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A.. s,.y. Az. Dissppoi.ti-s This Tear
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,ov,oS. MAY b.-Thoss who feared that his
..,,,.m ant from public life would bring upon
y, gladstone Just those evils which he de-
.,.,.J TO avoid are BEGINNING to ind their
,nasmsnt justified The Grand Old Man has
.s,d many years In the past three months
~. ,Icturs he made at the DR.. Andrew Clark
n.morIsl meeting on Thursday was pitiful
-. n. was feeble. bent ootoRenarian. who
..Osd upon . stout stick even whom address
,,s the audience from his chair. His words
,.rs brave polished. well chosen. and sppro-
,,,.,s. Not shadow has ret crossed his shin-
,,s intellect, but both flesh and spirit are
h,..kipR. He 10 not III. No specific malady IL
.,dsrmInIng his marvellous vitality. but
sr,.t change. which his grisvinE friends can
"a fall TO recognize. II making rapid progress.
Hs has lost interest In life. That IL ominoua
ror ,ixty years he found rest In other forms OF
activity and peace In new struggles Work
has been his only recreation Fresh response
hlIties never failed TO renew his vigor. His
friends are beginning to understand now what
slr Andrew Clark saw clearly. that for such
man to fold his hands means despair and death.
Every effort will Be made now to provide the
v.rr,or-ststesman with tasks and ambitions
,afncientiy important TO keep alive that energy
which Graves and feeds upon what in most
man would destroy It II his enthusiasm can
b, revived. he may remain many dayn figure
Of which the nation will be most proud. II
not then nothing can long delay the END.
The most remarkable effect Of Mr.. Glad
stones retirement has been clearly empha-
slred In connection with his hrst public ap-
pssrancs on THURSDAY. His enemies have
Already become his friends. He has COM
plstsly ceased to bs partisan figure In Eng
lsh politics. The Daalv Ne,os said truly yes-
tsrdsy:
In q few short weeks he has outlivsd
hatred. malice. and all unoharitsblsness. His
fame stands - high to-day a. II It had been
purified By . half century Of the tomb. Most
great men have TO wait for such vindicatisu
for the passing away Of an entire generation.
Their appeal II to postsrity. In Mr.. Glad
stones case the scales have fallen from the
eyes Of his opponents almost 1t the very mo-
which made him the most commanding figure
In the world"
The Antwerp Exhibition was formally
opened to-day. like all other great shows.
10 unrsadiness The show takes In the whole
world. but it, great feature. In fact It's secret
rdison fere. 10 the display which 10
the result OF Belgium's colonial venture
In the Congo State. The country has
achieved one Of the greatest successes
In history In colony making. and it proudly
produces proof OF It. Even England. with all
her African eonQucsts. peaceful and other
wise. 10 put 10 shame by comparison The
United States makes . showing. thus far. %
poor a. to be ridiculous. Only bankrupt Italy.
Of al countries Of rank. makes such beggarly
display.
The artists who suffered By the moral
censorship Of the Glasgow police now have
the sympathy OF all the authors OF Great
Britain. who are protesting against the action
Of smother sslf-appolnted guardian OF public
modesty The English people are book
borrowers rather than book buyers. and their
literary appetites are supplied chiefly By
Smiths and Nudes great circulating libra
riss. which have many thousands OF sub
scribsrs throughout the country. Smith has
boycotted George Moors's latest novel. Father
Waters" on the ground that Il isn't proper.
The book In question has been unanim ously
approved In the reviews on account OF its high
noral tone. It IL not In any sense o wonder
ful book. and. while rather advanced. By no
means can It be classed with the erotio
literature with which the market 10
being flooded. Hot controversy 10 waging
over the matter. The society authors have
taken up the subject. and Conan Doyle. Sarah
Grand. William Archer. and other writer's are
sending indignant letters Of protest to the
press. or course. the book itself IL gaining
greater sale and popularity than It deserves.
because Of the stupid boycott.
One does not look TO tho stAid and dignifisd
Sp'daor for tho absurdities OF sensational
journalism. and therefore its grave announce
nent to-day OF a belief that another Indian
nutny is close at hand will much intensity
hsgTowing feeling OF alarm over the situation
In the Asiatio dominions OF the Queen. After
expressing great Apprshensions based on
recent dispatches and private letters. the Spec
Gor says " 1t Is. at all events. within the
limits OF possibility that within the next few
days all questions which now interest the
ssuntry may bs swallowed up By the intslli-
Esnee that We have for the second time In the
last half century India to rsconauer."
The fact 10 then recalled that next ThursdAy
Is the thirty-ssventh anniversary OF the fatal
'Vh OF may 1901. the nrst dAy OF tho great
nutiny. al anniversary that has never been
forgotten. The article continues;
May 10 the time for insurrsctions. the peo-
Vie believing that the heat prostrAtss white
men; and II . rising has been arranged 1t IL
curing this month that It would burst out all
over northern India just at this time We ap-
YEAR to be receiving one OF those strange
warnings which have frequently preceded dis
mreanees ana which In 1887 took the form Of
nsdistElbuIion OF chapattlss. little unleavsnsd
siss, Through BehAr aud . part OF the
s'rthWsst they were distributed By unknown
sAadS. received In silence As BY men who un-
u"''ood what they meant and passed on to
Aset everywhere with the same reception.
This time It takes the shape OF . patch Of
IAitsr mixed with hair with which the trees
me endless mango groves have been SCI
asuJ bsdAubed throushout BshAr and the
N''lHees to the east and west As In 1887. no
.as Knows how this was done. or By whom.
A'sgh the number Of persons involved must
"Ersat The police. II they know anything.
N'sAl nothing. and the people rsmSin Lost In
mat AppRFSntlW unohaaFvank ailanaa Hhlah