The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-24

from these assembled crowds. One OF the
consequence Of adopting the monarchical form Is
that government rests to great extent on the
sentiments and the emotions OF o large number OF
people, and one OF the conditions implied In the
adoption OF monarchy is that these sentiments and
emotions must to some extent be kept alive by ar
tifcial means" Did monarchy ever make more
naive confession OF weakness The British consti-
tuition depends partly upon shows. To keep mon
archy alive artificial means must be employed.
The English people like shows When the Prince
Of Wales gets up from an extremely well adver.
tised bed OF illness let there be religious show,
and when the Shah Of Persia visits England to ad-
vertise Baron Reuters concession let there be
revival OF the "Arabian Nights" Is 1t as plain
as the aigrette the Shah's head-gear2 Il 1t not
logic in one easy lessonS But let us see
what the Observer deduces from these facts.
Because everybody loves shows; because poverty
is ''sadly increasing;" because ''every year the
struggle for bread widens In area and deepens in
intensity" there should be Shahs and diamonds in
order to lessen the burdens Of the poorl In other
words, whenever England Is threatened with star
walton, instead OF distributing land more equally.
instead OF keeping tillers OF the soil at home by
raising their wages, instead OF cutting down the
Civil List and the salaries Of royal butterflies, the
people shall be taxed for balls, receptions and
spectacles gotten up in honor of some potentate
that they are allowed to gaze at as he passes
through the streets Now, what does the peoples
organ say to this panacea9 "The city OF London
has given ball. for which the ratepayers Will have
to pay. The Shah has been taken down TO Wool
witch and some powder has been wasted for
which the Exchequer will have to pay. There
has been naval review at Spithead, for which the
Admiralty will pay. II the Shah had con-
trtved to learn how the expense OF his entertain
ment in the city was provided for, and his visits to
the opera. the fleet and the Arsenal, the Shah
would have been able to carry secret OF govern
ment home with him.
THE UPPER GLASSES OF PERSIA
would have been as much obliged to him as our
arIstocracy are to William H.. Our reception OF
the Shah, in financial sense, is miniature OF the
system of British government. The swes enjoy
themselves and the people pay the bill" There
are two ways oflooking at every subject, and the
KeiRnley Republican Club has gone so far as to
pass the following resolution: -"That the Keghley
Republican Club, believing the Shah of Persia to
be the most despotic ruler IN existence, and the
representative of all that degrades humanity, con-
siders the reception rendered to him by the English
government to be devoid of all sensibiity, and here
by expresses its disapproval OF the same and also
its condemnation Of such heathenish exhibitions In
q pretended civilized country" AS there are 100
republican clubs In Great Britain that sympathize
with this resolution, as there are $4,000 members
OF the Agricultural Union who are equally averse
to Shaking, looker-on can calculate the impetus
given by an Eastern despot to the radical movement
in England. Add to IL the fact that the last quar-
ter's revenue falls quarter of million below the
estimates and this looker-on picture the lively
scene that viii ensue when the government ask
Parliament to pay the Shah's bills. At least there
will be lively scene If those members who oppose
SHAKING
have the courage OF their opinions when the tug of
war comes, which, in all probability, Will not be
uutil next year. Grouse shooting is near, and Par
lament will soon be, far and near, pointing their
guns at other game than Shahs.
"Was ever money spent with such reckless and
careless prodgality, from the high government to
the most Insignificant citizens" exclaims one
writer. ''If the Shah could have eaten gold we
have little doubt that some lordly host, with the
assistance OF a cher would have iricasseed sover-
eigns for HIS Majestys sustenance." Think OF its
coming to this and yet there IS an east end to
London
All, and the fine writing which the King of Kings
has inspiredl There have been 'Ieaders'' tender
enough to draw tears from even manly eye l
have believed myself transported TO the Fowery
Land. At the Persian advance on England tele-
grams became "swift heralds OF electricity" the
telegraph 'that wonderful vaunt courier"
When 1t was bruited that the democratic
tide would not get up late to oblige
monarch we read with bated breath
that the expectant city heard the Persian mon
arch had heroically risen, was necessary, to
catch the tide at Ostend before five O'Clock"
And then, like Mr.. Wegg, the noble writer
cropped into poetry at great expense TO his organ
r,trc
waves Xerxes once tried to fetter the Heles-
ponr with golden chains, and had the rebeious
whipped with rods, but 1t flung its spray in
his face just as impudently as before. Was 1t a
chopplng sea in the Channel-people wondered
or did I" sleek Penelope upon the waters play 20
To suggest that the Shah had q stomach, and
might be seasick, would have been as horrible as
to accuse Queen OF Spain OF possessing legs; but
our minds were at last relieved by the glad news
that "the royal dignity OF the Kajars did not
suffer seriously from the rude sea- NO
draughtsman in Punch will ever tell the exact
truth concerning this eventful passage in the visit
OF an illegitimate representative OF the ancient
Iran Kings. His coming from the mother-la nd
Of mankind" MARKS what "The closing of
cycle, called hcnceforth
THE GIRDLING OF THE EARTH"
What the earth is to be girdled with hereafter
the nowery writer fails to disclose; but never
mlnd the millennium is as sure to spring out OF 1t
as, according to prediction 1t sprang out of the
princely typhoid. And then, and then, ''Tehcran
will chat about London ana Manchester, Trent
ham and Sydenham over many o narghileh, and
Mollahs and Mirzas. who did not see those rights
of Frankish marvel, will wag the beard OF in.
credulity and sit upon the carpet of envousness.n
The only dniculty about wagging the beard OF In
credullty is that In Persia there beards but
sitting carpets is certainly an Oriental accom-
plshment and to Sit upon the ''carpet OF envious-
ness' may not be as impossible performance as it
appears to the uninitated. Now that Persia is the
fashion, 1 dare say these novel carpets will be
ordered from TIE looms of Teheran and LAID
down the waxed floors OF Belgravia
and May Fair. Indeed, in consequence
OF the distinguished habits OF the successor
of "Zoroaster, Darius, Xerxes, Cyrus, Artaxerxes,