The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-08
MONACO PLUNGED INTO UNCERTAINTY

With the recent death, at the age of seventy eiobt wears, of Prince Albert l., the fortunes of Monaco. tiny nation that draws most of It's income from tourists who gamble and tourists who watch tourists gambling is plunged into a sea of uncertainty.
 Will the all-powerful Monte Carlo Casino continue virtually to govern the little prln- cipality?
 Will France seize the opportunity to moor porate the wee pleasure state and eliminate the break in the French coast for nearly three miles of the way between Nice and Mentone?
 The answer to these questions is wrapped up in the personality and principles of Louls hereditary Prince of Monaco, French l1ason officer with the British army during the World War
 Louis is an ardent Francophile.
 Tn addition, he is actively opposed to gam blinp and extravagances of any sort Ills father. while opposed to these sources ot m- come in principle, shut his eyes to the stead ilv increasing wealth and power of the group that operates the Casino and really controls the principaity. ,
 Onnosition to the activities of the Soclete des Bains de Mer, which owns and operates the Casino. the Hotel de Paris the Sporting Club. the Cafe de Paris, the leading motor bus line on the Riviera, the only large garage m Monaco, the tennis club, the golf club and nu- merous other profitable concessions, is expect ed as soon as the hereditary prince becomes the reigning prince
 Tn particular, feud is expected to break ont between Prince Louis and Camille Blanc, whose father foupded the Casino and who IS
 oIoI 4o Io tbo and the wealthiest man in Monaco. lie IS pres ident of the Societe des Bans de Mer.
 It is expected that Louis will launch his campaign against the strangle hold which the Casino has upon the principality by aiding in every possible way the industries, including pottery works, perfumeries- and brewerles, which were established during his father $ reign Eventually, friends of the young Prince believe, Monaco can be made independent or the gaming rooms, or at least strong enough to break the dogmatic rule of the societe
 Prince Albert came to the throne in 1889. Early in life he. developed a love for the sea, and to this romantic feeling for ships and salt water was added truly scientific curiosity. A large part of the Princes time has been spent aboard his yacht the Princess Alice, ex- ploring the Seven Seas for geological and bo- tanlcal SpeclmelS, WHICH nave DeeH asSelnpleu by him in his Oceanographic Museum, familiar to tourists, on the Rock of Monaco He has brought from the depths creatures never be- fore known to science, some of them from 10000 below the level of the sea, and has in- itiated the study of marine bacteriology.
 During visit to the United States last year Prince Albert received the Agassiz medal and in April of this year was awarded the Vega Medal, given each ten years by the An thropological and Geographical Society of Stockholm scientific equivalent of the Nobel prize.
 In contrast to his father, Prince Louis, it is understood, has no great love for the sea. He is proud of his title of colonel in the French army and delights in military science. He speaks fluently French, Italian and English, His mother was the daughter of the English Duke of Hamilton.