The Washington times., 1914-10-02
Monte Carlo Nom
Is Place of Gloom
The Playground of Europe and Worlds Gambling
Rendezvous Has Been Made Desolate by War
and Officials of Casino Are Now in
Prison at Nice =

PARIS, Oct. 2.-MoHte Carlo IN
partimel The playground OF Eu-
rope and the worlds gambling
rendezvous is deSolate. The one
place where Always was to be found
wild dissipation, and bustling and
hustling, today is under blight OF
the greatest War in history. The
following story was sent to a local
newspaper by a special representa-
tipe pho mas assigned to picture
the little principality in war time:
Scene of Desolation.
II was astonished at the scene on the
top of the hill. For sheer. forlorn DESC
Iation l have beheld nothing to COM
pare with Monte carlo in time of war.
This buzzing hive, this center of wild
dissipation. this hackneyed scene Of
melodrama had acquired all the silence
And gloom of Pompeii.
by placard on the closed shutters that,
owing to the events the building
would not be opened until further no
tice. the reading room was transferred
10 the Cafe de Paris: deposits could be
recovered at the bank in the Galerie
Charles III.
In the big square there were twelve
wax figures arrayed on the benches.
1 am sure they were wax figures, for
they never spoke or moved: they wait
ed and waited-for nothing. big
blackboard waited for war bulletin
kilograms that never came.
There was lunch at a little coffee
house in the Condamine by the harbor.
Here l was seized at once by the ner-
vous atmosphere OF the principality-
At the next table was lady who spoke
with what seemed a violent German ac-
cent. l watched her suspiciously, for
at Nice German-baiting is the great
sport of the hour.
THE soberest citizens rush suddenly
amuck and collect crowds to chase and
belabor a man who has the wrong hat
or the wrong cut of beard. And at Nice
we mistrust Monaco.
A Friend of the Kaiser.
We know that the prince has sent
1000 pounds of bread to the prefect of
He Seine for the families of French
soldiers: we have read mis- highness'
stirring speech 10 a regiment at Beau
soleil: We have seen the red proclama-
tions on Monte Carlo walls ordering off
the enemy subjects or reasons OF
public order" But we know he is
friend of the Kaiser, a cousin of the
chief of the German staff. We suspect
him of tolerating spies. We Rur1nur of
annexation
she resented it, The proprietor ad-
dressed her sympathetically as Madame
la Comtesse. But that did not soothe
her.
Between the courses she threw up
her hands and screamed that such
things were unheard Of What
thingsr' / ventured TO inquire.
why, this infamous atmosphere of
suspiciond (my suspicion, perhaps)? For
days and yays she had been pushed
ehout at police stations. had haunted
the anteChambers of consulates. clam
cred for papers that we always de-
feIrcd. How was she to get out of this
accursed country without permit:
Some people make their own trou-
bles. and l pointed out to her that she
had only to enter a train and proceed to
Italy. No one need worry about papers
down here just now. least of all a wor-
thy Dutch woman who only desired to
depart.
Suffers From Reaction.
An the same, Monaco is certainly
suffering from a reaction against Ger
Tans. At first their expulsion was the
merest sham Then the prince proposed
to provide them with 4 special ship to
take them away To Italy.
'kh" said Nice, then you admit You
have been sheltering them; and now
you want TO send them away to luxury,
Nth ali the fruits of their espionage.
"One result is that high officials OF
the 'asino are now in Nice prisons
waiting to be tried as spies. An Italian
paper said one Of them had been s!Io4,
but thic is cOntradicted."