The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
FOREIGN COMMENT.

FOREIGN COMMENT.
On the 18th Of November q grand chap
ter Of the knights Of the Garter was held
at Windsor Castle, when King Edward
invested King Haakon of Norway with
the insignia OF the order
The great Russian medical association,
called the Perogow. held its yearly meet
ing in Denmark. at HeIsingf0rs. as It is
Tot permitted TO meet I'm Russia The
congress chiefly discussed the means of
fighting famine and its terrible results.
4 loud and universal outcry has been
made throughout England over a SEN
tence passed upon two tramps for break
ing a grocer's plate glass window in the
city Of Bedford. The recorder, Mr.. Rus
sell Griffiths, gave them each five years
penal servitude. Notwithstanding that this
was the first ofense of these men In,
dignation is so great over such a severe
sentence for so trivial an offense that an
appeal Is to be made to the home secre-
tary. Il seems that the tramps were
corder during their trial, and the punish
ment meted out TO them was more for
their insOlenCe than the window break
ing. This Is another striking lesson On
the necessity for courts Of appeal for To-
lice trials In England As the law now
stands. there IS 10 redress for these men
against an outrageous and unjust sen
tence. except through the home secretary.
That a man can be sent to penal servi-
tude for talking back 20 a petulaut police
magistrate is a travesty on justice.
Gen. Stossel, Of the Russian army late
commander of Port Arthur, has applied
10 a charitable institution for wounded SOL
diers for financial assistance 10 enable him
10 pay his servant. He has been asked to
produce q medical certificate showing that
his health IS such that he cannot supply
his own needs. Il is thus that holy Rus
sia provides for her disabled commanders.
No wonder that the revolutionists have
hopes Of undermining the loyalty OF the
army. The supreme power Of the Cars
government is maintained and represent
ed by the Russian army. The revolution
lists, who are composed Of various bodies
Of restless men with conflicting aims and
contradictory principles, nevertheless are
united in their perception Of the fact that
the army constitutes the cornerstone of
the present political fabric. They are.
therefore, turning their attention TO the
/ land and sea forces, despatchlng mission
aries to preach rebellion to them in its
most seductive aspects. and to preach II
with conviction. unselfshness, and fanati-
cism. The mutinies of Sebastopol. Odessa.
/ Cronstadt, and Libau are the results.
They are the first fruits Of the revolution
airy apostolate.
Since the disappearance Of the statue Of
Isis from the Louvre. IN Paris. every visi-
tor asks about the goddess as if she were
the only object of interest in the museum
worth seeing. The statue measures about
( 20 inches. and was part Of the collection
Of the Egyptian antiquities. The guar
dlans Of the Louvre at first insisted that
the statue was not stolen, but had been
misplaced during the general cleaning up
! Of the museum. Facetious reporters have
asked in the Paris papers if Isis has
oloped. and with whom. perhaps with a
vulgar thief. Now, however. II. Homolle.
/ the chief guardian Of the Louvre, is
/ obliged to admit that the statue has been
stolen. This robbery is another evidence
/ that the valuable treasures Of antiquity
! in the Louvre are not sufficiently guarded.
I The question has been often raised and
denied by the authorities, but an enter
/ prising Partisan journalist proved the con
/ trary by stealing two bronze frogs out Of
/ the Luxembourg Museum. and another
spent a whole night IN the Louvre and
slept in an Egyptian sarcophagus. and
might have selected any article he pleased
and walked away with them in the morn
| ing. The "ChambTe Carree' and the small
room containing the statue of the Venus
1 of Milo only are constantly and adequate
/ " guarded day and night But many
portable objects OF art are in danger Of
theft II some stringent measures to guard
them are not adopted by the authorities.
! There is no member OF the British
/ House of Commons who can put for
ward a case with more cIearness and ef-
/ feet than John Redmond, the Irish mem
/ Der. Since the opening OF the autumn
| session Mr.. Redmond has pleaded the
cause Of the Irish evicted tenants with
! great fervor and eloquence. The Wind
/ ham land act of 1903 was brought about
I by the sufferings and sacrifices of these
/ tenants. as a measure Of land reform fol
/ Ireland. They had ruined themselves IT
/ the cause and in losing their homes IN.
volved their wives and children IN dis
/ tress. Mr.. Redmond explained TO tho
house that since the passage OF the land
act. three years ago. 1912 apphca
tions by evicted tenants fo- reinstate
ment had been made, and only l6l fam
/ lies had been restored. The delay IN re
instating these poor and long-sUffering
people TO their humble homes has beer
distinctly traced 10 certain regulations is
/ sued by the BalfOur government regula
tiOns which thwarted the expressed vii
Of Parliament. The landlords We're defy
ing the government; they would not al
low the inspectors OF the estates commits
/ sion 10 investigate the cases in dispute
and thus they hindered the government
from carrying into effect the primary
principle of the Windham act Mr. Red
mond wound up by saying that the self
restraint Of the Irish people had beer
marvelOus-the country was peaceful anS
/ without crime-for the evicted tenants
were buoyed up by hope. But how cOulC
he so on preaching patience. when at tn,
present rate Of progress IL would talk
hfty years to get these people back t.
their homes. They would be ali dead an,
buried. Indeed, some We're dead an,
buried already He implored the govern
ment TO act promptly for the sake o
these poor people and for its own sake.