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Show REVOLUTION WHICH f I v IS COMIC. RATHER $ t THAN ALARMING X 4- Special Cable to The tribune. f X MONTE CARLO. April 2. Tho v i. little principality of Monaco, famous T 4- for Its gambling, Is demand ng a v J. constitution and probably will ro- y 4. celvc It. The principality has a pop-X pop-X uhitlon of about 19.000, but only T 4- about 1200 of these nro Monc-- -r .. casques, the rest being chlefiy y French and Italian The "rcvolu- v 4. tlonnrV movement Is confined to y those 1200 natives, and It Is comic v 4. rather than alarming to hear these X privileged Inhabitants of n , land y J. without taxes exclaim In traditional y .! fashion: "Wo demand the rights of y the proletariat!" "Down with an- y .t. tocracv!" "Monaco Is the only y .j country in the world." on ot the y f constitutional leaders urges, "where y tM 4. an absolute, autocracy still exists, y We have no rights, wo nro at tho y Jm 4- morrv of the will of n single man. f the czar of Monaco." Hie privileged y jH A- state of the discontented Mono- y IH .5. casques is, of course, due to the y 4. "Socleto des Ilains dcr Mer." which y 4. navs 70,000 a year for exploit- y 4- ing the casino. There- are thus no y jH 4. taxes In Monaco and no national j-4. j-4. debt. T |