The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-25

owing to the raid. They we're going from bad
to worse before the raid. We were on the
verge OF war before the raid. and the Trans
vaal was on the verge OF revolution. The effect
Of the raid has been to give the policy Of leav-
Ing things alone new lease OF life and with
the old consequences.
The spectacle OF thousands OF British sub
jects kept permanently In the position OF
helots. constantly chatting under undoubted
grievances and calling valnly to her Majestys
Government for redress. does steadily under
mine the influence and reputation OF Great
Britain and the respect for the British Govern
ment within the Queens dominions."
Mr.. Lawson TAFT. the chief obstetric surgeon
In England. who died this week. was remark
able and many sided mar, and maintained his
striking individuality to the last When his
health began to fail he went to live In his
house on the Welsh coast. near Llandudno.
He left a request to his relatives to be buried
In a cave In his garden there. where he used to
amuse himself in his flower beds The Homo
Secretary was asked whether from q sanitary
point OF view any objection would be taken by
the authorities. and the reply left his family
free to comply with his last wish. But. acting
on m edical advice. his body will be taken to
Liverpool and cremated and the ashes re-
turned to Llandudno In an urn and quietly in
tered in his garden cave.
Lawson TAFT was the most powerful and ac-
tive OF the minority OF medical men who have
fought constantly against vivlsection. He
wrote to one OF the medical journals only
month ago:
Some day shall have tombstone put over
me and an inscription upon 1t. Iwant only
one thing recorded on it. and that to the effect
that he labored to dwarf his profession from
the laundering which has resulted from the
performance OF experiments on the sub human
groups OF animal life in the hope that they
would shed light on tho aberrant physiology OF
the human groups Such experiments mover
have succeeded. and never can: and they have.
as In the case Of Koch. Pasteur and Lister. not
only hindered true progress. but have covered
our profession with ridicule."
Very few of his colleagues. even when they
shared his conclusions. sympathzed with his
sweeping denunciations. In his last public
appearance he attacked tho cry OF the doctors
that tho whole question can only be dealt with
by medical men. and that the layman must
stand aside. 1t was a layman who had con-
verified him absolutely to nti-vvsection Vows.
or the three phases sentimental. religious
and utitarian. It was the last that appealed to
him. All the world ought to be entitled to in
vestigate its utility. Medical mon were not
privileged priesthood who could say to the
public. We assert this or that. and you must
beheve IL. Inc Gays OF that klho OF priest
craft had gone forever. ne aum'teu ne
was not physloiosist' put ne was
piaceu py MS procession anu posi'on as
Judge OF Physl"lo2ists' Inc iatter ina"e
their experiments ana asserted their cohclu-
sions, but they had to come 10 the court OF
Practitioners to deteEEat4s Ehether those con-
clCsions were valid and OF use. He pronounced
them OF no use. The so-called medical In
speetlon OF F'lsecuoh was fraud IL ought
10 DC zone Dy lawyer. OF business man. or
some one "hoHy unconhec'eu Win tne Heo-
lcal profession his "oras on '"e so-eaueu
safeguards Ill the present Ia" governing 'i'i-
section were:
Tour pstieht must Dc eNner conscious OF
unconse'ous ~ ~ 10 UNCONSCIOUS .ne eNpof'-
meh' ID aoih'''eo'' "or'''eSe IS con
sclous 's nervous system Is 30 e''ih"la'eh anu
nis 30 upset oy ,ho .or'ure 'nat no run can
oearriVeuat beiore the Gays OF anesthlcs these
experiments "ete AL cohuuc'eu u"uer con
seriousness. anu ti'e 'hero'ore. - 'na'
running throuRh them all there was Vit'athk
conuitioh "h'ch iehueteu 'he'h iu'he' Pue
this worn ahae'he''es Jus' fe"iius me VI
one VI 'hose iu,i'e si'unus VI eN'et'n'en'a''o''
IN "i''ch 'here IL nov 'ef' ,''u',i 'iue"S, ye' IL
iu''s sho"9 ~" "o'otu'''' H'u''u "'''' ''o.''
my po'''' VI Wow u'e'e'' '"o'e 'N'o' ''''n''
arc
The famine in the seven provinces Of East
| Furopean Russia |. sinking the wretched peas
aptry deeper and deeper into their misery.
| They need about q penny day to live on. and
there are not nearly enough pennies to 60
around, for in a population OF Il 900 900 more
than :, 900. 600 arc hungry every hour OF their
| livcs The actual starvation in the afflicted
territory is said by those who know tho situa-
! ton 10 be immeasurab bly, worse than the much
pitiod famine OF 1891 ~.
| During the next three months 1900 600
| roubles month will be- required to keen the
majority OF those furnishing peasants alive.
exclusive OF medicame nts wherewith to meet
the terrible ravages Of disease According to
| the lowest calculation. IL roubles a month. a
| little more than two cents day, will be neces-
sary TO support ono person; So that quite
%. 200 600 roubles will be required. All that
has hitherto been given by the EMPEROR and
Emprcss tsome 3,5Oo,OOO roublesl, the Red
Cross Society and private persons. and
what ia still flowing in from various inde-
prnd-nt sources will be- utterly Inadequate
TO provide for all the necessities OF the situa-