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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 10

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. CURRENT TOPICS. "'•As - a - Imperial,'/DcfonM.—"Peace";,-;aiul- VJle-i • v «,»renchinontV «ro two .old jvatchwoids-"of .th^, - party<'<no^'.in ;power^spyß,.tliev^p^jly ;^nr]lj.'-. ■ watchwords': at- which no . 'Tpssonablo, , man 'i; will parpi/but'.-.there' has; certainly ;been, point '-■•'■ ;in'the criticism of;,those who .iH,vtho,;...,,pafit. • . hayp -had ! to remind'iLiberaJ.* Ministers,«,that. ■ retrenchment .i's l]y ~no 'ineAi:s .th'ft ■ y,', -~, bost't mpans'-.of , securing ppaco.., Thtrpfpre, itx ii' *", Bati sfapfcory» >;to.. la^t-erjy.. - ' ;' ; rl>C^bjjpt;s, - Bupporters-m tho;Houso'of.iComnu3ils.met.,j;p -• pass a -resolution;,which, f'deprccatcs,. any , . -prossuro bn.*the ; 6oyorpment/ to anodify ' i Naval 'Estimates which ' theu, delibprite •■- ■. judgment approves,'.'> and expresses .tliG. coiii.' viction-that' the "Ministry.' '/will, proses vo ,-thp. .r , defences, of '-the \ JSjnpiro.Jn'.'i .cpm,-.... , '. . ■ I soction 'of Liberals -who, at a most inopportune- moment, 'are..urging,-Ministers. - '- to grpatpr;:''economics'' at the expense of. th°. ■ v fighting .Services.'The-. only &xxii>ipJj,WfQr ;■ parable;, tp tilis >'Wfiuld. '.bG;''that '.;?hjp-; ' oivnerf,who Jeft Jiis^ve.sself.uncovered- ln-.prdp.r, -i tosavp; tlio'premium. :.Oiig ■ ciinnot-yelievo, -...-■ that;any. -large•: Plass of. British t;ixpayr-i's :.rcaliy;'wj3lr..tb'','saTO,;themse.lras..;a:,small;.^ii- < • nual contribution; at' tho .'.risk'.of-.tlie'.coun-;; r try^safpy iThe .'Child' • Criminal".Mr. r ' Hcibert Samuel's .ponsplidatiiig; and amedd- , ing.'tho' law to..the_ piotect'ou "Oi - children,anil young j^sjjns''' ; and" iuOuatT;a) slcbppls,und juyenile 'oiiCnu-. ' -'ers,is '.thqrpuglilj in 1 principle, -{says ■ , ■ pfowe • -i ' ■ juosf/'-cifective. ;n. praclicbt;, The~),cpnYmltln.erit, ■V;:s .of;children, conimon gapl, "With 'tho de:, r 7 pj-av^ng'-.surroundings: and--'dobasing^anflu-r ~v enqesv.-that' await ;.thenv there r ?-has .long- Boon, a'lblo'f '/on crimirial ;system: T No . speedier, -: r single v-slip, ■lnto ■ cyreer,'of .'vico' cpuld-swell ■ be; iirj;iginr.d,' : ■ pnsonm'eni-of' ciiilclren; i 6 -11'; co a b tia Hd:,chi 1 d . - offenders* re''to, )je"*tr J- ini.sp eoi^L;!Doiirts. '■ y, Not,* .p6ij^ntiwifTitjho?.r'<s^oVi£i' ,bjfxit4to3e-grave '. • dangersj-.thp Bill: -de- >:■! goneracy. .which'-')s. poisoijing'j'theA-jnflnhpo.d of the nation nfntS.. spurcfc-;<-+J'ronraturo smokniK, is toi lic I 'acllve),.di scourage(l r -■ and the polico' will bo empowered to,deal rath ■ . such aferthpy- -Special:!children's ,' ' . 'liajjistrdtS/mll hQ'c'appoirited-,-u-and''.caspa,,qf . . ' offences, .by will ho heard pract-ipaljy ■ in campia. AH this is -good.

