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have threatened to involve society in an

nave threatened 10 lnvolVe SocietyA IN All
And 80. in this twentieth centtay.
under the enlightened rule of the most
constitutional monarch in the world, an
OfIicial of hitherto unblemished character
and name is to be dismissed and ruined
and denied the opportunity of meeting his
accusers In the open-a right accorded TO
the meanest criminal-because a few
titled members Of what are falsely called
the upper ten and who circle round the
throne, possess characters SO absolutely
rotten and degraded that the fear to
face the threats Of two men whom MT.
Birrell knows and whom he has descrip-
ed as abandoned rufffans.' My brother
corruption must be shielded from the
public gaze. Not thus, however, can
they stem the fetid tide. We will leave
no single stone unturned until We have
justice.
The whole affair has been a sad blow
to the Aberdeens. Both Lord and Lady
Aberdeen are known all over the Eng
lish-speaking world. They are interested
in religion, in philanthropy and in num-
berless good works for the plain people
which has brought them on occasions
dangerously near the line OF socialism. In
Canada, when Lord Aberdeen was gov
ernor general. he and his wife were very
popular and did much good They had
many American friends. entertained large
~ and frequently visited the United
States.
Lord Aberdeen's eldest son, Lord Had
do is twenty-nine years old. 1t Is al
ways given out that the family is dis-
turbed because of his health He was
quietly married couple Of years ago 10
a most estimable lady, the widow of
Manchester and Liverpool cotton factor
She possesses some means, but the amer
foV MN
strange part Of the affair is that the lady
is old enough to be her husbands mother
and that therefore there Is no possibility
of her presenting him with q son and
heir. So the line of succession TO the
proud titles and estates Of the head OF
the Gordons will so to Lord Aberdeen's
second son and his heirs. This second
son. the Hon. Dudley Gordon. was mar
ried more than year ago to Ceclle
Drummond. daughter Of the president OF
Drummond's Bank Only a short time
ago she presented her husband with a son
and heir. This infant Is already ac-
knowledged as the future Earl of Aber-
deem. Lord and Lady Haddo 60 itte
into society excepting at Dublin Castle.
He is q very earnest young man and has
lately been elected an elder In the Scotch
Presbyterian Church.
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In connection with the crown jewels no
OIQCldt meutlOl VI hehfO hoo Oooi'
made. One or two papers have suggested
that a noble lord figures in the case.
and one illustrated weekly, after advertis-
ing the week ailead THE True Story of
the Dublin Crown Jewels" printed page
Of old facts without mentioning a noble
man. yet in the center of the page IT also
published Lord Haddo's photograph with
the innocent line underneath It, LORD
Haddo who has just been elected an elder
Of the Scotch Church" In commenting
on the case John Bull has referred to the
nobleman by saying Lord Haddo's name
has been mentioned" Beyond this the
British press has not gone and d2res not
What will be the result can hardly be
foretoId That the Earl OF Aberdeen
will in the next six months resign Is al
most q certainty. Lord Beauchamp. II
Is reported will be his successor. Lord
Beauchamp has been the governor of
New South Wales. the youngest governor
in the history of the empire. He and his
wife are very wealthy and very well con-
nected, she being sister of the present
Duke Of Westminster. Lord Aberdeen
has Just started extensive alterations to
his London house, which seems to indicate
that when he resigns from Ireland Ire
will take some other cabinet position and
come 10 live in London. His brother-in-
law is Lord Tweedmeuth,, who Is the
present secretary Of the navy. The
Aberdeens' Grosvenor street house is
having a new grand staircase pnt In. the
drawing room doubled IN size and two
new reception rooms buih: