The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-17

lang reach The famine isxt-.cts. owing 70
eh@ i-upo~ssefiiry cs preventing tne z1iSra-
fza-s u re PANE stricken natives. and
shou.d thss reav- cEf &c BE- the case. ccr--
pete-t authorities eek forward 20 terr1sse
mortality SIS ire pIagus germs VII And
fruitful ssf u re ezaacasted natives Tee
Indian government appears hardy % have
scrsssen s1eh a granite undertaking az
that q relieving ire necessities 81 over
s. 90 90 peo2le And Us ready Ec1E2sscsnce
In the proposal 20 appeal 70 private charity
indicates that K rSw recognizes Ihs m
s17cssney y its arrangements
Ths sympathy o. Great Britain Is
thoroughly aroused and relief tznds have
been starred n al the ca2st
Is approaching SO aa and it Is
hoped thar tas toeal Fund wli reach ar
leas, s-es gsss. wnfrh was E1~ amount sub
scrfbed for The rsiief 9f the sufferers cs t1e
last far.ins TIE newspapers urge that
some more drastic measure be adopted
and one % the weekly papers suggests ta&t
parliament vote Big grant or lend Ind4a
E1e. .ae 90.
Lord Mayor George Fauiel Phillips
today presided az large meeting al
the Mansion House called 70 pro-
rncte the wcrk of aiding the famine
suffers N India Secretary Of State for
India George Hamilton. Duke ot Con-
nsught and the Duke of Cambridge were
present The Duka OF connaught moved
a resolution recognizing it 10 Be the pubic
duty 20 assist n extending relief meas
urss. Lord George Hamilton seconded the
motloa. An exciting scene followed.
HyndmAn. the socialist leader. tried 20
move an amendment "a. 'fn visw Of the
distress az home" but the lord mayor in
tsrruptsd him. saying il was neither tine
nor pace to move an amendment Hynd-
raR IN ~
amendment and was finally elected from
the hail amid cheers and few Kisses. The
Duke OF Connaught's resolution was then
adopted.
Henry Hobhouse. member OF parliament
FOR East Somerset. liberal aniouist moved
and George Curgou. parliamentary sec-e-
tary Of the foreign Office. seconded the
motion. inviting the officials and clergy TO
Cooperate IN relief work. Another attempt
10 move an amendment similar 20 Hynd-
mans followed. but was ruled out or Or
der The Ho0houSe motion was adopted
and the meeting adjourned.
representative OF the Associated
Press called on Lord Mayor Philips after
the meeting ~ the Mansion house todav
The lord mayor said he was hopeful that
Americans would cooperate. and wrote
the following statement, which he asked
the Associated Press 10 publish in the
United States:
The lord mayor of London VIII re-
ceive with profound gratitude from the
people OF America contributions for the
India funds. He asks the royal family
10 contribute 10 the fund. (Signsd)
GEORGE FAuDEL PHILLIPS.
Lord Mayor"
From the European point Of view. how
ever. the plague is . matter Of grayer
concern than the famine. Al the conti-
mental governments are adopting precsu-
tionsry measures az their ports. and the
import from India OF rags. linen and
other articles capable Of conveying germs
IS prohibited II Is announced that n
European conference VIII be held at Rome
70 consider the adoption OF combined
measures 70 prevent the pIs que from in
vading Europe
The Russian government has sent doc
tors 10 Persia 70 watch the progress OF
the disease, and Il il appears either ia
Persia or Afghanissan the Russian from
tier wiIl be Immediately closed.
The Indian government has dispatched
the director general Of the medical ser
vice 10 study the pa que az Bombay. and
two chief officials CT the Egyptian sani-
tary STAFF have also gone there 10 arrange
FOR measures 10 Eninfzlize tne chances OF
the spread Of the plague TO Mecca which.
II IL occurred. would probably mean the
invasion Of Egypt. The Egyptian govern
ment has decided that II the plague shall
appear IN Arabia no Egyptian pilgrims
VIII be allowed 10 return until the disease
there shall have become extinct More
over. no pilgrim would In that case be
allowed 70 leave Egypt unless he could
prove he had means OF subsistence for
six months stay in Hedj2s, otherwise the
hand Of the pilgrimage. The Mecca pill
grimage Is now a source ef the greatest
anxiety 20 the European governments.
and Il Is urged on many sides that the
pilgrimages ought 70 be stopped. II ap-
pears that a the International sanitary
council at Coustantinopie the Austrian
delegate proposed that the pilgrimages
from India should be prohibited. but the
Turkish delegate opposed this on the
grcand thar II would trench on an essen
tian part Of the Mahammedan faith
The Daily News publishes a long article
advocating prohibition OF the pilgrimage
and suggests that The European ministers
at Teheran and 81. Petersburg induce the
shah and the czar 20 proclaim ths clos
Ing Of the channels o. pilgrimage. while
the Turkish authorities close the port OF
Jeddah. Grea; Britain. under treaty ar
rangemeuts. can prohibEt Afghanistau
pilgrims from traversing India and can
also stop the eTlgx from BeIuchistan.
The Austrian government has decided 20
prevent. 80 far a. possible, the pilgrimage
from Bosnia and Herzegovina
The British Medical Courier mentions
report that six plague cases have reached
Marseilies and adds that {; believes the
disease VIII not spread, as the town is IN
good sanitary condition