The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-02
NOTED JOCKEY CLUB
SEEKS PRESIDENT
Exclusive French Organiza-
ton Mourns Death Of Its
Able and Titled Chief.
PLACE HARD TO FILL
Thousand Members Bound
by Strictest Regulations of
Prescribed Formality.
PLACE HARD TO FILL

PARIS, Nov. 1.-The death of the
Duke de Fezensac, head of the great
Montesquiou family, renders vacant
the important office of president of
the French Jockey club, one Of the
world s most exclusive clubs.
Founded in 1888 on the same lines
as the English Jockey club by tho cell
ebrated Lord Henry Seymour, it num-
bered among its fourteen foundation
members the Duke of Orleans, the
Duke of Nemours, Prince of the Mos
kowa and Count Demidoff. High So
cial position and large fortune have al
ways been indispensable conditions of
membership; one black ball in six suf-
fices to exclude. The etiquette Of the
club is Of the strictest. and long pc
Rod of mourning will elapso before
the election of the new president takes
place The post is not an easy one to
fill.
Needs Are Numerous.
First, there are the social qualifica~
tions, which are many; secondly, the
successful candidate must devote much
time to his duties. Both the late Duke
de Fenzensac and his predec essor, tho
Duke dc Doudeauville, were admirable
in these respects. The president is
usually taken from among the four
vice presidents, but of these at pres
ent two are considered too elderly and
neither Of the other two seems TO have
enough weight for tho post. The
Jockey club has a prediction for
outside Of royalties, admits compara-
lively few foreigners. There arc ut
present thousand members; but it Is
only on rare occasions that anything
like that number assemblies, The club
is a solemn aud dignlfied institution.
1t never gives entertainments and wom-
en- are rarely, if ever, admitted,
Unusual Protectorate.
"America' g first step toward a new
policy is the way George Scelle, pro-
fessor Of international law in the Uni
versity Of Dijon, describes the Porter
tional convention Of 1907 on the coer~
Give recovering OF contract debts from
defaulting states. This policy has re-
suited, tho professor writes in the
Franco American Review, in q de facto
protectorate Of the United States over
several Latin-American countries. The
protcctorate' must not be taken In
it's ordinary sense. as "implying tho
giving up Of interior government and
tons to the agents Of the protector who
are ostensibly installed in the admins
tration of the protected country
Regarded Imperialistic.
"The recent interventions Of the
United States" says he. Gin Central
America, in San Domingo, Honduras,
Nicaragua and Mexico, recall attention
TO the constant manifestation OF North
American imperialism in tho affairs of
the Latin states. This coercive action
comes about as a result Of disorder, It
takes q logical course according to the
circumstances Of the case, appearing at
ono time rs political intervention, or
at another in the form Of tutelage,
financial in principle, political in Of
feet, pacific in result, which one scarce
" knows how to classify among the
institutions of international law. Not
witbstanding criticism directed against
this policy, it appears impossible to
of civilization,
Lieutenant Colonel E. Picard finds
that the firing of one shell Of tho
twelve-inch naval gun costs 1880
francs, or about S970. This amount is
divided as follows: The cost of the
proiectile. which weighs 440 kilo-
grams (about 070 pounds), is 1900
francs ($300). The charge weighs l35
Kilograms (about o97 pounds), and
costs 100 francs (about s220). The
gun costs 100000 francs (about s70,-
0O0). Taking the life Of the gun as
200 shots, each shot would cost 1850
francs, or about $3.50.