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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

% the lai;cr AIRY ard leader in the house
OF commons Of the independent labor
party, said:
1.-The best system is that in use I'm
London. Hyde Park is a great big vent.
and one is needed. There is room there
for all. II the public wants to take the
air there is room. II they want TO listen
10 the speakers they can do So II they
co not they can go and lie down on the
grass and so to sleep. This is a free
country"
Mr.. Hugh Lea. MP. for the 81. Pan
cras division of London. said: I'VE are
not bothered with anarchists in England
The dangerous kind shoot off their
mouths In Hyde Park. and there Won
are The police are on to them ALI Tho
time time, and If they won't be good some
Park is the best thing in the world and
the United States should adopt II.
nave been in America so long that r
know 1t would be good thing il ali the
agitators were allowed TO blow Off steam
I'm the same way as the cart-tai, noIi-
tician at election time As TO the dan
gerous. bomb-throwing anarchists the
countries OF the world ought TO harmon
them all and put them on an island
somewhere, guarded by a shin or two
and let them work out their own saliva,
ton or blow each other to pieces"
Free Speech a Safety Valve.
Harold Cox, Mp, who is a recognized
authority and writer against all forms
OF socialism. said: Free speech in Hyde
Park and elsewhere is very good thing
II is splendid safety valve. But the
fault I find with the system is that there
is too much freedom in the publication OF
pamphlets and propagandist literature.
The socialist or anarchist agitator cam
not do much farm with his frothy.
yeasty brew which SO many drink fl
while he is talking. only to forget the
moment another speaker gets up. IL is
the pamphlet and the other literaturs
which is sent out by the ton which harm.
They are crowded with Measurements
understand this literature in the United
States is even holder than over here Re-
pressive legislation should start with the
suppression OF much OF this stuff
Herbert Nield. tine conservative MP.
for one OF the outlying districts of Lon
don. said: 1.-THE ventilation of opinion
freely In the parks is undoubtedly a wise
thing. The criminal records prove that
the English system is without question
better than the repressive policy OF the d.
police of many of the other countries.
The American situation I have not stu
died. but i certainly agree with Presi-
dent Roosevelt that anarchism must be
stamped out. and / believe that all ma
tons should join hands in this en-
deavor"
And there are scores of other promi-
nent men who hold exactly the same
opinion. Among the socialist leaders
Bernard Shaw. II. G. Wells, Rev. r. J.
Campbell. Sir Sidney oliver. Governor OF
Jamaica, and. of course. Kerr Hardie
and his lieutenants: among the anti-so-
cialists-the Earl OF Wemyss. Lord Bal
four of Burleigh, Lord Avebury. SIR
Felix Schuster, the great banker.
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ton of the time agreed upon the assistant
signaled and the photographer closed the
shutter. When the weather was good and
the sun shining an exposure Of ten min
utes was necessary with a small dia-
phragm at a depth of five meters. Boutan
estimated that at a depth of ten meters
this exposure would need to be more than
doubled.
Used Twin Cameras First.
However, Boutan's method was not OF
much practical use. as his camera did not
permit of any change of focus after it
was immersed. and for a long time no
method was devised until DR.. Reighard
began his experiments.
He, at first, devised a means In which
he used twin cameras with common
focus, and with this he was able to get a
number of very good negatives. but he
proceeded further and at last adopted
focal plane kodack, and this has been en-
tirely satisfactory.
This does away with the Inconvenience
of the two cameras, with the same re-
suits. In it Is a ground glass that Is at
the top of the camera instead of the back,
and by simply pressing button he is able
to control the focus up to the minute Of
exposure.
The image as seen on the ground glass
by the operator looking down through
the hood is, on account of the action of
the mirror, an erect image, not an in
verified image such as one sees on the
ground glass in the back of an ordinary
camera 1t is also an image Of the full
size permitted by the plate and the lens,
not reduced image such as one sees in
a finder. The shutter is focal plane
shutter situated at the back of the camera
just In front of the plate. Such shutter
is essentially roller curtain of black
cloth with a slot across it at one point.
The width of the slot may be regulated.
The shutter is wound upon an upper
ha 10
The exposure is made by causing the
curtain to unwind from the upper roller
and wind upon the lower roller SO that
the slot passes very rapidly across the
face of the plate. The length of the ex-
posture depends on the width of the slot
and the rate at which it moves. The
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his extravagant and impossible manner
of living to the equally impossible way in
which he hands out titles and other ia
vors. His lady friends are not spared
either. Here is a sample from work.
ingman spouter:
Sample of Spouting.
