Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-10
AFFAIRS ABROAD.
THE "PALL MALL GAZETTE" CON-
TIMES IT'S CRUSADE.
The Lauderdale Peerage Case-Af
fairs in Peru-Horrible
Tragedy in Paris.
IspEcIAL DISPATCHES TO The REooRD-UNIoN.l
The "Pan Mall Gazette's" Crusade
Against London Vice

Against London Vice.
IoSpoN, July 9th The Pal lfaH Gazette
reproduces articles favorable to its course
from Christian religious .newspapers-th
Western Mercury and Belfast Netrs-together
with letters of protest from John Brinton,
Liberal member of Parliament for kidder-
minister, and other persons of prominence.
The Pal Nal Gazette this evening pub
fishes an editorial thanking the city au-
thorities for their attempt to suppress the
sale of the paper, thereby breaking the
conspicuous silence maintained by the
press concerning the grave revelations.
Police seizures of newspapers are COM
mon in Vienna" continues the Gazette,
but such high-handed outrages on the
freedom of the press have heretofore been
impossible in London. Instead of waging
war against the street boys let the author
tiles take action against the responsible
parties in this business. If we have pub
Iished anything obscene let them prose
cute us. We deny that anything has been
published by us deserving of that censure,
and we declare the authorities towards, OF
worse, if they fail to proceed against us,
after having charged III open Court that
the Pail MGH Gazette was an obscene publi-
cation. We reluctantly adopted this mode
Just sense of the horrors existing all around
them. Now the more publicity the better
We are prepared to prove our statements
We can summon witnesses from the Dean
of Canterbury and Prince of Wales down
to Mr. Jetfries. We will put our chief in
for1nant and his assailants in the witness
box"
The cumbersome machinery OF the
Home Office for the suppression of news
papers cannot be lightly put in operation
but any inspector can order the arrest OF
persons selling what he deems an obscene
publication Hence it happens that while
the Pail Mail Gd@ete'S presses are running
night and day, and the papers are being
sold by trucklOads for circulation through
out the three kingdoms, ten newsdealerS
have been arrested on a charge of selling
indecent prints The prisoners were taken
before Lord Mayor Fowler and promptly
released or remanded under nominal bail
The Lord Mayor expressed the opinion
that the editor of the Gazette was actuateC
by the highest motives. He said that if {
crime had been committed in pointing our
q nest of crimes. the publishers should frs
be dealt with. after which there would b(
time enough to prosecute the men ant
boys who bought and sold the papers il
the ordinary course of trade.
The office of the Gazette is in a state O
siege. A shrielling mob is in possession o
the sidewalks. News yenderS, regular anC
irregular, are pressing forward to buy
copies of the paper at a shilling apiece
Eight policemen are on duty forming The
purchasers into line. They are admitted
at one entrance, where tickets for the
papers are bought. and as soon as they re
ceive the papers called for by their ticket.
they 90 out of another door and begin tC
sell the papers at almost any price they
/ choose to ask. The sale of papers at IL,
office is not only tolerated but regulated
and facilitated by the police, but as soor
as the vender begins to sell his wares OF
| the street he is liable to arrest At the ed
| itorial rooms OF the paper everybody is ap
| parently serene. Letters have been re
| ceived from hundreds of clergymen anC
statesmen and merchants thanking til,
editor fer the exposures already made, ex
horting him to keep on with the good worl
| and promising their support in any way
| that can be made effective.
At the clubs the principal occupation i
| fitting the names of the accused persons t.
| the descriptions in the G0eete. In man,
cases the descriptions are SO accurate tha
nothing is left to conjecture. In other case
there is a good deal Of guesswork. Th
names of members of the royal family ant
of the highest nobility are freely bandieo
| about Many aristocrats are bowling Will
rage, and their anger is intensified by ii
impotence. If they deny the truth of an,
individual case they are met with tn
awkward question, How do you know o
In the Reform Club it has been proposed
to expel Mr.. Thompson, the owner of tn
GG=ette, for allowing the exposures to b
made in his paper