The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-27

the core of green apple, remarked be-
tween munches, that he had never
made an obvious retort" in his life.
THAT is one of the secrets OF my
greatness" he said. otherwise. and
II were not q vegetarian from birth.
/ might have mentioned the Censor of
Plays as a likely breakfast food. will
content myself with wishing that the
majority Of critics who write columns
about my plays could be boiled and
then stuffed with chestnuts. They viii
appreciate my meaning. But / would
not guarantee to eat them.
Fleet Street now recognizes the
Princess of Wales as q "corrector OF
the press Her Royal Highness re-
Gently visited the offices OF a well
known publishing firm, and was keeniy
interested in inspecting the sheets OF
rone of their publications which were
shown to her as they came straight
from the printing machines. She wa,
the first to detect that there was an
error en- one OF the pages which had
escaped the notice of the editorial star
and pointed this out to those in at
tendance on her. Orders were at once
given for the necessary alteration TO
be made. and. though a considerable
expenditure was involved in the pro-
receiving an insight into the expedf-
tious methods Of the expert hands en-
trusted with this important work.
The war now raging In England over
the proposal to increase the wniskey
duty Is a very mild reproduction OF the
storm that arose in the country early
in the eighteenth century. when the
government imposed a duty Of IS
gallon. besides heavily taxing the re-
tail dealers. Legislators of those days
were eager to check the consumption
of Whiskey in the interests OF temper
ance. Alas, for their fond hopes. The
trade became absolutely unprohtable
except to the unscrupulous and the
criminal classes who began smuggling
on the largest scale; to such an ex-
tent. indeed, and with such violence
that the revenue officers found 1t I'M
possible to prevent 1t, and the act hav-
ingA thus become a dead letter 1t was
repealed in 1859 and lower duty sub
stituted.
Ireland Had to wait.
Ireland, as usual, had to wait for
repeal, with the result that although
in one year 100000 gallons We're sold
only 100000 paid duty, indicating
that 100000 gallons were smuggied.
Illicit distiIlation became so extensive
that the lives of excisemen were no
longer worth living and as the people
were on the side of the snugglers the
country was in chronic rebellion. A
curious result was that in 1874 the
duty was actually made lower In Ire
land and In Scotland than In England
"a privilege that lasted till Mr.. Glad
stone equalized the tax by making II
$3.50 a gallon. What glorious times
for the whiskey drinker must those
have been in the reign OF Charles IL,
when only cents per gallon repre-
sented the thirsty man burden for a
few days at least.
In his recent speech announcing the
scheme of the Jewish Territorial or
Ranization for a settlement In Meso-
potamia, Israel Zangwill said he had
ascertained that IL the project proved
practicable, 1t would have the sympa-
thy of the leaders Of the Jewish people.
The Zionists, he continued, were the
only section he had not thought 1t
necessary to sound, since he had taken
It for granted that they would not re-
fuse their cooperation in territory
that belongs to their program. SO FAR,
the real leaders OF the Zionist move
ment have not publicly expressed their
views on the matter. but, IL the atti-
tude of some OF the leading Jewish
Zionists may be taken as a criterion.
Mr.. ZanEwill may find that he has ia
ken too much for granted.
The Extreme wing.
The extreme nationalist" wing OF
the movement, for instance. will have
no dealings with the Ito or its schemes,
fearing that, IL once they allow their
attention to be diverted from the aim
Of building up a Jewish nation in Pal
estine. their cause, which takes no ac-
count of the calls OF philanthropy, will
inevitably suffer. Territorialism, which
aspires to found a land of refuge for
prosecuted Jews in any part of the
world, they regard as their deadly en-
envy. 1t is, however, not only the ex-
IRENE nationalists who will refuse to
cooperate in the Mesopotamia scheme.
A. J. Greenberg, Vice<President of the
English Zionist Federation, who has
often been accused by some of his Zion
list friends of leaning towards terri
torialism, advised the members of the
movement the other day mot TO potner
for the present with the Mesopotaniian.
scheme, (which had yet to be proved
practical. 1t may therefore, be re-
garded as extremely doubtful whether
the Zionists will give any considerable
measure of support to the proposal,
and whether what support they do give
will be of more than a lukewarm tenn
perature.
One of the most important questions
that will arise with regard-to Mesopo-
tamia will be the source from which
the money required for the undertake
ing Is to be derived. Sir William
willcocks, who a few months ago sur
veyed that country at the invitation of
the ex-Sultan of Turkey, stated in his
report to the Turkish government that,
by means of irrigation, for an expen-
diture of less than $37.500,000 more
than three million acres of land can be
made available for settlement. and to
produce a revenue of nearly $1,000 900
a year. Mr.. Zangwill evidently thinks
there should be little difficulty in get
ting the money. "a benevolent Jewish