'U-:'.'.'''.-vfljge «f RegioidCi-^rSiieaking^ofviho.impdern; ' tofpranoe ■: of political j•: .'fGuardiap'-'"''says-:— £ "yA.S:'a nr.-ittcr 6r fact; tho fanatic'has always 'bce» teady to>tole- i : rate it, and to see the linger of. Gocl .111..^! ■• s cowardly .or - cruel .orime. t . But where ..once, • •a * thesre,' - was ■ ajiatic -hero-' or ■ there ; : \«s have • , i-- .-noyA :large--associations -cf .moil.„ lint. -ncgyy- ' i sarily bound togother-;,by -conditions, ipf.,xneAS-, bership, who aie means, .•' • and-: r attaint: tlienj-.; political > jleveii.". : wb,en;/'; : tho" / :.urt 1 4 murdei ludeed, ago.' of . 1 -regirado- - was a" time";wlien a : form 1 '-i. .';of;{cr)nie'"which at, the» •ve^v»-ffound#-1 ■ . > tioqs. pI- was loAked.iUpozi^'wjth, iicßToi bv ihpi wprld, Mhen'thc'man 'w ho J . i • apologised- ,jt, ;t>r palhattd- it,- YiDuld'ihaTO; shared, tlie T bf tho perpetrator I "Until • --. *'■ littW„uiorb-fliaji J gcfierfttion -..acoi-Tffixf&ft! ' -. .- history cohtilfcdrf-: fcwf;Vtcords'-of: ...' ?Tfhto h nrurder^ *-pur-' .. - poses: William v tho i- Qiiatro, 1 i. • • Charles' I, I ;.' Louis Xyi—these iwere ; the., flut-' standing examples which men rsnemberi?(l mth a shudder > Set since , little . - -; - more' -/than. '-forty.- :-years ■ ago,, . -Lincoln assassmntiojis- of, ruljjr.s, liave.: gr<>ViP: ■ frequeqt;-'.' The: -IJimtetl have, iiad three .. • v -sach"expenpn<x;s- , thanvhalf. a pentury ,< ■ ' •-- ".Fraßce ' als.o diad-'.tovmonrn .a .murdertd, .*President:'-':lt therefore cappot be.prctendedN ■■ m : that' it- is th(\!. monarchical principal :■..alone 1 ' j .'V, which-'.attracts jlJiejsnnuty of the auarcliiit.i whether ho bo a person of f jjiternational 'sympathies, 'or • whether ' his at- i :t«itujn .to- his.own country. , It:/is .jtho..pnn-il ciplo of authority that is attacked, tjje ' principle thafc'. all. peoplea are-:eomnclled"to.. m?ke laws to yhich theV are'bound, m the '"general ;! ; iivtei|pst;e / cbhfprrh.l; J '!!-Thpr6-|.ss;/lib,! l '.-.more sacj-ed :prjnciple,- in a fre6:'coxiritrv..at ij?fc6^i|i)teeffl^.',o^-' 1 toll who live under it " > - Indictment of the Arnclc?n t pconlc.— .;' "Burke r oilep said that >51ie .-.(Jidriiiov knpTV; -how to draw an'iriflioiinoht.against.^people;; v. President- -Roosevelt -. .knows, more ...-than • : Burke;'for.-Jiis- Message- to...Congress, x' . scribed by .'Tho.'Times', corresppndent; iii' ;.:'Nejv i !'X prk;",a3V:fthe;:mosti-Vjiipassipned. Vaiid . -•• Btirring .'document ;:ever issued from- -, the 'i;.'.Whitp::'House,-is,-- a-'-damning .indictment: of' '-'Wri,'';'the < day' Review."- "we : say 1 advisediv; ;be- .■. ■;'i -..-.'causo '.it':':iS::ani unsparing .^.denunciation-v,.of . f arien,-' 'and.' pyb^; : ness man It the -presidents ,of the tiubts, jivai I nsu ra rjep. V'cbmpaiufes: .'v- .jjiot-', fy^ical-;./Amenb¥nß;''lippl^uded'? !;;::' "1 jtheir/.f'\v r e 'doti' - know/whero- to.-finil -them.'. Tlio -connnereiul - with the deference which -wo in. tlus '.''v ; 'i?