The Pensacola journal., 1913-11-02
PRESIDENT OF
FRENCH JOCKEY
CLUB IS DEAD
DUKE OF FEZENsAc, HEAD OF
GREAT MoNTEsoUIoN FAMILY.
DIES, LEAVING VACANT HIGH
OFFICE IN MOST EXCLUSIVE or
CLUBS.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

| bI ASSOf-4A AIEit PRESS.
| Paris, Nov. The death OF the
Duke Of Fezsasac, head OF the great
Montesquiou family, readers vacant the
/ important Office Of president of the
French Jockey Club. one OF the worlds
| most exclusive clubs.
Founded in 1893 on the same lines as
lhe English Jockey Club. by the cele-
! b.ated LORD Henry Seymour, it num-
bered among its fourteen foundation
members the Duke of Orleans, the
Duke OF Eemours, Prince of the Mos
kowa. and Count Demidof. High So
cial position and large fortune have
always been Indispensable conditions
! Of membership; one black ball in six
sufnces to exclude. The etiquette of
the club is Of the strictest. and a long
period of mourning will elapse before
the election of the new president takes
place. The post is not an easy one to
en
Ffrst, there are the social quanaca-
tions, which are many; secondly, the
successful candidate must devote much
time to his duties. Both he late Duke
de Fezensac and his predecessor, the
Duke de Doudeauville, were admirable
In these respects. The president is
usually taken from among the four
vice-presidents, but OF these ct pres
ent two are considered too elderly apd
neither Of the other two seems to have
enough weight for the post. The
Jockey Club has a prediction for
members of French noble families ano,
outside Of royalties, admits compare
lively few foreigners. There are at
present a thousand members; but it lis
only on rare occasions that anything
like that number assemblies. The club
is solemn and dignified institution
1t never gives entertainments and
women are rarely, if ever, admitted.
Americas first step towards a new
policy" is the way George Scelle, pro-
fessor OF international law in the Uni
versity Of Diton, describes the Porter
proposal which resulted in the inter-
national convention Of 1907 on the
coercive recovering of contract debts
from defaulting states. This policy
has resulted, the professor writes In
the Franco-American Review. in a de-
facto protectorate Of the United States
over several Latin American countries.
The ''protectorate" must not be taken
IN Its ordinary sense, as Implying the
giving up Of interior government and
especially the control of exterior rela-
tions to the agents Of the protector
VIII are ostensibly installed in the ad-
ministration Of the protected country"
The recent interventions Of the
United States" says he 'in Central !
America, in San Domingo. Honduras, |
Nicaragua and Mexico. recall attention |
to the constant manifestation Of North |
fyoT IN, PeoSxs -
the Latin states. This coercive action |
comes about as result of disorder. |
IT takes q logical course according to /
the circumstances of the case. appear |
ing at one time as a political intcrven- |
tion, or at another in the form of tu- /
telage. financial in principle. political |
in effect. pacific in result, which one /
scarcely knows how to ella ssify among |
the Institutions Of International law.
notwithstanding criticism directed |
AGAINST this policy, 1t apnears inpos-
sible 10 deny that the work undertaken
is one Of civilization"
Lieutenant Colonel E Picard finds |
that the firing of one shell of the |
twelve-inch naval gun costs 1850 !
franc or about 1910 This amount is
divided as follows: The cost of the
profectiIe,. which weighs 440 killo-
srammes (about $40 pounds). is 1.5o0 |
francs $4,000 The charge weishs 135 /
(about 279 ronnds), and
costs 100 francs (abnut 5000. TAX
ing the nee Of the gun as 300 shots,
each shot would cost 1850 francs, or
about $3.50.
The enormous role which the dirigi-
hle and the aeronlsne will have II fu-
ture wars has convinced European
Of the necessity OF dis
covering an invisible uniform. During
the recent French maneuvers the
troo~s of beth sides snent a good deal |
of their time in deceiving the erernv's
air craft Immediately an aeroulane
apneared on the horizon. the order was
given to hide. ard the soldiers were
forced to lie behind hedees or under
whatever cover was available until the
air scout was out Of sight.
The French military authorities ac-
1uired the conviction that the onlv
hore OF taking an enemy by surprise
In modern warfare lay in being able
sdeouatelv 70 hide FROM his air shins.
for it was demonstrated that by means
of their air fleets both General Pau and
General Chonner. commanding the ar
mics Of the French Pnapeuvers- had
almost as accurate a knowledge Of
heir enerny's movements as Of those
of their own troops.
The cloth of future French uniforms
which proved to be the least visible
from above appears TO be a blue-gray
material, light in tone, with a reddish
.fnEe. It is quite distinct from khaki
and from the greenish cloth which was
tested in the French army a couple OF
years ago.