"THE YOKE."

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 9

"THE YOKE."

. ORDER FOR, THE DESTRUCTION OF BOOKS. \"'Th/> Yoke;'' olio of .'the', books which wefe the' subject; of: a prosecution recently at OhrisicljTircl]'i"."ias .tlifc;,baii; in .'Enguura.' ''v'Alv tW' : Maflßqrd.ugli Street Ci'urt,; ,. 1 VDaiiyV News "jMr. ...-'Johii ..Lbng/.'.publissher, of 13 Hajmark'et,.; Was punk moned r on'.,the;iiiforihatioh\of\\Villiairi Alexander . Cqqte'. r for' selling .and uttering'; a. book entitled ''.Tlie Yo!;c." .There, \vas.a second' summons' against,the .defendant requiring.him ti) feVow ,cduse\ wliy. certain copips of tlie book 'that .woro found-iniliis possessiohVehouid not be destroyed. . . V' . . • Mr.. Donald Mac Lean said, .'bis Worship would'' Jccoilect- 'that'a . searoh warrant ;• wa;> issuod '.against Mt. John Long in '.respect;to 'a certain book called;' I 'The Yoke," and that a. 'also beeiiyisstjed in connection with: tho' publication; of the hook. - : Subsequent to thesp proceedings a communication was • received . from ; Messrs;: Michael ; Abra,.hams v .,SonS)'..att'd Co v solicitors, who acted for: .Mr. . Long. ; The : communicationwas . to. the effect that Mr. Long , would undertake to. discontinue; in. future'the sale-or • tion ,in. 'the;. United Kingdom of the book complained .of.Thej"motive/. '.pt.. the society . which had',.set"in m6ti6h,.tliese-pr6ceeding"s-r:' tho National Vigilance Association—was. ,to stop the publication. of this .class, of novel, . which ivas.efepecihlty. harihful to young peoi)ie : : bf. both'.sexes.:. So far as tlie association .was concerned, the object it. had in view would : .J»' obtained if '' the .undertaking .Mr, . Long ; had agreed. to.. were carried out. .. It Was hoped that these proceedings would act' nfe. a 'warning-,, to. 'publishers : and ./Writers '; of that . class of book that the law of England , pro.teefced tlie. public, from having such'works ',foisted Upon .".them. AHe asked, -iii 'view of. thb 1 undertaking.'received . from ! jlr. •.Long, ! permission '.to with draw- the process whiclv his clients had set in motion. ■ /'" ;.. , Mr. Harry Abrahams said it wtis a matter qf .bpinion'as-to,whether, a book of/this kind, .bn'mq': within : the meaning of the' Act. '.If tho defendant had been giveii an opportunity to withdraw the. book tlie .same."result; would have:;beeii obtained 'without -the issue of a. Warrant. ; Mr. Denman :. Are. you content to kavev tho question as to is to be done, with the books to me? ' '. '.Mri Harry: Abrahams said he did hot admit all the allegations.that had been made. Mr.' Long had a reputation as a ■ publisher, for twenty-fivo years, and lie did not wish, his business, ift a . Police Court, or any other Court, ...to .be; tlio .subject of; invidious.' crira* Irie'nts.: '■.Ayithoiit; in ; any ...way. admitting .'the. ■hllegatiop's made with, respect to : the", bookin question, he did not ill tho circumstances propose to, " show cause';" on the second, summons. , "' ''! • ..." :: ./ - . Mr. Deninan:: The. first suminoiis ' will alid there, will be an order oil th 6 Second "summons..for .the destruction of the. books.; /■' ; '/'•■