EMPEROR OF SAHARA

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1052, 20 November 1903, Page 4

EMPEROR OF SAHARA

HAVING A THRONE MADE,

PARIS, Sept. 12. Paris may receive the visit "of a great emperor before that of the

King of Italy, lor Jacques 1., Emperor of Sahara, is matcing preparations to have himself received at his residence, No. li Rue de Berri, where will float from the balcony his Saharan flag, ornamented with two lions supporting a shield bearing as a device a laborer pushing a plough attached to a motsr.

“ His Majesty ” has been a busy man since landing at Hamburg. He scut a letter to Captain J.aures, of the cruiser Galilee, thanking him for rescuing the five abandoned sailors ; he has received hundreds of letters and telegrams addressed “Jacques I.j, Emperoc ol Sahara,”' and hq announces his intention of imitating Andrew Carnegie in giving a large sum to the Arbitration Court, which he wishes to pass on the legitimacy of his claim to the new empire,

Lebaudy’s plan for religious instruction ' may displease Premier Conlbes, for twenty-five Brothers of the Christian Doctrine Order and eighteen Daughters of the Holy Ghost will attend to the religious education, ol the settlers , also four missionaries have been engaged for the capital, Troja, which is still unbuilt. The throne for the inauguration has been ordered from a Paris upholsterer, and Lebaudy s °mcial paper is inscribed, “ Empire of Sahara, Liberty of Conscience, borce, Work, Manufacture, Commerce, Agriculture, Labor.” Lebaudy has summoned eleven men whom he calls “ Ministers of State, to Gilon, Switzerland, for consultation relative to his plans ; he has secured a quota of colonists, and is now preparing a second waiting Ist. He is arranging for an army ■ ?* *°. men commanded by a lieutenantgeneral, who will draw a salary equalling that of the commander of an army corps in France. The first settlers start on November 10. Lebaudy will soon visit England to buy a printing outfit and adjustable bouses ; he will next issue a proc amation to the Powers. In the meantime, the French press calls on the Government to take action against Lebaudy, some calling him a pirate, while all demand that he detray the cost of the Government cruiser Galilee, which liberated the men who are now bringing damage suits. The papers declare it is all like a page from Jules [Verne.