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London Literary Letter

F, could wear it, but it proves that there
is a more or less well-known lawyer
! whose patronymic is TT. Artemus
| jones', and he promptly brought suit
| for libel against the Manchester paper.
J He lost his suit and recently appeal
ed to the tribunal presided over by
| the lord chief justice of England
which has just upheld his plant an6s
given him the preposterous damages
Of $3.50.
Now the real 7. Arte,nus Jones not
only has no wife, but he does not live in
Peckham and he Is not a church-war-
den. There Is the mere coincidence OF
the name, but the courts decision was
based on the assumption that no doubt
a lot of the papers readers believed
that the barrister was referred to. Such,
at any rate was the opinion of the
lord chief justice and one of the other
two lord justices who, with him, formed
the court of appeal The third lord JUS
tice, Fletcher Mbulton, disagreed
strongly and declared that England was
reaching state of legal farce where
a magistrate might warn q prisoner
that whatever he said would be taken
down, altered and used against him.
He pointed out, too, that if there were
any other folk fortunate enough to be
named 4Artemus Jones, they also could
claim damages against the Manchester
paper 1t is said that the case now
will be carried to the house of lords,
and the result will be interesting. II
the latest decision Is sustained, inagin-
AIRY characters after this may have to
be called 'Mr. Thingumbob' and so on.
Mr.. Pinero especially will have to be
careful, for In the past he has had
rather a habit of using actual names
for his characters. There proved to be
n real Mrs. Ebbsuith, who did not in
the least relish the part her name
sake played In Pinero's play, while the
stockjobbing "bounder' in Lefty bore
the name OF an actual city man who
also was wrathy over the coincidence
Neither of these, however, demanded
dana ges.
"BROTFIIgRs" NOT COUSINS"
Americans and Englishmen will not
be cousins in the future but brothers,
II fruit Is borne by some Interesting
suggestions which have just been made
by Coulson Kernallan. kernahan, of
course, is the author Of "a Dead Mans
Diary and THE Jackal," and he proves
to be an even more enthusiastic advo-
cate than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle of
closer bonds between the United States
and the british empire. Kernahan's
suggestions, which are made in let
ter to the London Mail. are inspired by
the fact that two New York state regi-
ments took part IN the recent Empire
day celebrations Mt Kingston, Canada,
1T Is good and heart gladdening to
read this writes Ker-nahan, "and,
since America has every right to share
In the glorious traditions OF England,
just rs England has equal right to
share in and to rejoice at the supreme
and magnificent place which America
has made for herself among the ma
tons, 1 venture to put forward sug-
gestion.
What I propose is that America be
officially invited to share in all future
Empire day celebrations, and that
here in England we celebrate an Amer
lean day with equal pride and rejoic-
Ing.
let the English nation, the 4.meri-