"Buchnum Palace belongs to you and
me. mates. as much as TO i'm. (Shouts
of Go it, BILL You're bit of orl right
matey). Why shouldn't you and me be
a-sitting. up there in a red velvet chair
a-smoking a big. fat cigar, wild a golden
crown on our 'eads. a-drinking cham
payne out of a bucket and 'aving a lot of
fine ladies around tickling our fees wild
a fewer
The crowd likes rot like this. But if
Edward should pass at the next moment
the whole crowd would off with its hats
and cheer him right royalty. Tie crowd
likes its speeches red hot. II cares more
fer word pictures of the golden future in
store for tie socialist than for a disserta-
ton on Where and What is the Soul?'
One man breaches Christianity, another
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FREE SPEECH SAVES ENGLAND FROM HORRORS ANARCShl

flated and harmless. So It - with the tur-
bulent agitator Let him and his COM
rades meet in public and let them spout
Gaping fairly gently. BY the time these
men are talked dry they are harmless.
They take few weeks TO generate enough
gas to get dangerous again. OUT Uy CIV
ing them the right to let 1t on the sas
the safety valve. The public meeting is
a good thing too, In another way. 1t
gives the authorities an idea or tne
strength Of the particular movement In
with the identification OF the leading
spirits. and when We once are on even
terms with the leaders the whole move
ment. whatever 1t may be. Is practicaiiy
under our thumb. II there are any dan
gerous men-anarchists, II you wiii-that
we have not spotted on their arrival in
London we get to know them at these
meetings.
Few Arrests Made.
I'VE have had little trouble during the
last twenty years from agitators. Ar
rests have been few. though probably
more numerous than the public are aware
We don't publish the fact every time We
conduct an anarchist CT some alien
trouble-maker 20 a steamship.
THE sufrragettes and unemployed? Oh,
yes. they have of late given lie authori-
ties some bother. But. mind you. the ar
rest Of the suffragettes and Of Jack vs.
liams and a few Of his unemployed pals
has not been for any other reason than
that they refused to move along for the
public good. The duties Of the police on
such occasions are to prevent crime, TO
keep the peace and to see that all the
public's rights are preserved. So long
If no pf1hlic fPnddpn
on, and this includes such things as the
undue stoppsge Of tranic. then the police
do not act. Our system has worked sue
cessfully in this country for twenty years
or more. How have other countries
fared?''
There are many more anarchists In
England today than there have been In
past years. The strict police regula lions
Of other countries have driven them here
But while they are not interfered with
in England SO long as they behave them
selves, their identity address. mode OF NE
and plans are known to the detectives
who form the special branch.
The police know them all and the coun-
try police have special men who work
In conjunction with the special branch at
Scotland Yard. The arrangements are
most elaborate They have the assistance
of all other countries. and when an an
archist starts travelling the police at his
destination are informed and the man -
at the port VI cutiS VI TIC Io"IV"N USp~~
identifiSd and Swallowed. So exhaustive
has been the work in this connection that
it is semi-ofiicially announced. and with
much confidence. that there Is not a. sin
gle group Of anarchists in this country
which does not number in its membership
one OF more police informants.
Hyde Park Is the ''spouters' paradise
and Sunday Is the day OF days. Anar-
chism takes its place with the dozens Of
other "isms The morning "spouters"
begin as early as 10 o'clock and continue
as long as a crowd will hear them. But
it is the afternoon "spouter' who. with
a Sunday dinner under his belt. can bel
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rate may be varied by changing the ten
sion of the spring which actuates the
camera in front of him with both hands
while he looks down at the ground glass
through the opening in the hood. With
one hand he focuses. When the object
appears in sharp focus and in the de-
sired position on the ground glass he
presses a button with the other hand.
In the new position the mirror excludes
light which might otherwise enter the
camera through the ground glass. At
the same time the change in position of
the mirror permits the light. which was
before reflected to the ground glass; to
fall upon the plate. The adjustment is
such that an image which is in sharp
focus on the ground glass will be in sharp
changes position. The image does not
actually strike the plate so long as the
shutter is wound upon either roller Be
fore the instrument Is to be used the
When the mirror in swinging upward
reaches the position the shutter is re-
leased from the upper roller and taken
up on the lower roller. As the slot passes
the image falls through the slot onto the
plate in successive strips corresponding
to the width of the slot.
The advantages of this form of camera
are the following:
1. The operator sees a full sized. erect
image on the ground glass. while at the
same time the sensitive plate is in posi-
ton for exposure.
2. He is able to focus and to regulate
the position OF the image on the ground
glass up to the instant Of exposure.
Many Scientific Advantages.
