Helena weekly herald., 1885-07-16
The London Revelations.

LONDON, July S.-Ihe Fdi-Hdh pd-ett
reproduces articles from Christian and re-
Iigious newspapers, the Western Mercury
and the Belfast NeJrs together with letters
of protest from Mr. John Brinton, Liberal
member of Parliament and other persons
Of prominence.
The PaH-MaH Gazette this evening pub
fishes an editorial thanking the city au-
thorities for the attempt to suppress the
sale of the papers, thereby breaking the
conspiracy OF silence maintained by
the press concerning grave revelations.
The police seizures of newspapers are
common in Vienna, continues the Gdzottc,
but such high handed outrages on the free
dom of the press could have been possible
in London instead of waging war against
the street boys Let the authorities take
action against the responsible parties IN
this business. Ii we have published ary-
thing obscene let them prosecute us We
deny that anything has been published by
us deserving that censure, and we declare
that the authorities are towards or worse
if they fail to proceed against US after
having charged IN open court that the
Pail Nall Gazette was an obscene pdbllca-
tion. We reluctantly adopted this mode
Of publicity in order TO arouse men TO
inst sense Of the horrors existing all
around them. We are prepared to prove
our statements We car summon wit
nesses from the Dean OF Canterbury and
the Prince Of Wales down TO Mrs. Jeiines.
We will put our chief informant and his
assaiants in the witness box.
LONDON. July H. The Pd,t-Hdh Gazette,
in an editorial, commenting on the results
of its revelations, declares that its trumpet
blast has reused the world No word was
raised yesterday in the churches against
US continues the paper, bat ali the forces
Of wickedness in high places are arrayed
against us The Hon. W. :. Smith " Son,
possessing toe monopoly Of the news stands
on the railway system of England, have
suppressed tEeir sales of the Jail-UsH
Gazette. and the Prince Of Wales has stop
ped his paper.
LONDON, July l3-b mass meeting of
women was held in Princess Hall this
afternoon to consider ways and means TO
protect young girls from the horrible pit
falls Of London, as revealed by the Pal
Nall gazette Mrs. Booth and other ladies
made eloquent addresses. The meeting
resolved, that the laws en- the subject |
should forthwith Zee ms le more efscient;
denounced the state regulation Of vice;
demanded total repeal of the contagious .
diseases act, and that the age of con
sen. be raised from - TO Is. The meet I
ing also voted TO send a record of its pro-
ceedings to the House of Commons
LONDON. July 1.-THE PaR Nal Gazette /
announces this afternooG that the Arch /
bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Lon
don. Cardinal Manning, and Hon. Samuel
Morley have consented TO act as a commit /
tee of inquiry into the charges of the aris- /.
tocracy iniquity made by the Gazette. The /
committee, which is looked upon as one of I
the most extraordinary in the high charae
ter of its members, when organized will
begin the work of investigation tomorrow
afternoon. The Gazette will place in con-
fidence before the committee every detail
of evidence gathered by the papers repor-
torial commission on which il relies to
prove the existence of wickedness invited
by IT, Every person engaged in the Ga
sette investigation will appear under oath
before the committee, and each will pro-
duce all the memoranda gathered by HIM
during the several weeks of inquiry.
LONDON, July IA conference for the
protection OF young girls was opened this
AFTERNOON IN ITlDNtrS fldll lht IiO-
moter of the conference is the Salvation
Army. The Hon. Samuel Morley, Liberal
member OF Parliament for Bristol, presided
and made an address on the subject OF
iniquity as exposed by the lis0 -DGh ffd5ette.
He said the people must speak out If their
homes are to he kept sacred from the sur
rounding pollution. He believes there Is one
law for the rich and another for the poor
in these matters. 1t should be felony TO
steal poor persons child.
Prof. James Stuart proposed a vete of
thanks ia the proprietor and editor OF the
Pail- HaH gazette for its assistance in the
work rendered in the cause of Christian
This proposal was unanimously
as was also the resolutions urg-
ing Parliament to raisa the age OF consent
from 13 to l. years of age. Sir Richard
Ashton, Cross Home Secretary, announced
in the House of Commons this afternoon
that government had concluded II was not
advisable to prosecute tne Pat-UaH Gdze2e
tor its recent publications.
LONDON, July 1.-THE editor of the
Pail Mall Gazette has received letters from
the Queen and Gladstone, in which they
heartily thank him for the recent ex-
posures of traffic in young girls for i'm
moral purposes, and assures him that he
has their full sympathy in the matter.
LONDON, July Alt is now denied that
Gladstone and the Queen have written TO
the editor of the PAIL Mall GGsette
LONDON, July 14.-Mrs. Booth addressed
the conference, and, referring to the Queen,
said, Her Majestys heart beats on the
right side of this question. Mrs. Booth
that she had received letters
from the Marquis Of Salisbury and Glad
stone encouraging the work of the confer
ence The letters were not read, Mrs.
Booth saying she would reserve them for
the meeting which would be held in
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