/!C,:/Mes^u;fsife"tl;p:miUipna!ji^ • anstocraoy--of -'whieh ' can ,-boast; Yet-it .is" precisely against. these, men: and -their methods -mi finance.' '.. ...vthp ; President of. tho--Uii-|ted r .Statps: thunders t.: -.witlp all: the 'feryour,- of a - great moral re- ;!;.;<? i':|;fpm&y,' wo j ' 'obi ; ;• . : anyone;who Avill. name American cntijjqn .- ■ vj of national. notor-iptv .whose/ withers,; arc.■ un-> .-.-Si >i.w3Hih{f.; bj A ' especially., an. had Jl'!', darfefl ,7io Amehcauipolitics .that;are ; nl'; : :'f-fsetiifpfth J'SlessageJ"-lus \ -cnticism/'/would:-;have been . ?scnl)ed- .'■. ./ -jealousy/.of . the United. States natural .to -all : / .effete' Britisher; ''whilst,- his private: cha'raeter, 1 - , porsonal' appearance, domestic, relations; - n nd .-pecuniary /.resources; would': have -.beeij •' -subjected.to that searching'analysis-sovcon- : * .•/•genial tovtho Aanet'ican"-Pressi'i- :>»r. nw.r-r... ■/:;:;:/(*' i^"'--.'': - i ■' i l :."!:• j. ■ Penny Postage to' the penny .'postage:tbVt-hc/&toteßrt^.'-oomc;atr.liist^ f vMr. ; /Sidney-"; Bux^qri; /^±h'Q~.!J3 ritisji ■' is ■ now-.? (states jtlio -,/;'/;. //'DailyT Mail"V'-to/i/giVo -liifi, eonspHt <ilpo,tpjs than 123,000,000 letter vritci V and " 'Aftierican 'Postmastpr-Geijerali.hne ,approved -■ ; Iprbposal. An 1 .: argument which> slib'pjd ■' ■ weigh strongly ,in-its:;.favour, r in Britain js that'in a Britislj-bora l/.immi- ■ . ! gra!ht's in the States romit't(>,poor; > r'olative3; ;nt •Hom(i'-:ii f sum- of upwarils{oft:ariiij!li6i;-aiid' a, : ' ;/ J !hMf;;by-:-tiieans; v p^rßma]l/rljsfiho^^ -;-"Hch'nikorH.eat.bn,''whp/.lia%.;!t.akCTiV,,tlio';lead •; i iri> that on - the: first year of penny ,postagp,,jthero, wpnld bo a -loss of .£'2(3,000,' but-he i is ready !, : ■, y ;Vitli.t a; Ji stXo.fi W^lJ^j;>ol^^r^''Mo/wb^ld- - ;'; i :< :'gUaranfeo;;:that •* suniy '--,HrtwW6^/it" ! ls:"h"KlBly - :, / ;f md;:% : tho^mpiiria/GoySnTnent* ougjip^pt . -to. b'o j' > , '.(• " tions" :in"-a nafionarent/>rpris4 ,! bf "flusTkmd! : ;!! ':Tlie.Board o^-Trado.—A/proposal'liy'S'jie'cit 1 .': niado (to -Parliament-, to"^'ra'tso-.the "stntii's;'of .;ythpi'-Haard -?of ' Trddti; ;/;■ Sif/ .W.'^Holland''.hiid I»tl(;/s«ifi|)%^l' - ®i^ ? "a'?.'i3id /tho'.Ch'ancolldr.. of* /-tJio / J l '?;c J icq U e]-/ wh(r'- said V : . 'that'ii- QJiso .hii'd'/beon - mado oiil for the Boahl . ' bf! Trade. "^BtftTTtho.^-'CfaAWcellqr^i&^tifcil^thht - it mi'rst .ba denlt with' along 'With !othpr'"de|. '/:' - i - s'j^mMtß>v^nd'.;lW'''d^la^ i ?tb'iiT!;®.^tlfe^ iV. '•>. .'•HJSd'/eoiliw^h^n'^anSc^l^.J/btf^P/'tQv-^b^ '! " iriailn into 'tho whplo iii:itti:r,- with "a yjpw' ; to ! ;••:^'s^doi^uiiinx',ti;Wtfierflii'£:ht v ii 6 -'rriailo. which.' would bbthr.rejllstfibuto 'duties) ' ."in 'a moro Rcicntific- and fbu£inoss-liko 'm.-tti- . nfcr. liiid•' rem'OTO /'invidipiu'j'distinetibhs;'. -'MThe ; t;prbposarirca.l!y .is ; .thdt'/the 'of : ':thp -'President' shduld "bo • raisfffP ; frotii £2000'-to. : ?,!. •:£SOCO, ! ' ~iGeveral 'of tllo Vother ,heads,;pf«dp^ -. > : prtrtrnonts only got*£2ooo. .and/tlio'lpropoifed ■' • i onfiuirW-wrL /prohsJbly TteTid.:,to-.equalise' thej •, / .• financial-valno- of;^wcbiof&oa:

NEWS BY MAILS.

