The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-09
APPLYING THE GAG.
LONDON POLICE STOP THE SALE
OF THE PAIL MALL GAZETTE.
spurgson Approves of the Horrible Pubii-
cation - Editor Stead Interviewed
Expects to Do More Good Than
Harm-Word from New York.

LONDON, July o The police have been
orlersi to suppress tine street sales of those
issues of The Pail Mall Gazette which con-
tain the articles on the secret vices of Lon.
don. All news-venders found selling the
issues en- the streets are being arrested
Eleven vendors Of The Gazette were ar
rested, during the afternoon, and taken to
the Mansion house, where they were ar
raigned before the lord mayor and charged
with selling obscene publications. The
vendors had in their possession hundreds of
copies of Wednesdays issue of The Gazette,
containing the third of the series Of the
articles exposing the traffic in young girls
for immoral purposes The lord mayor,
after hearing the evidence, ad journed the
case for week, pending the decision OF the
government in the matter.
The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon publishes letter
in Wednesday afternoons Pail Mall Ga
zette approving Of that journals exposures
oil the secret vices of the aristocrats of Lon
don. The letter is remarkable in many re-
spects, and the following are some of its ex-
pressions:
/ feel bowed down with shame and indig-
nation This is loathsome bust
nesS, but even sewers must be cieansed. ]
pray that good may come from this horrible
exposure, which, incidentally, must do
harm, but whose great drift must result
in lasting benefit / don't think
our churches have failed, for they
the land. 1 believe that many
are unaware of these dunghills reeking
under their nostrils. / thank all
co-operators in your brave warfare. =
Spare not villains, even though wearing
stars and garters We.need vigi
lance committee, moral police, to suppress
this infamy. Let the light in with
out stint
In an interview Mr. Stead, editor of The
Gazette, says his investigations began a
month ago. All we're conducted by men,
bers of his staff, with one outsider, and the
total expense was over 300 pounds sterling.
II have oscillated for months between
bishops and brothel." The tale be tells is
far too horrible to repeat, but oil
has been done in absolute sincerity,
with worthy aim and with the knowledge
of persons whose names are world
guarantee IL recognize fully all the harm
shall do" said Mr.. Stead, "but the certain
good will lie immsa surably greater" Mr..
Stead gives his PERSONAL word as q
voucher of the absolute accuracy OF
the whole revelation. "Ths case" said
be, lis much under ,tated." After re-
ceivng assurance that the information
given will not be made use of for criminal
proceedings, he is prepared to give names.
dates, and proofs to either the archbishop of
Canterbury, Cardinal Manning, Earl
Shaftesbury, Samuel Morley, M. p. Earl
Dalhousie, or Howard Vincent, as represent
ing the English church, the Catholic
hierarchy, and the N Nonconformity.
Mr.. Stead says: Il will go to prison many
times, il snbpenaed, before publishing the
names of the people who have given US the
details am an Investigator, not an in
former"
The articles are classified into C1)
sales, purchase, and violation Of
children; "a procuration of virgins
e) entrapping and ruin of women
a international slave trade in girls;
,5 atrocities and brutalities "The signifi-
cant thing H." said Mr.. Stead, that there
has not been the slightest interference by
the police in all the crimes which We pre-
tended to want to commit The only time
they stopped US was when we tried to rescue
one of the victims"