Subaquatic photography has many sci
entific advantages: its scope is necessar-
fly limited. but on the other hand many
beautiful effects are obtained that could
not possibly be obtaired any other way
Turbidity Of the water sets limit to
subaquatic photography very much as
fog or rain or partial darkness restricts
photography in air. The water must be
clear-that is. apparently free from parti-
cles in suspension. If instantaneous work
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atheism. the next no popery. A dozen
or more will talk about socialism in Its
various phases: two or three are anti
socialists. Here group of labor leaders
is laying down the law. Here are some
reformers talking Of Ubiquitous taxation.
This man is putting the house OF lords
out of business and others are inveighing
against the aristocracy and the wealthy
classes generally. II their words counted
for anything the aristocracy ard wealthy
people well as royalty would long ago
have had their heads cut off and London
would be sacked and looted to the utter
most cent.
Police Do Not Interfere.
There is a policeman here and there. but
he has ills orders and does not interfere.
Tie bobby" does not do much thinking;
that is done for him. He has his orders
and he is a soldier first and foremost in
that he obeys implicitly. He is stolid and
keeps his temper. That is one OF the most
important rules which he has TO observe
at all stages of the game. His mere pres
ence is sufficient to make people behave,
but 1t does not affect their speeches or
sentiments one bit.
]. Ramsay Macdonald. NJ. r., secretary
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Screen Prepared to Take a Picture.

is to be attempted the water must be free
from the reddish color that often tinges
fresh-water lakes and streams. for the
tinge of red or yellow acts as a color
screen and greatly lengthens the time
necessary for the exposure.
When one looks from the air into the
ocean water at the Tortugas or Ber-
mudas. or into the fresh water OF some
of our northern lakes. IL appears to be as
clear as the air itself. When the surface
is undisturbed objects on the bottom at
depths of ten to twenty feet appear with
as much clearness as though seen through
air alone. The impression is created that
such water is actually as clear as air.
obstruction to the vision of one beneath
II than air itself. To test this impression
the writer constructed a rejecting water
glass somewhat like a rejecting camera
without the lens. II was a metal tube
two feet long. and contained two paral-
lei mirrors, set at an angle or ~ de-
grees with its long axis and placed one
at each end. By putting one end OF this
with its mirror beneath the surface ana
looking into the mirror at the other end.
he obtained view of the suoaquat:c
landscape such as a diver obtains when
he looks about him through the glass
window in his casque. II Is surprising to
find how limited is the range Of ones
vision under these circumstances.
Even in the clear sea water about trop-
ical islands objects at a distance OF
twenty feet begin to appear indistinct.
and beyond that distance they fade into
a blush haze. which constitutes the
background. This haze has not the effect
Of fog or smoke or twilight. II 10 as
though the near distance were limited on
all sides by walls of blush translucent
quartz which merged into the near water.
From these walls the fish emerge and
grow rapidly more distinct as they APP
proach. Into them they vanish suddenly
as they recede.
Subaquatic photographs show the same
lack OF distance that so impresses the
eye. Thus in the photographs shown on
partly because the objects in IL are out
of focus, but chiefly because they are en-
veloped in the blush translucence men,
toned above. 1t Is therefore impossible
under water to photograph objects at any
considerable distance. To the photog-
rapher who 10 unfamiliar with the aspect
of the subaquatic landscape this lack OF
distance in photographs OF ii seems q de-
feet. But to the artist or naturalist who
has seen things as they look to one be-
meath the water 1t is really a merit since
it shows these things as they are
1t is quite probable that i'm a few years
subaquatic photography will be used very
extensively in commercial enterprises as
well as by adventures. The stories of
sunken treasure and other things of a
like nature will attract these treasure
hunters in greater numbers than ever be-
fore when ii Is possible for them to mere
ly sink camera over the spot where il
is claimed the treasure lies and get an
exact picture of the bottom without re-
lying on divers or going to that expense.
1t opens up an entirely new field and
the results are more likely to turn out
to some advantage.
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Use of the picture for scientific purposes
and general interest.
II the subjects are fish they will prob
ably have been scared away by the set
sportsman will have his patience with
him as Is the principal requisite for this
Kind of sport and wait for an hour or
two the fish will come back, especially
II their nests are situated in the vicinity.
1t may be necessary for the photographer
to go some distance away and pull
string to get the picture. as fish are the
easiest scared of all game and a re-
Election in the water or a slight ripple
on Its surface will send them hundred
feet away.
Photographing Fish Net
This method is of most use in secur-
Ing pictures of the nests and their sur
roundings. but it has been used success
fully in getting satisfactory pictures of
fish in their spawning grounds.
