Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-03
The Latest London Scandals.

Inc A0tc9t AOn0Om scandals.
THE STORY ABOUT SIR CHARLES dixie GIVING
ACTER.
Cable dispatches from London state "that
fresh charges, involving another member OF
the Gladstone cabinet are being revealed. The
ex-minister referred to was not like Dixie q
sympathizer with infidels and member OF clubs
instituted to overthrow the throne, but a man
who has hitherto enjoyed the personal conf
dence OF the Queen and who Is second only to
Gladstone himselfin his influence in the coun-
that this high personsse maintains two estab.
lishments- In London and one on the CON-
unent. The case the outraged husband scorn-
fully declines to settle either with pistol, sword
or gold. Nothing will satisfy but the shame
and disgrace of full disclosure in the public
''The latest scandal affects Eton school, the
highest institution of its kind i'm the land which
is situated just across the river from the.royal
castle and park of Windsor. 1t has now been
ascertained that for months past hordes of
abandoned women from the surrounding towns
and from London have had a rendezvous at
windsor. They were met at night by school
boys sixteen or seventeen years old and driven
around the district in carriages. The example
Younger ads Becoipe more darine they nS t me
vaded Windsor park with the women. An ex-
haustive secret inquiry followed the discovery
hundred boys made full confessions and all the
guilty ones were forbidden to return to Eton
next term. The head master forbore expelling
them publicly to prevent scandal, and, more
over, because boys expelled from Elton are for
ever ineligible for appointment in the army,
the navy or the church, and have their pros
poets in life hopelessly wrecked"
THE CONSENT BILL PASSES THE COMMONS.
In the house Of commons an amendment 70
the criminal BILL providing for the fiogging OF
persons convicted of outraging children, was
rejected by a vote Of 125 to 81. An amend
years. was carried BY q vote of 80 to 81.
A conference of British and continental fed
erations for social purity has been called, to
Ter, one Of the leaders In the British fedora
ton, has published letter, in which she de-
to he
guilty Of the crimes exposed by the Pail Mall
Gazette, and that on this account IL is especially
ton of the whole matter. The public, she says,
should have light on the nature Of the motives
for the longcontinued opposition in high quar-
professionally vicious to officials who can be
managed, and opposition to the criminal act
from Is TO Is years Outspofen Remuneration
Of several members OF parliament by name, for
their obstruction in this particular reform will,
The reSeIaions Of the f az %aa Gasse and
the subsequent agitation by that paper Of the
have fsirly oonsnIsed the Country. fmmsnss,
meetings continue TO be held daily throughout
England. A meeting was held in London
feet arrangements for a huge demonstration In
Hyde Park to take place In about fortnight.
tor OF the Pail MdU Gazette, who made q stir
ring speech. He said 1t was the duty Of every
man and every woman to calmly consider the
UBIQUITOUS state Of affairs which existed, and
then utter one loud "DamnT No one could read
the account Of the disclosures without resorting
any person who did not express his condemna-
ton should himself be damned. The cheers
which followed this utterance were deafening
The Rev. DR.. VIM. Thompson, archbishop OF
York, yesterday addressed an audience Of men
and denounced the conspiracy OF silence by
Mau Gazene's revelations. He said that this
was not party question, but that it was the
duty Of the whole nation TO stamp out this RAM
pant and horrible vice.