Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12

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also has his own worries. Harmsworth.
or as he is titled. Lord Northcliffe, is
! making too much money and Is too strong
| a friend Of the powers-that-be to dream
of mixing up in any unsavory boiling.pot
| such as this great scandal. The editor
owners of the other big papers Of Britain
are far too respectable and calculating to
associate themselves with any scandal.
ley are also too busy looking after po-
liucal questions such as the navy, the
act and the suffragettes.
To find Harden 1t will be necessary to
go to the editors OF weekly papers. La
bouchere Of Truth, the boldest pen in
England. has practically retired from the
arena. He is very old ana the strongest
| thing his paper has said Of the Dublin
scandal Is contained in one sentence: 1T
is justice la carte for the prominent, the
set forms for the poor
A. Moreton Vaudeville. of London
Opinion. the journal that originated the
Limerick competition. is head of the Lon
don and Paris Exchange, a big financial
corporation. which also issues a financial
paper called The Daily Report. He is
dial except with a pair of tongs. In such
manner has he been handling it for the
past few issues of his weekly.
There Is. as possible last resort Hora-
ito Bottomley of John Bull. He calls his
paper the Penny Truth. Mr.. Bottom
ley has appeared in the law courts and
knows what they are like. He has been
before the bankruptcy court and has
| been charged with running a lottery in
connection with his paper. He has finan-
cial interests In the city. owns race horses
and is a member of parliament. He has
vitriolic pen and Is outspoken enough In
his paper generally. But Mr.. Bottomley
knows English law. He knows that the
in this case the Harden Of England he
would be the man OF the hour. His
paper might have a furious circulation
for the time being. But the position OF
peoples champion against the all-power-
full government. against certain sections
Of society and titled aristocracy. and even
against the kings august majesty, would
be fraught with danger not alone invo1v-
ing Imprisonment and a stupendous ex.
penditure Of money. but the loss of posi-
ton as member of parliament and many
other important privileges.
II Il
Sir Arthur Wears, or his half-brother
Pierce O'Mahony. may possibly soon write
out a full and detailed account OF the
scandals, and, If no paper will publish 1t.
will endeavor to make it public in PAM
phlet form, as was done i'm similar cases
century ago. l have here a statement
by Pierce O'Mahony, which Is about as
strong as it would be without mentioning
the half-brother Of the man who claims
he has been wronged:
'"rhe robbery Of the crown jewels was
discovered on July last. But 1t was not
until October that charges were brought
against my brother. From that day to
this l have never ceased to work for the
vindication of my brothers. character
from the stain sought to be cast upon 1t
by a minister OF the crown, Mr.. Birre1l.
chief secretary for Ireland.
Il have done everything possible to
date. l have openly accused the chief
secretary OF conduct unworthy of q gem
tleman. I have brought this accuse
ton before the speaker of the house of
commons. once called the finest club in
Europe: I have brought 1t under the
notice of his ma jesty the king The Rt.
Hon. Augustine Birrell has taken 1t living
down. because he knows that il he chai-
lenges me I'm public court will drive this
accusation home. vindicate the honor to
the full Of my brother and expose the
corruption and rOttenness of Dublin
Castle oficialdom. over which he pre-
sides.