
ribbons, stars aud crosses as an
hereditary monar,h IN the world.
or living eN-rresidcnts. NJ. I.oubo,
holds the record: hn has no less than
3: Grand Ribbons and Grand Cross.
rs.. as nEnins; - for his successor,
NJ. fa,iIcr.s. ". I.oub.' alone
mon. -N-Prc-i'l-n's has til. GnI'i"a
flc'c" Of spain: III. Lion of Nrihrr-
lands: III. Lion of Norway: III" hn-
fIaE of Turk"y. III" i.ib.rator of
Venezuela: til" star OF Ethiopia: til"
order Of Daniel I. OF Mon"n gro: th"
Golden Lion OF I.uNumb.rg: tho '...-
d.mption Of Liberia. and til" Or..:'
Of the Blood o' Tunis NJ. Fal,lrr.t
holds exclusively the Grand Cor'inns
Chris; Of Portugal: %! 81. Oia:' d.
the NIcham-if'ikhar aud OF the o..
der %: Carol I. OF Rouman'a.
The questions of th" nationality 81
Christopher Columbus. and whcr" N
was bon. continue 10 porr an in"'-
haustiUic subject OF discussion iO'
historians and pliiioio:isis.
The latest contribution q" fhN i"-
hat. comes from u French writ.i
Henri Schoen. who brinr forward
number Of new ~ gumcnt, In supper;
ot the tradition that ChrIs;ophc- -.
lumbus was bnr, ut Calvi. ~ =. -
sica. This tradition Is. .! coursc. IN
direct ntrndictiOn to tn. theory
that the d'srov.rer ot America was Of
Gcn"esc birth. aud II ~ also contrary
10 the views Of such learned Sp,i
inrjs as d. In R'.rr aud IN" Marr'''
de Los Fucnt.s who maintain .hat
Columbus. or Colon. according to -"
Spanish form OF the name. was n
rcP'Ifr native of Gnlicin. In Spa'r.
fact which he ALWAYS conccn'r1
with the object Of hiding his Jew'rh
origin.
The Spanish Investigators. white.
arguing against the claims Of the
italians FOR Gcnou. Join hands with
them In aftuckidg the theories of
Schocn. The French writer bases his
arguments on certain names and 9th
er details that appear In the narra-
tive OF Columbus. In this recital.
Spanish one party gees 6alician aud
the other Genocsc "reminiscences.
while Schocn points out. for instance.
that Columbus refers to fishes call"t.
"toninas''. q word equally unknown
In Italy and spain. but OF cveryla:
use In Corsica.
To this the Spanish philolosis,.
Mariana dc Cavia. replies that. on
the contrary, the word "tonina' Is
generally used BY Spanish -eafari--
folk to designate either the fresh
funny fish or the dolphin. BY en-
ploying this word in the newt of his
narrative Columbus was not going
outside OF that language. and the
consequcn; inference Of his Corslcan
origin only becomes one more proof
OF his Spanish birth.
Old Mathicu. aged seventy. the
the driver Of one Of the ramshuck'"
cabs of Paris. and his horse Manon.
as old relatively for a horse as he
is for a man. are to spend the rest OF 1
their days in clover.
Mathieu came cut OF the cIbmin
retreat a rnw days ago to find
stranger stroking his horses nos".
The gentleman explained that u"
r..,,,~,t,,,I &, Nu,nu ~, np.St ne