Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-09
I'd EDITION.
--latest qt|eglanS to The Star.
THE LONDON SCANDALS.
The Excitement Over the Pail Mall q n.
Zetle EXNOsureS EHahlted.


zette Exposures Erahated.
LONDON, July 9.-The excitement over the
exposures of London secret vice made by tho
t'au Mall Gazette continues undated. The de.
mand for copies of the paper is enormous.
Large crowds surround the publishing office. and
extra police have been ordered on duty to Keep
passageways open through the surrounding
streets and to protect the Pal MAJ Gaeette
having no legitimate business therein. The
crown lawyers are considering the ACCESSIBILITY
OF prosecuting the publishers OF the Gazette,
ana their decision Is awaited with anxiety.
Two newsboys were arrested and fined this
afternoon for creating disturbance by de-
ma 20 cents per copy for today issue of
rested on similar charges were remanded for
trial.
conservative member of parliament for White
Haven and formerly judge advocate general
publishes letter In to-day 81. James Gazette
denouncing the conduct of the editors OF the
Pal Mall Gazefe. Mr.. Bentinck alleges that
Mr. Stead, chief editor of the Pal NAL Gazette.
on the Attn of June requested an interview with
him on the subject of the criminal law amend
ment bill.
~ received him." continued Mr. Bentinck,
lat my house and answered all his inquiries, on
condition that the information l. gave him
should be considered as absolutely confidential.
Mr. Stead accepted this condition without re-
sere, but last night he violated his promise by
publishing private letter on the Inject, which
lent him."
In further defense of It's course the Pail Man
letters written in commendation by peers,
bishops and members OF the house of commons,
emitting the names. In addition to these the
tidzete publishes approving letters from the
Kew. Dr. Lawrence, "A professor In the univer-
sity of Cambridge and from a number of other
distinguished ciergymen of all denominations,
and several ladies. 1t also reproduceS articles
favorable to its course from The Christian ire
tlg1ous newspaper, the Western Mercury and
the Belfast Ne,Cs, together with letters of pro-
test from Mr. John Brinton, liberal member OF
parliament for kidderminster, and other per.
sons of prominence.
The Gazette this evening publishes an edi-
torial thanking the city authorities for attempt
breaking the conspiracy of silence maintained
by the press concerning the Gdzette's revela-
tiOns. Police seizures of newspapers are com
mon in Vienna" continues the Gazette, 'but
such high-handed outrages on the freedom OF
the press should have been impossible in Lon.
don. Instead of waging war against
street boys let the authorities take action
against tina responsible parties in this busi-
ness. If We have published anything
obscene let them prosecute us. We deny that
that censure, and we declare the authorities
towards, worse, If they fail to proceed against
us after having charged in open court that the
Pau Mall Gazette was an obscene publication.
$3.50 We reluctantly adopted this mode
OF publicity In order to arouse men TO a just
sense of the horrors existing all around them.
Now, the more publicity the better.
s Me afs pWyspared to prove our
nesses, from the Dean of Canterbury and the
Prince of Wales down to Mrs. Jeffries. We will
put our chief informant and his assistant as
siStantS in the witness box. Let those
who do not wish to shake the very foundations
of social order think twice before compelling us
princes of the blood and prominent public men
with the victims of their lawleSS vice..