The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-16
Great Gambling Establishment
Comes Under Ban of
French Law.

ny LA MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
n OCCUPATIONS are now in pro
" gress between the Prince or
Monaco and tho owners of tho
casino at Enghien. which is a suburb
OF Paris. for the transfer Of their pub
Tic gambling establishment from
thence to his great chateau of Mar
chais. in tho Department OF the Aisne.
on the Belgian border
Strictly speaking. gambling such as
is carried on at Monte Carlo is for
hidden by law In France But n lot
OF minor forms or games of chance
arc permitted. notably, tho "petits
cheveauN" Uittle horses). which is
merely modified form OF roulette
or course. In establishments such as
these. the hard and fast line between
petits ckeveaux and less authorized
methods of tempting Dame Chance
are not too strictly observed
This has been especially the case at
EnShlen. where the recent revelations,
showing that influential politicians
have been able, by means Of large
brides which they received from the
gambling establishment at EnghIen.
To avert any Interference there on the
part of the police. have caused the
legislature to enact "a law forbidding
any kind Of gambling. either in the
form OF petits cheveauX or otherwise
within hundred miles of the metro
polls. The casino at Enghien is.
therefore, Obliged to close and has
pitched upon the Prince OF Monaco's
chateau of Marchais, as the most
favorable field for Its future activity.
Situated half way between Brussels
and Paris, gambling establishment
at Marchais would draw not only the
former patrols Of Enghien and the
people fond OF gambling from the
French metropolis, but also those who
used formerly to haunt the Belgian
watering place OF Ostend where pub
lie gambling has been abolished, and
wher. the antigaming laws are.
thanks to King Albert. now rightly
enforced The gaming tables at Us-
tend and Spa we're wont To draw large
crowds from England and from Ger
many. and II is assumed that all these
Will frequent Marchais. as being with
in much easier reach than Monte
Carlo.
At Marchais the managers Of the
enterprise would not be restricted,
even theoretically. 10 the little horses,
as an Enghien, but would be able to
indulge in all the forms OF gambling
In vogue at Monte Carlo, trcnte-et-
quarantc, rouge -noir. etc For ac-
cording to international law sover-
eigns and the members OF their fam
lily residing IN foreign countries, en-.
JOY there the same eN-territor!al pre-
negatives rs their ambassadors ana
ENJOYS. That is 10 say. the Chateau
of Mnrchais, and the entire estate, be-
longing rs they do to foreign SOW
ereiSn, namely. the Prince OF Monaco.
are exempt from every form of French
jurisdiction. and immune from all in
reference on the part or the French
authorities, exactly in the same way
as the legation OF Monaco in Paris.
or the British embassy in that capital.
Naturally, fer the Prince of Monaco
to lease Marchais for any such nefari-
Gus purpose, would constitute n grave
abuse of the eX-territorial prcroga-
tfves which he enjoys not by courtesy,
but as a matter of international law
and comfy. But the prince has
shown, both prior and subsequent to
his accession 10 the throne, that he