The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-02-18
LETTER
FROM S. EUROPE

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AGAINST the French colonization
plan and the picture of this I'M
happy people will not soon fade
from ones memory.
Formerly Pirates
We visited, too, the former
Bey's palace, where in his hey-dey
of mower he had 500 wives and
saw to it that all were on the Fat
of the Land" at the expense of
the peasantry. This too was the
stronghold of piracy and the Bar
harry coast was the dread of every
Mediterranean Cruiser for years.
These pirates collected a tariff
from all nations whose ships
sailed this sea, and prior to this
arrangement they would bodily
take the ship and its cargo and
imprison the crew and hold IT for
ransom. This practice continued
for wears and was finally broken
M by none other than our own
American Commodore Decatur,
who in June, 1915, appeared be-
fore Algiers in a warship and gave
the Bey just four hours to dellv-
or all Americans held captive. 9th
err nations soon followed and the
piracy of the seas became a thing
of the past. There is still enough
of it here, however, or land in the
shape of hotel keepers, taxi drlv-
ers and shop keepers. The mod
ern section of the city is very
much French. 1t is gay and APP
.parently happy in its sunny cline
and atmosphere little bat OF
Paris planted on the shores. OF
North Africa.
We must get back to our own
home on the Adriatic and sail to-
night across the Mediterranean to
Monaco and Nice on the SMILING
shores Of southern France-the
Florida and Callfornla OF EuioPe'
The French Riviera
One day and two nights bring
ma across the blue Mediterranean
southern France-nothing much
OF interest on the way, just blue
sky and blue water, the sea gulls'
perhaps a spouting whale, and our
own company of 500 tourists
now quite acquainted and very
much one family.
We are all anxious to see the
principally Of Monaco with it's
Monte Carlo. An early start ISL
made and we drive over the Won
derful upper Corniche road and
therefrom get a lasting and Inc
spring view Of the bay. We stop
to view a Roman tower built be-
fore the Christian era and very
much in ruins; then on to Nice
and Cannes, the playground and
watering places Of southern Eu-
rope. Here winter life is very
cosmopobtan and one rubs should
r with ms from many chimes.
Bsating the Bank
After . samptuous lunch and
French wine we retrace our steps
to Monaco and strip for action at
the famous gambling resort
Monte Carlo. A real son of Mon
tana-espeeiaily a dry-land far
mer-cannot pass this up and we
chance a few ducats or francs. The
result is not disastrous and after
studying the faces of the old and
young, both men and women, who
fringe the gambling tables, we
can't help but be in accord with
the philosopher who said that "a
sucker is born every minute
anyway the day would not have
been complete without visiting
Monte Carlo and one of us has the
satisfaction of carrying away a
few francs of winning instead of
losing.
Tonight we board the ship and
at midnight set sail for Naples.
AT Naples
The "Adriatic" steams into won
drous Naples Bay at midnight and
some of us have remained awake
to get a glimpse of a possible
flare from Vesuvius-we were
told that this active volcano was
again performing-bu aside from