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The Religions World Stirred by the Baccarat Revelations MT. Glad.
 stOne's Latest Utterance on Home
 Rule-Balfour's Proposal to Relax
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 LONDON, June 5.-The baccarat revela. tions have stirred to it's deepest depths the whole religious world. The Welsh Meth odist conference to-day passed motion expressing regret that the Prince of Wales gave countenance to an insidious and ruin ous form of gambling and encouraged vice among the people and decided to submit to him that such conduct offended the re- ligious sense of the people and dragged down the royal house from the high position in which it has long stood. The severity of expression faithfully re- fleets the current mood of pious folks throughout the country. The news that the prince is habitual gambler, taking supplies of cards and counters wherever he goes, has blasted every chance of the nations granting him relief for his debts. The leading Baptist organs compares the prince's taste for the race course and ganb- ling with the noble example of his father who, if living, would share the intense grief of thousands of England's men,
 MT. Balfour's proposal to relax the CO., ercion act will not be explicitly an nounced in the house until next week, but enough is now known as to what govern ment intended to propose to justify the conservatives in feeling some little pride over the results of Mr. Balfour's policy. All the provisions of the crimes act direct ed against criminal conspiracy will be withdrawn whilst other provisions, the secret inquiry section will be retained MT. Balfour's first statement that while there are 3,109 prisoners in Ireland who were sentenced under the ordinary law there are only twenty-ene who were sen- fenced under the crimes act has been the occasion in the unionist press of telling contrasts with the coercion policy under MT. Gladstone when the prisons were chock-full.
 MT. Gladstone's latest utterance on home rule is his writing to the Women's Liberal Federation that the Irish crisis is as acute as ever and that home rule as a fixed plank of the liberal platform is as certain as ever, but that Irish questions interest goes with quies- cent Ireland. The land bill is still likely to occupy the house for week. MT. Balfour has sent a message of peace and good will to the evicted tenants in accepting the clause enabling land lord to sell a holding over the head of the man in possession to and evicted tenant or his predecessor. Evicted tenants can claim pre- emption right and will only be able to benefit by the clause within six months after the act passes, but the provi- sion saves from ruin many a victim of the plan of campaign.
 Professor Geffkin lectured tonight at the German exhibition on the Behring Sea question giving an historical review and adopting altogether the British argument. He concluded that the decision of the supreme court ought to uphold the princi ples of international law concerning the liberty of sea which America has always hitherto defended, and which are import ant to all maritime nations. MT. Bryce, M. F., who presided, praised the lecturers exposition and acknowledged Professor Geffkin as an authority on and an impsr- tial exponent of international law.