[ JLora ; is'.' a;.charming -.carr •'■f&in.'.-ofi-ioiS;'Roseb'ery. as. an Eton/ boy..;in .youthful' edition |'S'4L®^W^e^s;,f^p».'ou!»-;ju*onilo : ..l)o«jy. $1.9)5. ; Sa.id that- ho rend Mrs,. I tiile., "ISast - Ij.vn'no.'' 'when ,af : s'sppiWy'at;, Eton,./arid road it with. .'is.,." .what tho Kosebery:—"lfo -is Wj^o\l^s !, ..talents;, ho lis'.. a : gopd."fri-eiiti., V;;->v4fcl}outl. . should- .say/ .an erj}s'm^J>ut.t<j": . tho ■ most , attractive feaViiro,pf,h.is:alKgemer attractive."personal? roguishness'. ! said; .'clings to. him JJ" S crystallises his ppra. nicety.,, Ho: is .a; .which; pomps only', tp'ttie is ono pf them i llis;jnarpk,fqnd'lpisrapl! b V jvere.;. others;. but ; thb! slate,' 'predoini-, ' furrow,'arid ' 'Pretty, .Ifanny'.^/jiTay^,;(applmd. to A._ J. B.) '• still 611an vogue, . while ■'■ most, people; -hav€i ,sp£gottpii : do not , underst'arid' to |his'.'sa]ri fTHo Ihpppror . arid L aro jioK'ih'e andlDizzy.'s'. %rtiMxiffi^ijog6^ ; masguorfldo,' ■ Jpst';fiiiri go' 'maiiy Vvotes arid- disgusted Sojwany ■ 'ofllls ..follower's.'.' v .Nonp f. of. Lord; :^/p!wt^'B'y^s"'^,^s : ;or. annoy—they i only -looijphed '.in 'pltsffitHibn/; 'nSHJldem at'; his' own expense;' , which shows of good; nature, good; humour, .and, aboririflTng :esprit. : i-To look a|; ' him as.; ho: stinill's''ffoiii ; Berkeley' Square into liSt'en'/to'liis' gay 'banter,'it 'islwell-riigh. realise jbh'at"h'p has (lib. has • passed:.'it). •'But so'i'6 isi^'T'''?/ 1 / ' 'v; i"'. i " : >, interesting '■^gai'f ,: tifeii' given "at .Turistall 'jGorintyMGourt l ';! by I 'Judge : ltuegg,'.'' - says the' Sf-''Mbrriirtg s^s£^niis<t, ;The;'" trustees;'of ""'a. PForc'sl!fefs ; ''Fi'iGildly- Societj j -n'ho' had becomo ' •,asked \His a; sum of, ! '7lbuiidS'ip6ryaahmn,' ohargc(l upon 'it by :.BKrier?cwas -invalid,' because it Against ,the' preatioii of! per■:petuitie's- ■ The ,jlatpi<>" owner;'!' by-; hjs-'will, Tditected : theft histrustees.-, should -vcrcpt > a •suitalile "feAb'riifps/i' his"'''grave; and; r-tbat ; fpr kee|i'i|g;'thOc.tppib.in'-repair'should, ;lie upon-'Alio {dwelling-;- houses'-Which were now j^e^^jtv(£^4[j4\fmortgagp;-» ! Honour ''Jiold; tkit a.-,-gift for keaping -up'' a ahdi'was: not '- : a i£se r 'vHo"held. • .idi'rftVtho.%'b^&eßt'-- , 'ithw:D!rEatio«'fl6f ipprp'etuitifes: , '.. That; law 'was ■ adopted]:'- ho-Jsaitly.-? ".tost- provide f. against "•■the ifrfoS-right ■•pf.vdisjws'ing' ■ of. 1 . ; property;. | being ";prpye}ito«L The-: erring I»'tiio.'£ng-'•^sh.^^e^'tea^m,*'^u^ralia'.!.