The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15

and consideration possessed by other parts of
tho United Kingdom. Tho VicoroyNlty, the
mock court, tho absence OF u royal residence, are
all marks of separation, for. as far as those
points 20. ireland Is not treated like England or
Scotland, but like q conquered dependency"
England has Just brought TO a close another
Of her "little wars The scene Of this last, like
that Of 30 many others, was laid In India The
attack on tho camp at Malakand and tho con.
sequent renewal of the war In Chitral attracted
much moro attention than would ordinarily
have been tho case, owing to tho interest reused
by tho f~anatical outbreak In Poona, tho horrors
Of Indian plague and famine. and the universal
rousing Of feeling by the sue
oesses OF Abdul Hamid. tho Father OF the
Faithful"
As n matter of fact this particular little
war" is the inevitable outcome Of what hap
pened two years ago. After the Chitrsl expedi-
tion of 1895 Rosebery overruled the Indian
Government and decided to draw out Of Chitral.
But the Conservative Government coming in
at once reversed the policy OF their predecessors,
and this valley and the warlike mountainous
tribes OF the district were annexed. An up
rising sooner or later was tho logical sequence
to this. To a large body of Englishmon, 1t
would seem, there is nothing resrettablo In
such an incident. Only q few days ago a con.
spicuous statesman publicly expressed the opin-
ion that such affairs were desirable, as giving
British troops q little useful training and ex.
perience.
However. I have no intention now Of discuss
ing Indian matters. merely wish to point out
u striking contrast between the fighting in
India and that which took place on the classic
ground OF Thessaly. A laconic message arrives
to-day from the political officer at Malakand.
He says that, practically, all the tribes took part
In the recent attacks on the British posts. and
that in the fighting they lost 6, 200 killed besides
wounded. lie adds: They are greatly dis
heartened." The British losses are probably
well covered II you put them down at fifty, the
majority of whom would DO native troops. No
one knows accurately the tale OF killed In the
GrRco-Turkish war, but it is probably q good
deal smaller than that of the few days fighting
in India. After the fight. however, proverbially
comes the shouting. And here the Greeks and
Turks prevail. The two belligerents and q
chorus OF six powers arc still in full cry, and, to
use Lord Salisbury's words, the accomplished
facts arc still ~unaccomplished.
directed attention recently to the remarkable
ingenuity, not to use q less complimentary term.
which the English judiciary can display on oc-
casion in multiplying an obsolete or unpopular
law. Mr.. Justice Collins has just made q ruling
which is even one better" than the decision of
the Court OF Appeals that q race course betting
ring is not "a place" within tho meaning Of
the an~ti-gambling statute. Jeffreys Williams
brought an action against George Wright, pub
Usher Of the Times, to recover q penalty under
the Lords Day Observance act, the Times hav-
ing published an advertisement OF q Sunday con-
cert in the Queens Hall. The act, which was
passed In 1881. provides among other things
that any ono advertising or causing to be
advertised q public entertainment, amusement,
or meeting to which people are admitted
for money on 4 Sunday. shall forfeit $50 to .
common informer. Mr.. Williams explained
that. 80 far from being a Sabbatarian, he had no
religious belief. and merely wished to expose the
act He then described the COMFORT he had at.
tended. and said he had heard q song which
made him laugh. DR.. Parry was called to provo
that there was no levity In the performance.
But in c~ross-examination he admitted that tho
music. or some Of 1t, would conventionally 30
described as secular. In short, II seemed as II
the case came within the act, except that Mr..
Wright swore he had no control over tho adver-
isements which appeared in the Times.
The Judge. however. made no account Of that
point. He knocked q hole in the statute big
enough for anybody to drive an entire orchestra
through now and hereafter. He ruled that the
plaintiff had failed to prove that there were nc
free seats at the concert; therefore his action
was thrown out Of court. Now there is not O
word In the statute about free seats. Tho words
are, to which persons shall be admitted by the
payment Of money or by tickets sold for money
Mr.. Justice Collins CONSTITUTES this as meaning to
which no persons shall be admitted except by
money. Tho promoters therefore need only Lot
in halr q dozen people. members Of their OWL
families. for instance. gratuitously. and the act
becomes at once a dead letter.
7. NJ. Healy. M. p. has pointed out a striking
aVamnle 0f the manner In which AN IriRh-hafinn
Parliament persists in refusing Ireland even the
opportunity to profit by her own resources. HI
writes to the Times:
ION page 4 of the Times Of to-day there is q
striking advertisement. 1t fills the whole pag,
and is in double column. Every one who seel
the paper must DO caught by 1t, even folk VIII,
usually do not read advertisements. It Is abou'
an American canal. It's authors want half q
million OF English money. They set out thai
they have got an act from the State OF New
York to develop the water power OF the st. Law
renee, and the following reason, among others
is given to show that the investment Is sound:
1T ia estimated that tho production of power
by steam costs. under favorable circumstances
about 2lo per electrical horse power per annum
At Niagara a charge Of about S19.11. or. say
"a per electrical horse power per annum 4
made. while this company will be able to sell q
$12, or, say R2 los. per horse power per year
1t 10 considered that tho demand for oheaI
power is 30 great that the whole of the powe
this company has to dispose Of should be rapid.
taken up. II is understood that there are variou
electro-chemical processes which depend 70
; their success upon being able to obte.. yer!
large quantities Of power at q low rate
. "Just 80. But a couple of months since tn
. House of Lords rejected an Irish 'Industrie
Z bill which would have allowed water power 4
: waste places in Ireland to be similarly deveI
= oped. We sought no half million on tho stocl
q Exchange. We only asked from the conquero
l permission to develop our humble resources
. but the House OF Lords. at the instance Of II
. Chairman and OF the Prime Minister, unani
| mously rejected a bill unanimously passed b!
: the Tory House of Commons Thon comes
! foreign company TO you for $780, oo. flourish
= ing an act Of the State OF New York, and tn
= upholders Of the system who reject a bill .