El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-18
FRENCHHONOR
CALIFORNIAN
BY MISTAKE
Stockwell, Showered With
COurtesies, Finally Dis
covers Reason
FORMER PREMIER IS
FIGHTING DRINK EVIL

Paris, France, Jan 1S.-H. E. Stock
well, of Los Angeles, was surprised, OF
/ leaving the train in Paris, to find him
self respectfully saluted by the rail.
rood employees and many of his fel.
low passengers.
He had always regarded the French
as very polite people but he found
that the policemen were the most cour-
teouS Of them all. When ever he
passed one Of these guardians of the
peace, the man drew himself up and
delivered on impressive military So
Lutte.
This gratifying respect continued for
a whole month, when, having occasion
to ask the way Mr.. StOckWeu applied
himself to a policeman. To his aston
ishment he was addressed as Monsieur
lie Prefet-" A few words Of explanation
solved the mystery; Mr.. StockWelI is
the living counterpart Of that Partisan
idol, NJ Lepine, project of police
Former Premier Fights Drink.
Former premier Clemenceau has
written the preface to pamphlet de-
voted to a general economic study of
alcohol which has just been laid be-
fore the Paris academy Of medicine.
NJ Clemenceau, like the author of
the pamphlet, finds it deplorabIe that
the sOmnipOtent authority" of the state
should seem to be powerless against
the most formidable enemy OF social
peace, of general welfare and of the
rise of the humber classes to a higher
life
He ridiculeS existing remedies, which
consist in taken drunken men to the
police office or placarding the inside
of Wine-shops with prohibitions of
drunkenness. while the laws of France
relating to the manufacture and sale
Of the most deleteriOus kinds of spirit
contribute to tester this particular vice.
Today" NJ Clemenceau continues
at is beginning to be understood that
the right to poison people cannot prop
erly be regarded as one of the achieve
ments of the French revolution Uni
versal suffrage would really put itself
out of court if it had only succeeded in
emancipating itself from the yoke of a
single tyrant in order to fall under the
sway Of a league Of private interests
which are in open warfare with the
public interest All well intentioned
men, without distinction Of party, ought
to join in a common effort for the
salvation Of our country, which is men
aced from so many directions at once"
Royalty Proves Disappointing.
The amusing adventures of Jacques
Lebaudy, who for a short time was
known as the Emperor Of the Sahara
have been recalled by the curious ex-
periences of Tiscount Alfred German
de Breuil, whose ambition was to be-
come king Of Arabia and Syria
The viscount met a German in a
Bordeaux cafe, who, on learning that
cursiOns to Arabia, suggested that he
should undertake another trip with the
object of setting up an independent
state and having himself proclaimed
king. Once appointed sovereign, he
was to return to France, so the story
goes, and sell his kingdom to Germany.
The German agreed to pay the Wis
count $4,000 if he succeeded, and to
show his earnestness of purpose ad-
vanced $4,000 for expenses.
The viscOunt started for Arabia and
Syria. fixing his headquarters at FL
Aioum in a country where the natives
acknowledge no mans rule But a con-
ference Of u Independent tribes finally
decided to crown the viscount as Alfred
the First, king of the independent
states of Arabia and Syria He then
went to Cairo. where the documents
establishing his authority were placed
in legal form.
Disappointment and establishment
were his, however, on returning to
Paris, for here, instead of receiving the
the balance of the $4,000 that was
promised to him, he learned that his
German friend was in prison The
Yiscount instituted a suit for swindling,
but the court decided that the new
crowned king had no case and the
matter was thrown out of court. The
TiscOunt has not yet announced
whether he will return to his new
country.