-th6.::liqhdph' ;l'Express'' states i-^The.pripke^'tPam'sent by .the : AI.C.C. >( to;; Australiahas.' failed ••.'in:', the '.Test ..riiafoUe's.';'-^vThe-■;■'• Australians; have.i.won :9^reS;^ofii'ffi^^ujr!'tta,tcheS ; 'Already played,, icoriscKjTiisntiyJwori 'tho.' rubber The -; v l(G.Ci' oiev'cit'.ai~Q• tin,excclient sporting com;'biri^ion,;.!y6ung; i' They diavo ;fought!^fill/ i ahd.ith6y ; :''aref , beaten;''m' will ih^peni^o ; /'thel'.>3'fiest ■; fighters; :'.lt is' no .that th'eij;'-''dofeat : . ithati.-English ''cricket is' at'tho. fmoiridh'tfßrior.. vt6 . cricket,; i>& •^'|m!'^!iA(^%^h9^ding > ' , it'''waß reeo'gnisofl repres'prit^cricket CWftjiinly:-these, iriterriatibiial' 'Awts^'belwepn^iaiTOVTMer.■ : i iritbrest: ;, anv'the.' of;'"gamesi ;, is -au;' e®SKen': syo^ria ! 'prefer to 'watch ;gariies:' , .' : rath^" : :thaii''-' to >!play', themj ihut \vb 'iii''. tho ;■ : exploits of' '.'Ariiiistiion^;'• ■'; of ■ ' Crawford' arid; •Hobbs, deatls/jto-'yiit: additional; keenness -on • 'fields-okEton,'' and also;.oii .the; ?ifyr^o^'j^tcjbe»"jh'^l^cht|S.-Park':and ! 'Bat« .-spMialifeiniathletio^i''.' Ho 'Sets',the staiiddrd' .tho.Tave'ragp;; man ' di&cts'.' his: ■ e|lorts!ij;'- ; -It';is<a :> 'gobd s , thing, too)'': to stimulate international . rivalry; iil, games,- and it is : a, goodi'thirig'.toyaroiise ;iiati'onal. prido in the ;prowgsp athletes. 'Therefore, ijQ}d;:victpry, '.y«,'trasfe ( j'fihat.. tho next, .team rWe enough -to,wiri^U'. ; HojJ; : .Mesoa. Threatens Europe.—Tho <.'Bri-' Cha'ri-; '.'pf iHygienp' in the ;Paris; of'Mgdipiiie)!and;iM;':Fi Borpl-.have; ,p4pßr. .cp'riimunicated to'\ /a/recerit '.meet-, ingfof ':the;;Apadp.mip.;de <Medeoiri,. uttered. a vwwirig>:aa ; v,to',v;thp.j'/po3sible: pkterision-of chbJera. 'this/year.'.'from Hedjai;;-, ' The !r wa®!,ii(g^^pundpil:ju: n ; part: :; upon general; ;pb^^pratipnsv ; w ; ith 'fpgard.;.;to' r thp ooour-: : : -pf,fohplCTay:flmpnfe , : , tho - pilgrims 'to vAlpcoayUpd) partly ,upon, a 'theory ks to tlie .;felAtiofl;.;qf ;;putbfea]i.s of'cholera i.to' tho - date ipfj fe vpilgl'iniagejrwh.ich-'on ' the whole -would .; Tlio : -Musstil., : lunar'morith ; '.aiid.not,upoulth'o ;solar : . ;year;' consequently' ,wheri-,tho ;pil-: •grimagp4s j)iadp;->ooi3jirs; oil I. a fixed, date in the lunar . month, it never occurs in two .succeeding years ou-tho same dato in tlio solar a'-' ■ ditferenqo of', eleveiv .days- eaPh;' year, 'so; that during tho cycle of ;fhirty, yeiirsithp •• pilgrimage ' takes' .placo ,iri cholera' 4il tho Com 1 1860 to' v 1908 r si)'ow that plaee in spririg'' or iiautuinrisloutbi'fia'ks'-of. 