If the surface Of the water is not smooth
which may be constructed as follows:
square frame is made of heavy gal
vanized iron, and measures three and
one-half inches deep and twelve inches on
each side within. One of it's edges the
top) Is turned outward three-fourths Of
an inch and then downward one-half
inch to form lip. This stiffens the frame
and tends to prevent water from slop-
ping into 1t. The lower edge of the frame
Is turned outward about half an inch to
form a fiat surface. against which the
glass. thirteen inches square, is bedded
In aquarium cement. After the glass is
in position four trough-shaped pieces are
soldered to the sides Of the frame and
to one another In the manner shown in
the figure. The free edges Of these pieces
project inward beneath the lower surface
of the glass and support 1t. Before the
pieces are soldered into place cement is
placed between them and the lower face
Of the glass.
The whole border of the glass is thus
Blended in cement on both surfaces and at
the edge. To protect the glass when not
In use fiat cover is provided, which fits
against its lower face. Such a water
glass may be fioated over the object to
be photographed and screen set up In
dependently of it. or the screen may be
attached to the glass itself. For the latter
purpose a piece Of half-inch band iron
may be bent to form the three sides of
a rectangle. eight by twelve inches, and
this may be riveted as ball Zig. !, pl.
1V) to the inside of the frame. about eight
inches from one side. The bail should
turn on the rivets SO that it may be de-
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cial Correspondence of The Star.

LONDON, August 81. 1908.
S the home of anarchists Eng
land leads all other countries.
And yet there is never any
trouble here with these "ene-
mics of all mankind" as Presi-
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Marble Arch Corner, Hyde Par.


who will not do away with the bearing
rein. Her little audience Is not listening.
but specializing on how soon the legs OF
her chair will give way. for the lady is
very stout. The next speaker is a pale
girl. not bad looking. undoubtedly Jew
ess She wears a flaming red bow and
talks straight out red revolution-but for
Russia. She tells all about the horrors
of Kitchineff through which she passed.
The next woman is also pale-faced and
sickly looking in the bright sunshine.
She is pleading for little children and is
rampant socialist. A buXom, rOsy-cheek
ed woman. such contrast to the last
named. is imploring the crowd to be con-
verted to her particular form of religion.
Among the men orators there is far
more variety. Some are agitators. pure
and simple. They preach revolution in
various forms. Many of them denounce
America and the trusts and seem as we'll
acquainted with Rockefeller and Cargenie
and other multi-millionaires as If they
had really seen them and were old col
lege playmates. Others denounce the
king and royal family. They are fairly
decent. some of these fellows. for they
only attack the male members of royalty.
But poor King Edward! Some most as
founding lies are uttered about him from
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trouble here with these "ene-
mics of all mankind" as Presi-
dent Roosevelt has called them. Inc
secret of this peace and quietness. the
absence of bomb throwing. riotous IN
scitement and red flag rampaeing' mes
with the method in which the police OF
this country handle the anarchists.
In London today there are two conf
dental agents of the secret service from
Washington. who are engaged at SCOT
land Yard In gathering all the facts ana
information possible regarding the spe-
cial branch which deals exclusively with
anarchists and the almost allied move
ments of the rabid revolutionaries, for
eign and English. who make LONDON
their headquarters.
The secret OF the British method Is
publicity and free speech 1t was only
after many. many years of repression
that Britain discovered this fact. The
secret meetings, the midnight plots, the
pamphlets and newspapers surreptitious-
" circulated bred mystery and dark
doings. and anarchism thrives on such
things. On such occasions when the au-
thorities, with soldiers, policemen and
professions and prevent meetings there
were conflicts and riots. But for nearly
a quarter of a century London has been
quite at peace with the turbulent ele-
ment. IL any one wants to have a pro-
cession in great numbers because of
some public question. the police authorl-
ties tell them to go ahead and "procesh'
to their hearts content, provided always
that an adequate police escort accom-
panies the marchers TO see that trafhc Is
not delayed and that there is no ruff
fianism by hooligans along the line of
march. II few thousands or a hun
dred thousand want to hold a public
meeting Hyde Park or Trafalgar Square
10 open to them.
Police Use Their Ears.
The police certainly heed what the
speakers say. They make note Of GER
tain speeches and mark down the speaker.
and he may some day discover that his
name is on the list OF the special branch
at Scotland Yard. But men and women
can wave the red flag all they want. They
can yell Down with the king and gov
eminent" till they are black In the face.
iThey can advise march OH Buckingham
Palace. the footing Of the fashionable
West End. the reddest kinds Of revolution.
and. In fact, spout and shout until they
are hoarse without interruption or ap-
parent heed from the police.
An Official Of Scotland Yards speciai
branch in Whitehall explained the secret
the other day. ITS just this way. ne
asaid. 1--WE find that speechmaking in the
1park is a safety valve. If you are in a
Sballoon and want 70 let the gas out by
degrees you open the safety valve III
, YOU hold this valve open long enough all
30 Eas comes out and your balloon is de-