The great event of the week in France has been
the capture of the Humbert family. It seems that on Thursday week an anonymous letter waareceived at the French Embassy in Madrid stating that the Humberts were at 33 Cab e Ferraz, and an hour after midnight on Friday the Spanish police forced the door, and removed the entire party—Madame Humbert, her husband, daughter, two brothers, and sister—to prison. It appears that they had been living in Madrid under assumed names ever since May 9th, and as the Calle Ferraz is one much frequented by foreigners, it is certainly strange that they should have evaded detection so long. As might be expected, the Humberto have already threatened disclosures inculpating highly placed individuals, and the Nationalist Opposition, which did not hesitate to charge M. Waldeck. Rousseau last spring with sheltering the fugitives and carry. ing on his electioneering campaign with money supplied by Madame Humbert, now allege that the arrest was timed to influence the Senatorial elections.
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