Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23

| any house agent can remember The To-
| cal authorities are concerned, because
they do not receive, rates for. unoccupied
property.
At first they were inclined to blame the
| motor omnibus with its hideOus rattle
| and all-pervading SMELL and one West
| End borough council at least made pro-
| tests to the home Office that these We
| hicles were reducing their rateable value.
AS for the general population. it is un-
| quest1onably moving outward, and the
| next census may confidently be expected
to reveal q stOppage in the growth of the
population of London proper. The school
| figures. for instance, already give indi-
cations that the population is moving
over the county boundary, and the num-
Der of empty houses in all parts Of CEN
trail London Is abnormal.
Greater London as a matter of fact is
growing more rapidly than London itself.
and nearly all the urban districts lover
| the border not already incorporated are
aspirant to corporate honors is Wood
Green, in which the Alexandra Palace is
located.
Twenty years ago Wood Green was a
hamlet. 1t has now a population OF
$1,000 and a ratable value of 81, 100000.
Clubmen on Grouse Moors.
Most of the wealthy clubmen who have
sporting tastes at all have taken to the
grouse moors of the north.
Inquiry at the estate agents shows that
very few shoots remain quiet. In spite
Of the complaints Of bad trade. the luxury
of having grouse moors is not to be fore
gone. The Scottish lettings have been
as attractive as ever, and there is a good
sprinkling of Americans among the 1000
or so owners who entered upon their
rights Wednesday. The north of Eng
land commands a lower figure. it would
seem, than 1t did. Some of the shoots in
IHrV hoy
very cheaply. the decline in the rentals
being in some instances or 10 per cent,
but much depends on the quality and
quantity of the cover. A few of the
Scottish rentals, I learn, have gone we'll
into four figures.
But at the other end Of the social scale
the outlook for the winter is very bad.
Especially in the unskilled labor section
of the labor market there is already much
suffering. The local government boards
England and Wales contributes some
facts which cannot be overlooked in any
exhaustive survey of unemployment. The
question is admittedly acute. although
| country against accepting exaggerated
predictions Of what is going to happen
when the winter is upon us. So far as
pauperism is an element in the considera-
| ton Of unemployment the report gives
some color to the gloomy forebodings.
In the second quarter Of the year there
| has been q substantial increase in the
number of persons relieved as compared
with last year. In April and June the
excess over the same months in 1907 was
about per cent, and In the first week OF
| May the excess was "a per cent. The
rate of pauperism per 1000 of the popu-
| .ation at the end Of June was p. COM
pared with 21S on the corresponding day
| in 1907 In 1905 and 1905 the rates were
respectively 225 and ~, and in the
previous five years they fell below y.
The increase Is most marked In regard
to indoor pauperism.
Fleet Comment in London.
The cordial welcome given at Auckland
to the American fleet does not seem
pleasing to some people here. though I
rather think the critics are a minority.
Still, it is noteworthy that the provincial
daily paper with the largest circulation
out of London says:
THE visit Of the American fleet to New
Zealand raises some unpleasant sugges-
tions and reflections. When the visit
was first proposed it was not viewed
very graciously by official people here.
The frantic welcome Of the New Zealand
ers to the Americans has increased this
prejudice. Remembering the reason for
the appearance Of the United States fleet
in Pacific waters and our alliance with
Japan, the cause of this feeling Is ap-
parent. Inc HHnI IOT tE0 mastery VI
the Pacific between Japan and the states
Is one Of the wars now generally regard
ed as inevitable. When it comes there Is
no doubt upon which side the sympathies
of Australia and New Zealand will lie. A
closer intimacy between ard a feeling of
on America can hardly be welcomed by
the statesmen of this country, but the
enthusiastic reception of the American
fleet In New Zealand Enthusiastically points
in that direction.
John Bull cannot regard the flirting of
his daughters with the American without
grave qualms. Some Australian officials
with whom discussed this subject today
were emphatic on the colonies attach
ment to the mother country, but the
Australians are greatly alarmed by Jap
anese ambitions. The cruise of the
American armada threatens to be his
torical in more respects than one. 1t Is
certain o'have a great effect on our re-
lations with Japan and upon our future
policy in the east"
One result of the revolution in Turkey
will be welcomed by travellers. 1t Is the
abolition Of the censorship of books.
Printed matter was held by the Yildiz
clique to be little less dangerous than
dynamite. All books had to be given up
on landing and submitted to examina-
ton Apart from the delay and annoy
ance, books were frequently lost in the
process and there was no redress.
remember at Haifa having a two
hours argument with the examiner over
volume which he declined to pass be-
cause the cover was decorated with the
sultan's cipher. He was a Syrian-a
Christian. by the way-and he could not
read English, but he recognized the word
Mohammed on the page Of a book de-
void Of any religious or political char
acter, and impounded it. A manual Of
photography met with like fate, on &C
count Of diagrams which might have had
relation to the making of explosives.
Certain famous books are on the "index'
Shakespeare among them. 1t would be
hard to know why. Perhaps for the lines
by this scimitar, that won three fields
of Sultan Solyman." Shelley, with his
Revolt of Islam." is apparently I'M
known. The volume containing that
poem passed the censor's scrutiny I'M
challenged. while I was having a fierce
tussle over a work so innocent Of revo-
lutionary conspiracy as G. A. Smiths
Geography of the Holy Land
The censor certainly furnished amuse-
ment-after the event; but their departure
will be borne with equanimity, and 1t will
be q boon to be able to get a book out
from home without having to resort to
cunning devices. or troubling ones con-
sui to allow 1t to be addressed to his
care.
In the Cardinal List.
Rumor places the name of DR.. Bourne,
the Roman Catholic Archbishop Of West
minister, in the list of cardinals to be
foA