Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-03
THAT QUARANTINE CIRCULAR.
1t Finds Approbationin In Decentralization
Circumlocutton.

NlEcuHiOcuUioAs
LONDON, Sept. 2.-[Copyright, 1892,
by the New York Associated Press. i
President Harrison's circular relative
to the quarantining of vessels carrying
immigrants finds general approval, and
even admiration, here. 1t arouses some
feeling of envy, also, that the American
law enables the government to take
such prompt and thorough steps to stop
the importation of cholera. The British
government, in cooping up immigrants
at Gravesend and elsewhere, is
acting illegally, and will be
obliged to ask parliament to
pass a retroactive act, legalizing
what they have done. 1t is feared one
result OF President Harrison's measure
will be to stop the stream of alien emf
grafton to America and make England
the permanent location of many families
who intended to seek new homes across
the water.
The prolonged quarantine declared by
the United States, is not regarded as in
anywise hostile to England, but, with a
view to counter-act it's undoubted
tendency to throw the crowd of
injected immigrants into Great
Britain, the officials of both
boards urge the government to give
immediate assent to the prohibition of
landing immigrants from all infected
ports. In the absence of an act en-
powering such measures, it is held that
the privy council could issue an edict.
Gladstone and Fowler, secretary of
state for war, were today communicat.
ing with Sir Charles Russell, attorney
general, and Rigby, solicitor general, to
obtain their advice with regard to means
to meet the legal difficulties.
An Associated Press representative
who has interviewed the agents of the
leading steamship companies, finds the
concenHus of opinion to be that the
presidents circular is needlessly severe.
Despite the circular, however, some yes
sels are certain to take a full compile
ment of -emigrants. Several steamship
companies now refuse to book even first
and second-class passengers sailing from
German and other continental ports,
but the same companies, having thous-
ands OF steerage passengers already
booked, are in qrandary how to discon-
tinue service, having contracted to pre-
vide for booked emigrants until they are
landed at the port of destination.
In the meantime, the cholera in Great
Britain seems to be fairly mastered.
The physician OF the local government
board told an Associated Press repre-
sentative, today, that the outlook was
entirely satisfactory. He said that
about thirty cases, at all points in Great
Britain, had been dealt with during the
last ten days. There was no single in
stance of the disease spreading beyond
the person first attacked. The fact is
palpable to everybody that the public
has become utterly unconcerned, and
imbued with the conviction that the
disease will not be allowed to spread,
end that it will never assume an cpl
demic form.
The physicians of the city will dis
cuss the proposal of the ablishment
of an international cholera commission,
to report on the origin of the plague, it's
line of march through the different
countries where it made it's appearance
and the various methods of treatment
employed in the cases of persons
stricken with the disease.