Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-16
CHORUS OF DENUNCATIONS From Liberal and Nationalist
 Press in London. DOWN TRODDEN IRELAND Again to Be Prosecuted American Steel Workers Create Commotion-Cow-
 ards to Be Exposed.
Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Prassl

(Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated
 Press)
 London, May 15.-There is a chorus Of denunciation from the liberal and na- tionalist press at the announcement made last evening by the chief secretary for Ireland, Gerald Balfour, that royal commission will be appointed to inquire into the working of the Irish land com mission. The members of the oppcsi- tion accuse the government of making an attempt to intimidate the sub-commis- 2 sioners against reducing rents and de- clare that the new commission is ap- pointed solely in the landlords interest due to the government being alarmed at the landlords joining the nationalists on the question of the financial relations between Great Britain and Ireland.
 A majority of the newspapers, led py the Times, are favorable to Lord Dun ravens motion made in the house or lords last evening asking for an lpqufy into the stories of courageous 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 commanders in chief of the army in India from 1885 to 1893, and who is now commander of the forces In Ire land, strongly urged that immediate steps be taken in the matter, pointing out that in the Chitral expedition Is per cent. of the soldiers were on the sick list from that cause The archbishop of Canter- bury, while urging attention to the moral side of the question, admitted the ne cessity for an inquiry. The earl or On- slow. parliamentary secretary for the h. dian office, asked Lord Dunraven not to press the motion as the government thought the new measures Whlch had been immediately taken based upon draft of the cantonment regulations from the yiceroy of India, the earl of Elgln, would most likely attain the object de- sired. The debate will be resumed on Monday.
 At the annual meeting of the iron and steel institute this week, American com petition was one of the chief points or discussion. President Pritchard Mad den spoke of the enormous output or the leading American steel works and point ed out that the Americans were outdls- tancing the British in the steel market and the uses of steel. He instanced the steel factories being built in nearly all the large cities of the United States ana urged the reduction of freight, saying seriously handicappins British industries as the rates not only in America put III Belgium and Germany were greatly De- low the English rates. =
 Inquiry into the fire at the charlty nd- zaar at Paris on May 4 last has been foi- lowed with the most keen interest in arls- tocratic circles at the French capital. This has been especially the case with the evidence throwing light upon the cowardly conduct of many or the men, The examining judge, M. Bertus, lnves, tigated the circumstances ana IL iS sdle that the names of several men gullty or brutal cowardice are known ana that they will never again be admitted lhcV Paris society. a., ,,.,o resc1ling a lady from the flames, declares that he saw three ladies struck py men, One lady, who is dying, was stahui,s ils and holding a ladder which had peen iee down from the offices of La CrolH, ,Iewsnaper. when a man, in order to Set her to release her hold struck her mana with his walking stick, breaking all her fingers. ,.,or so,,e +bot two men whose namss are known, cIoWu-- ed mast his wife and one of them struck s,er in the face. A member of the ladies, coromittee saw a gentleman, who IS pclhg. nnheld bv the newspapers to puonc ad- miratio9, slashing right and lett With stick. 4,o ,o+a oe the o,,,ba sssflors at Constantinople offering mediation, saying he would De ready to discuss the proposition after the eiredter Rairam festival, which ends on Suicd5 night. causes the ledI tide tfiN having withdrawn out of the war 1t Will not be easy to get back. Ahmed Pasha Is cool almost to silence. It IS as II a great power was behind him, and he is disposead to treat the powers caVansriy;
 Articles published in the seml-olicial press of the continent show mat the lh- crease of the prestige of the sultan IS the chief concern of European cabinets ana the nrospects of an effective enforcement of general reforms for the Turkish em- pire are thereby relegated to the very distant future.
 The postponement of the sultan'a reply until after the Bairam festival is inter- Inseted as meaning that his majesty in- tends that his army stsall continue its victorious progress until every strategic point on the Othe1ta mountain range Is Tn the hands of the Turks and that only then will Edhem Pasha receive orders to stoa, fighting.
 The resumption of fighting by the Creeks in Bpirus is regarded as a foolish move and only furnishes Turkey with a plausible motive for refusing an ar1nis- tice. It also delays the progress of nego- tiations.
 The powers are also confronted with the difficult problem as to how Greece will pay the indemnity which Turkey seems determined to demand. The Greek commission that is proposed to meet a Turkish commission, it is supposed woifld sit at Athens to talk over the peace propositions and also the war indemnity.