Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-22
EMPEROR IN ENG[AND|SP IN THE RANKS
Kaiser Greatly Pleased With Respective Chances Of Taft
His London Experience. and Foraker.
SOME LOCAL COMPLAINTS TARIFF REVISION PROBL EN-
Lacks Of Accommodation the Old Enmy Daugh the Senior
Law Courts z Ohio Senator
IT, S. WARsHR ADVENTURE RECALLS SHERMAN CONTEST
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Out Convention-Memory
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SOME LOCAL COMPLAINTS.
Lacks Of Accommodation in the Old
Law Courts.
s. wARsH1P ADVENTURE
Explanation Of the Present Middle
in Persia and Its Probable Out
come-Shah IL Powerful.

| Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, December 2f.-The English
people have been pleased at the tele-
graphed reports OF the eulogies passed
upon them by the kaiser on his return to
| Berlin. Speaking Of the English house
dwelling system as opposed to the flat
system Of Germany. the kaiser said: "A
house even of the poorest workman. had
a comfortable, homelike atmosphere"
The kaiser had been rusticating in a
particularly well-favored locality when he
said this. He went on to say: English
men are evidently great lovers Of flow
ers as might be- seen in all their living
rooms. while the houses were often COW
cred with creeping plants. would be
glad II the dwelling house system were
adopted more and more in Germany"
The kaiser also repeated the stock COM
pliment to the police regulation Of traf-
ic in London streets, saying: English
common sense is revealed everywhere"
Court Accommodations.
1u0 oPSttotOI, COMMENCING oh tAlS,
says: Most foreigners seem to be SO
much astonished at the fane management
Of traffic in London that they imagine it
Is typical Of the marvellous efficiency OF
our, other institutions. Well. let US take
two examples this week from London.
A few months ago the costly new courts
of the Old Bailey were opened with mod
ern Improvements, yet the ventilation was
50 bad during q recent trial the court
was either almost blown from its seat or
suffocated. The other instance was that
Of the high courts themselves They
cost an enormous amount and had been in
use for thirty years. but there are too
few seats for the judges, one OF whom
is now sitting in the old disused hall in
Lincoln's Inn, and another in what he
and counsel describe as a rabbit hutch
! loose box in the central hall OF the
courts, which itself, by the way, Is I'M
serviceable.
1.-THE rabbit hutch in question Is nothing
| more or less than rough plank shed
ruin up in the central hall.
Cruise Of Our Battleships.
| The only contentious subjects with
which the press Is able to discourage the
| Christmas spirit are Americas battle feet
and Persia's threatened revolution. It is
| astonishing the Importance which pub
licists Of all Europe ascribe to the cruise
of Admiral Evans armada. 1t Is doubtful
| IL Americans themselves will watch the
| progress and far-reaohing effects Of this
politico-naval experiment with greater
concern and interest. Comments on the
| departure of the fleet are curious and
widely divergent, according to the point
of view Of the critics.
Thus William Waldorf Astor's newspa-
per, the Pail Mall Gazette, IS quite dis
turbed by recent American criticisms OF
the effectiveness Of the whole navy. 1t
describes them as a staggering indictment
| which seems to be founded on accurate
official Information and solemnly warns US
that even il 1t Is only partially true there
can be no doubt that Americas greatest
interest Is peace and that it Is only in the
United States that the cruise Of the Pa
cific fleet need cause anxiety
The Spectator kindly points out to us
that:
Those who are responsible for the Union
cannot forget that Japan, with her mag
nificent army and most efficient feet, is
inhabited by one of the proudest races in
the world, and yet a race which is con-
| stantly suffering from the slight and in
suits Of the white races which reject her
people as immigrant citizens. In other
words. American statesmen may well feel
tnat it ia possible that in some burst Of
unexpected emotion the Japanese people
may insist on asserting their equality with
the white race in all respects by an I'M
hesitating appeal to the sword.
Japanese Character.
There Is, we believe, however little or
no chance of such an act of rashness. The
Japanese with their keen intelligence per-
fectly understand that on such a question
the white maritime powers would be COM
PEELED to stand together
The Persian crisis is really a very
pretty bit Of national comedy or tragedy,
and one cannot but be thankful that
England and Russia reached a good
understanding in that part Of the world
before the situation became acute
Teheran is still In a state of siege and
the deadlock arose in this fashion: The
| shah, who had subscribed to the consti-
father, fell under the influence of reac-
tionaries who are practically seeking to
restore the old depotism. Last Sunday
the ministry resigned. lighting broke
or constitutional party, and the royalists.
The resignation of the ministry was
| caused by the refusal Of the shah to eX-
pei his reactionary advisers who were in
triguing against the cabin-t.
Sunday evening the parliament was ad-
vised that the prime minister and the
minister of the interior had been arrested.
The deputies demanded their release and
| declared that, they would not leave the
house until q satisfactory answer was re-
| turned.
Up to. the Shah.
The British legation then interviewed
and asked that the premier be released.
1t was understood. very likely with good
reason, that his life was in danger. The
prime minister was allowed to depart for
Europe in exile. The most important
point is the failure of the shah to effect
the coup d'etat which he had planned
| for Sunday, and by which he proposed to
expel all the nationalist leaders and dis
solve the parliament. The nationalist
! have appealed to the legations for Euro
| pean sympathy in their struggle. It Is
not likely. however that there will be any
! foreign interference unless much blood
shed and complete anarchy supervene.
| Neither Russia nor Great Britain desires
| to become responsible, even jointly, for
anything like the Egyptianizing of Persia,
| SO this ancient kingdom for the present
must work out its own salvation.
Required Labor on Mining Claims.
| At the instance Of Senator Teller the
Senate yesterday passed a bill suspending
for the year 1907 the requirement that
500 worth of labor shall be done on min
| ing claims in the course of being perfected
in the states of Colorado. California, Ore
| gon South Dakota and Idaho.
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