Arizona republican., 1898-09-12

the present condition of affairs is intel- erable, and that a radical change Of the l domestic and foreign pol1cleS or the enl-
 pire is necessary.
 That, I have every reason to believe, is the true origin of the astounding project of an international conference with
 view to general disarmament which has
 recently been submitted to the foreign
 powers by the Czaf.
 It is possible that the remarkable re-
 port recently furnished to the Czar by
 Prince Imcretimslly upon the lamentable
 failure Of the government to either corl- } ciliate or Russianize Poland. which con-
 stitutes the frontier province in the event
 Of a German invasion. has likewise con- { trihuted to disturb and disrnGy the Czar. 1 No sooner had he ascended the throne ! than he abandoned his fathers policy to-
 ward Poland, namely, the attempt to
 Russianize the ancient kingdom by bru- tality and tyranny, and replaced the des-
 rctic Governor General. Field Marshal
 C;ourlso. by Count Shuvaloff with in
 structions to do everything he could to { corciHate the Poles and to popuiarize
 Russian rule On Count Shuvaloff being i laid low by stroke of apoplexy. he ap- pointed Prince Imeretinlsky as Governor
 General.
 | The Prince is a man of sixty. is the
 most intimate friend of Count Shuvaioff
 and greatly distinguished himself during , the last Turkish war, being known in 1 the Russian army by the name of ~'Vic- | tor" of Lowtcha. He is a man possessed ! of great wealth and of much independ- i ence Of character, the latter having re- i ceived a striking manifestation by the i unvarnished manner in which he con-
 denns the corruption, the incapacity. 1 and the brutality of Muscovite official dom in Poland
 1 A phase of the recent scandal in Lon ! don in connection with the tiresoma i Hooley, and to which sufficient attention ! has not been accorded, is the change which has come over the ethics of gentle
 men with regard to the question of sifts of money.
 l The rule of conduct in good old days was that man could not with honor ac. ] cept a gift of money unless he was in very great financial straits and then i only from some one who had right to | cffer. It was considered as q cruel in suit to offer a man a gift of money what
 ever his financial necessities, unless he { happened to be a very near relative or z { very dear friend.
 ] Only vixen the woul1.he donor was able ! to insist that he was so near a relation. CT so close a friend. that there could be
 nothing objectionable in the transaction. 1 was it possible to offer gift of money. i Which, even then, in nine cases out Of { ten, would be refused, no matter how desperate the straits of the man who declined.
 In fact. if one happened to help friend one was compelled to resort to the most extraordinary devices in order to achieve ones end without offending his sense Of honor and his delicacy. or hurting the
 feelings of one already in trouble. It is apparent that TO such roundabout
 methods need be resorted to nowadays.
 and that not merely friendship. but even : mere acquaintance, entitle one man to Ia
 ceivc from another 2 gift of money with
 cut loss of honor. Both Lord Albermar,e
 and Lord Delawarr in their evidence were very explicit in explaining that the S45,ut0 which the one had received from
 Mr. Hooley. and the s60,0o0 which had
 been obtained from the same source bv
 the other. were in To wise earned or
 paid in consideration of anything done.
 but mere gifts.
 No exception whatsoever has been tak-
 erB to this admission made py these peeT.;. and the only thing with which fault has
 been found has been the charge brought
 against Lord DelaW2rr by Mir Hooley that he had not turned over to Lord AL bemarle certain gifts of money which the eX-milloneire had intrusted to hira
 for his fellow-peer.
 The charge of retaining for his own uSa
 money that had been handed to him to
 give to another was held to he unworthy
 Of the honor of Q gentleman. and.ac cordingly, q committee of the Carlton , Club, of which Lord Delawarr was a member. took the matter up, and called upon the Earl to either clear himself of the accusation CT else remove his mama
 from the club for conduct unbecOming of
 gentleman and contrary to the ethics
 Of honor.
 It this that rendered Lord Dels;
 warr so anxious to induce MT. Hooiey to
 change his evidence, and as soon as he
 was able to obtain withdrawal of the
 charge that he had retained some of the i jfooley money that had been destined as gift to Lord Albernarle, he was consid.
 cred by the club to have made his record
 perfectly clear and to have done nothing
 that was unbecoming to a gentleman and
 a man of honor.
 Another feature of these new ideas which prevail the subject of money gifts. is shown by the number of checks 1 which now figure as wedding presents
 Formerly it was only very near and dear relative. or else an old and elderly
 friend of the family. who would have
 ventured to let his wedding gift to the
 bride or bridegroom take the form of g. check
 But now checks form the majority of
 wedding gifts in English society, and ara
 welcomed when coming even from mere acquaintances.
 In fact, I have known Of new rich pee pie enGeavoring to advance their social aspirations by sending big checks to
 brides whose parents they had met but once or twice in their lives. but whose social backing they were anxious to se- cure.