The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-16
CELTIC LAND COMMISSION.
A CHORUS OF DENUNCIATION
AGAINST IT'S APPOINTMENT.

The Liberal and Nationalist Press
Leading in the Attack-An Inquiry
Into the stories of Contagious Dis
eases Among the Soldiers OF the
British Army tn India Favored.
Men Accused of striking Women
with Their Fists and Canes in the
Scramble TO Ge Out of the Burning
Charity Bazaar at Paris.
Copyright 1897, by the Associated Press.
London, May 15.-There is a chorus OF
denunciation from the liberal and ma
tional press at the announcement made
last evening by the chief secretary for
ireland, Gerald Balfour. that a royal COM
mission will be appointed to inquire into
the working of the Irish land commission.
The members of the opposition accuse the
government of making an attempt to in
timidate the sub-commissioners against
reducing rents and declare that the new
commission is appointed solely In the land
lords interest, due to the government be-
Ing alarmed at the landlords Joining the
nationalsts on the question of the fnan-
cial relations between Great Britain and
Ireland.
majority of the newspapers, led by
the Times. are favorable to Lord Dun
ravens motion, made In the House OF
Lords last evening, asking for an inquiry
into the stories of contagious diseases
among the soldiers OF the British army
In India and the effect upon the popula-
tion OF India. His lordship adduced a
powerful argument, quoting figures from
the report made this year by the COM
mittee. Lord Roberts of Kandahar, who
was commander-ln-chief of the army in
India from 1885 to 1898, and who is now
commander of the forces in Ireland,
strongly urged that immediate steps be
taken In the matter, pointing out that in
the Chitral expedition, 1S per cent. of the
soldiers were on the sick list from that
cause.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, while
urging attention to the moral side OF the
question admitted the necessity for an
inquiry.
The Earl of Onslaw, parliamentary Sec
retary for the Indian office, asked Lord
Dunraven not to press the motion, as the
government thought the new measures
which had been Immediately taken, based
upon draft of the cantonment regula-
hiJuS Atoul NHe Nlcefoy OF tnQldt the EAfl
of Elgin, would most likely attain the OBJ
ject desired. The debate viii be resumed
on Monday
At the annual meeting of the iron and
steel institute this week American compe-
tition was one of the chief points of dis
cussion. President Pritchard Madden
spoke OF the enormous output OF the lead
Ing American steel works and pointed out
that the Americans were outdistancing
the British In the uses OF steel. He in
stanced the steel buildings being erected
In nearly all the large cities Of the United
States and urged lower freight rates say
Ing that the present cost of transporta-
ton was severely handicapping British
industry as the rates. not only in America,
but In Belgium and Germany, are greatly
below the English rates.
The inquiry into the fire at the charity
bazaar at Paris on May 4, last has been
followed with the most keen interest in
aristocratlc circles at the French capital
This has been especially the case with the
evidence throwing light upon the coward
ly conduct of many of the men. The exam
ining judges M. Bertelus, investigated the
circumstances and 1t Is asserted tho
names of several men guilty OF brutal cow
ardice are known and that they viii never
again be admitted into Paris society.
A friend Of DR.. Feulard, who died while
resculng a lady from the flames, declares
that he saw three ladies' struck by men,
holding a ladder, which had been let
down from the Offices of the La Croix.
newspaper, when a man, In order to get
her to release her hold, struck her hand
with his walking stick, breaking all her
fingers. M. Achille Fould, banker, says
that two men, whose names are known,
crowded past his wife and one of them
struck her In the face. A member of the
ladies' committee saw a gentleman who is
being upheld by the newspapers 20 public
admiration, slashing right and left with
a stick.
The suItan's reply to the note OF the am
bassadors at Constantinople offering me-
diatlon saying he would be ready 10 dis
cuss the matter after the great Bairam
festival, which ends on Sunday night. JUS
tihes the fear that the powers have drawn
Gent out of the war that It will not
be easy TO get back. Abdul Hamid's an
swer Is cool almost to the point Of inso-
Ience. IL is that OF sovereign with a
powerful army behind him and he Is dis
posed to treat the powers cavalierly. Ar
ticles published In the semi-ofiicial press
OF the continent show that the increase in
the prestige Of the sultan Is the chief con-
Germ OF the European cabinets and the
prospects OF an effective enforcement OF
general reforms for the Turkish empire
are thereby relegated 20 the very distant
future
The postponement OF the sultan's reply
until Bairam Is interpreted as meaning
that his majesty intends that his army
shall continue Its victorious advance until
every strategic point on the Othrya noun
tain range Is In the hands OF the Turks.
and that only then will Edhem Pasha re-
ceive orders TO stop fighting. The resump-
tion OF lighting by the Greeks In Epirus
is regarded as a foolish move and only fur
nlshes Turkey with a plausible motive for
refusing an armistice. IL also hinders the
progress Of the peace negotiations.
The chancellors are also occupied with the
dificult problem OF how Greece will pay
the war indemnity which Turkey seems
certain 10 demand. An international COM
mission 70 administer the finances OF
Greece on the lines OF the similar Turkish
commission. Is mooted. The Greek COM
mission would. II Is proposed, sit at Athens
and take over the Greek customs for the
purpose OF the Greek debt and possibly
for the war indemnity.