Desert Emperor's Freaks.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7722, 26 January 1905, Page 4

Desert Emperor's Freaks.

M. LEBAUDY TALKS OF SIIEL LIX<; CHEIUiOI'KG. I'AKIS, Bee. 12. Troubles continue to gather upoi the head of M. Jacques Lebaudy the eccentric " Emperor of the Sa hara," who has quarrelled successive ly with his chancellor, his comman der-in-chief,. and his minsitcr for for eign affairs. ; The 1 alter, an engineer naniei Beaussy, is trying to obtain (ron his imperial master a part of th salary owing to hint, but the "Em peror Jacques I." cannot be found . M. Beaussy was left ait Laa Talma in command of the imperial navy consisting of the yacht I'VaS'iui 1;i . and received nothing -from the " Em peror " but abusive letters complain , ing " of his inaction and bitterly ri proaching him for allowing the yes , scl to be linlested by rats. One day the "Admiral of th Saharan Xavy was astonished t receive from the " Emperor " a let ter slating that he had chosen th Mohammedan as his/ ensign, i But still the parsimonious sovei , *-'ign careiully retained from sendin , any money. The Frasquitn ints sine . been sold, and the enquire is noi . without fleet, army, or dignitariei t Quite a number of actions are go' J finding against M. Lebaudy, win says the Matin, having received hint from a legal quarter that ) i extradition might be ntte,iii>t..d, „sc 1 threatening language about I'res , « cn t Loubet, and even bilked t ; bombarding Cherbourg f