The Rit? coast is now well patrolled for gun-runners and will soon be completely blockaded if, as is expected, the Franco-Spanish negotiations in Madrid lead to an agreement, He has no chance of breaking through on the Algerian side, where the French have ample means of transport for troops, To prevent the Moorish tribes from interpreting the defensive attitude of the French forces as an admission of impotence, it is necessary that Marshal Lyautey, whose influence with the natives is very great, should be free to exercise administrative and diplomatic talents without having his time occupied by purdy military duties. The command of the troops will therefore be handed over to a general who proved his capacity during the war and has also had experience of African campaign M. Painlevé expressed strong conviction that the Morocco campaign is a matter of national importance in which the future of France's African empire is at stake, ind that the Government could not! allow itself to be guided by the minor currents of internal polities and the rivalries of Parliamentary groups when such vast interests were involved. It only remains for him to act up to these principles, which have often been proclaimed but are not always adhered to.
The Stealing of Brains Legislation is being proposed for' the purpose of protecting the French luxury trades against piracy. These trades represent a very considerable part of French exports. Last year the dresses, lingerie, lace, glass crystal ware, pottery, porcelain, ete., sent abroad were put down in the' Customs returns for over 8,000,000,000 fr, or more than twice much as the grain bought from other countries. The demand for French luxury goods de large extent on the crigial qualities of their design, and the firms which go to the greatest expense in Procuring these designs complain bitterly, as they have been complaining for years, that the ideas for which they pay fare systematically stolen by rivals. As regards the dressmaking trade alone, there are in Paris more than 100 houses which exist solely by counterfeiting the - models created by a very small number of others. They do not keep proper books and, they conceal the greater part of their profits.
Not long ago a woman of bandits tut against the pirate who, with his litle sketching-bleck in his hand, haunts the shop windows, furtively copying new designs. Rely Americ she bey opect be, who. buy speck. mone of pottery and. send them 10 Germany to be reproduced in great [quentitiee. Sometimes the name of fovellknown ceramic artlet 'ded, of courte without his consent, fand the imitation and forged signs ture are passed off as originals.
'The Pirates' Lair One of the promoters of who new legislation, which aims chiefly at increasing existing penalties, tells 'a curious story of a raid on suspected premises—a shop of most Tespectable appearance. "As soon as it was known that a police oficial was with us," he says, "there was a loud ringing of electric bells Empty cupboards, empty drawer empty ca Enety deawe Empty. bones: aaleywomen. with Sothing to do. work girls with 10 Why were all these cept idle? Suddenly one of v5) Eitered. an exclamation of triumph. While inspecting a closet littered wth brooms and brushes he dex Covered that the floor ould {ifted up. "Beneath "it was found Several dresses. "Then we all set work to examine the walls, the floors and the doors. Surprise followed surprise.
"he whole House was all of hid ing places—secret lockers, i wardrobes with double backs, and cupboards concealed in walls.' We found dozens of dresses, patterns fand™ sketches which "had been evidently thrown into hiding places. We even found dromes hidden under heaps of rags and other Tefuse. The representatives of the two. dressmaking firms concerned examined the booty and identified Several copies of their models, Finally we discovered the alarm bell which had given warning through out the house, It was under the! carpet in the ball. As goon as he saw the police oficial, the hall porter had quietly pressed the bell with his foot." It remains tobe seen whether heavier penalties will discourage the pirates. They will simply move their workshops. to pirating. 5 some other country, and go on
The New Sunshades As an example of the inventiveness for which further protection is now sought, we may take the new! sunshades brought out for Ascot and the Grand Prix. They almost} deserve to be put into m museum. lone specimen, bought by an Englishwoman who intended going to Ascot, was made of pale yellow muslin with a mother-of-pearl handle. the centre -of the sunshade were three large bouquets of flowers embroidered in. thick. wools and fille, exquisite in workmanship and colouring and bearing the designer's name quite prominently. Another model is of deep yellow, covered with ostrich feathers. The stick unscrews, so that. the owner jean easily convert her sunshade Into a fan, 'A third specimen is made of pearl-grey suede kid. It is completely covered with a small design carried out in grey and soft blue, und has small medallions between the ribs, and a frilly edging. The price of these sunshades ranges from 400 fr. to 800 fr. and, taking into due account their originality of design and first-rate workmanship, it cannot be said that they are dear, Mus. Neil Nelson, wife of the! archeologist with ' the American Asiatic Expedition, now in Mongolia, and Miss M. S. Smith, of the Peking American school, returned recently from a five weeks, walking tour in the Dinmond mountains of Korea. They report a wonderful trip, though their plans were somewhat frustrate Jed by the floods. They spent a week Jat Oriseire climbing the adjacent mountains and then proceeded to }Yu Leur Sze where they were shut in by the heavy rains for a week. They then went on to Choan. Fi where the rains again blocked thei progress, all approach from there to [Seoul being impossible, the bridges being washed away. The party Inext walked.25 miles over the mountains back to Oriseri only to find the lbeidge useless. They had to be ferried across the stream in flat bottomed boatg. They had " fright Min the flood. patter spending. when they sav boat capsize
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