GIBRALTAR AND ALGIERS; The Impregnable Fortress and the Dazzling White City. VIVID IMPRESSION OF THEIR CHARM Military Force of England and Neatness, Dramatic Pose, and Taste of the French -- Striking Episodes.

ALGIERS, Feb. 11. -- There is something pathetic in a spectacle of a great city held permanently by a foreigner, as Gibraltar is by the British and Algiers by the French. I wonder how the Spanish feel when they see the red cross of St. George flying over the ramparts of the rock. And is there spirit enough left in the lazy Algerines, do you suppose, to resent the Frenchlfying of their ancient stronghold? View Full Article in Timesmachine »