The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-10
THE PAIL MALL GAZETTE.

lhh RAIN HALL dALETTh,
The Pail Mau Gazette rep reduces
articles favorable to its cause from the
Christian, religious newspaper, the
Western Mercury and the Belfast
News, together with letters OF protest
from Mr.. John Brintin, Liberal men,
Der OF Parliament of Kidderminster,
and other persons OF prominence. The
Pail Mall Gazette this evening pub.
fishes an editorial thanking the city
authorities for attempting to suppress
the sale OF the papers there by break
Ing the conspiracy Of silence main
tained by the press concerning the Ga
zette revelations. Police seizures of
newspapers are common in Vienna,
continues the Gazette, but such high
handed outrsges on the freedom Of the
press should have been impossible in
London. Instead OF waging war
against the street boys, let the author
tiles take action against the RESPONSE
bic parties In this business. If we have
published anything obscene, let them
prosecute us. We deny that anything
has been published by us deserving
that oensure, and We declare the au-
thorities towards, or worse, If they
fail to proceed against us, after having
charged in open court that the Pail
Mall Gazette was an obscene publica-
tion. We reluctantly adopted this
mode of publicity, In order 10 grouse
men to a just sense of the horrors ex-
isting all around them. Now, tho
more publicity, the better. We arc
prepared 10 prove our statements. We
can summon witnesses from the Dean
Of Canterbury aud the Prince OF Wales
down TO Mr.. Jollriea. We win put our
chief informant and his assistants in
the witness box.
5p m.-Northumberland street, where
the Pail Mall Gazette Office IL located,
has all the afternoon been packed from
end to end with mass OF
excited people. AS many as 5000
In tho crowd elbowing and
otherwise struggling for opportunities
To purchase copies of the Gazette to
crowd Was so great that all the lower
windows OF Che Gazette buildings
We're crushed. When the doors of the
publication office were opened for the
sale OF the first edition, there was q
tremendous rush for the papers,
during which women and
boys were knocked down,
tr0dden upon and in many cases
badly injured. Despite tho extraor-
dinary preparations TO meet the pub
lie demand, which the experlnce of
the past three days taught the pro.
prletors OF the Gazette to make, the
sales this afternoon soon exhausted
the edition, aud the supply OF paper
giving out, the presses were stopped
tor several hours before the requisite
additional supplies could be procured.
HOW THE REVELATIONS WERE MADE.
AThe chief director of the Pail Mall
Gazette's secret enquiry In the CON-
mission through which the revelations
were obtained writes concerning the
whole matter as follows:
"The investigation began on May "a
and the work was unremitting to date.
The commission had valuable assist
ance from the salvation army, from
the London committee for the
suppression OF the traffic In English
girls, and from the vast experience of
Miss Josephine Butler. The COM
mission was composed Of mem
bers OF the Gazette staff
and acted Independently of
lhe polioa. Tho home office
deprecated, ON official grounds, allow
Ing Journalists TO interview the police.
The commission applied TO the Arch
bishop OF Canterbury, the Bishop
OF London and Cardinal Man.
ming for advice, and these great
authorities on morals, while deprecat-
Ing the risk involved In commissions
task, all warmly supported Its object.
Ready help was accorded the commits
sion from Catholic and Congregational
clereymen; also from the Minors
Joint Protection Committee, the White
Ribbon Army, the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Children, the
London City Mission, the Reformatory
Refuge, the Union Rescue Society, the
Pimlico Ladies' Association and the
Moral Reform Union. The
commission visited all the houses and
refugees whero harbor is given unfor.
tunates. The inmates readily gave all
the Information In their possession.
Most OF the revelations, however,
were obtained through Interviews.
Everybody, high and low, likely to
have Information, from Lord Dathousie
TO Mrs. Jetfreys, was subjected TO an
interview by some member OF the COM
mission. Mrs. Jeflreys shed glow Of
light upon the whole subject under in
vestigation. The entire cost of the In
vestigation amounted toGl,5O0.
Thirteen newspaper vendors who
had been arrested for Holling copies OF
the Pail Mall Gazette, were arraigned
before the Lord Mayor to day. The
city solicitor. In presenting
tho cases against the prisoners, charged
them witt, publicly selling obscene
literature sand said he had marked 70,