'cholera, do not occur, •i.opjarec^fuveiy limited: exterjt,.''.whereas' when :,the pilgrimagbTPccur's" in,' summer, or -.winter ■ :tliero-nß^:vgrQ^t'7pi , obability ■' that - a ; more : or /.lessfoonsiderableyoutbreak ;.ivill 'take.place.. .ajhangSiaflf .'andl-iiaoe 'the •: pilgrjmago took' Jplaso year it'occurred 'at ; Janirifryj'.tlii's.'year it plaie -a'.littra'- befero/ thp':middl(j' of ;tho. month, j aiid I'thore-hakrhden; avg'sribiis; prpv'alonpo: of '.tho disease,.' Last year, althoughtlwro was no cholera reached Bussiii,-where it'eaused 10,000 therefore seems - a rislU-ihat with .tjm. return..' of tho pilgrims attackfed Constant!■slightly. may'.reappear and' moro. widely in South-Eastern isUt'opa/.,. L>,-J-. . ,■ "/'Sicilian -London.—The Siciferi ■in ; .ParK-.W/caned,'attpntiori soirio weeks', ago "'(sayS, been .in ,Lpri<lou, '■ iTiicl .^Avp'yAtlJ \chthiisiastic reception. ..'simplp aiid;.un--wrPoted'- witlrtii'p tlPcpest tragedy and art .in. their perforiiiances. Certainly .no : . tragedionne has appeared iii London for many, years .wlthwufcto?®"'m'flirvalloU's'face as'that 'of ilimi . Agugli.a,- : aii(lijthp, £ iiudiences; at' aio.-'.Shaftes-;hury,'Thea'tyi.V [ lkpro vby 'her.iacjal hatoi.:; Tlio scoriery ..,,was'y^.-.i^i^ i^Ty.I BudieiMscs we're sbmo of tne. ..and: cosmopolitan oyer in • London.,- '. Lord Ro'sebery had a night, and applarided ■thoyplay,, wliicli' with great ,interest.' • ;p.jd,,..the,;.great.. tragodieniM)-realise . ,before ■■ our, greafost wrasso, . who plays; the Phlpf i .man , s..,jpaEt, :'ofgreat.'-sym-(j^dSo'Sai^gfipa;,horn.' actor, • capable , of - a igre'ftt';iarigp; ,of artir'; Gabriollo U'Annunzio'? J™ o " hardly -gives "him ; : , -

The, Colder), Glty.—vTho Mnyor of Joliaunos"li,iil'g lias r iKjUfi'd.;aissjitemont for the", purpose waVA-of pessimism that seems v,t9/hflve : : : awrtalsDii\ s somo;of .our frionds at a vreJfowSojnc'of-ionr own people. 11 -tjo ,ig-labio-tp.'-'siiiat tlib number- of ivllito -moiiv«mploWdr!by/.:gold r raihiiig companies r'oso ;'.grat4ua|)jf-,fo m 'J-7i§o7.- in July last t(? 17,G61 ,}in;.i)ccijtivbpT'': s Agailjy at thoendof 'tho lastWiero y.wore ■, in Johannesburg ;-20j3(1U-l»uses.pof 'which 1144 were vacant, as 1162;vaeant.out'of 19,25G on jtlugjtyM: ; amfefeMO. out' of 14,773 on fApnil ,<l7y,ii<Uo4iv thotdato of' tho hist census. •?rhe.>ni)jiihwi of/jiuwccupied' shops has dimin- . avliito' population, r which /in -'^'prii-^iyoi^ stoodi was calculatcd on *a'pauwp;-<i»tiiiaJ«>At'B4iOOO last Juao.-