Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-20
THREAT Of SCANDAL
Breach in English Rugby Union
Grows Wider.
AN INQUIRY is ORDERED
Great Britain to Seek Trade in South
Africa-Rem0val of India's
Capital.

LONDON. October 12-English Rugby
foot ball is faced with scandal which
may lead to a wider vreach IN the Eng
fish Rugby Union than that which caused
the formation of the Northern Union in
the COS.
Rugby is ostensibly a purely amateur
game in England in distinction to the as
ISOLATION game. which is played largely
by professional teams
Recently the Northern Union adherents
invaded Devonshire and attempted to re-
cruit players from the existing Rugby
clubs. This campaign led to the expo
sure of the fact that many of the Devon
shire players were receiving compensa-
ton for time lost from work in addition
to their expenses while playing with their
teams. This practice is open among the
teams of the Northern Union. which has
revised the Rugby rules until the form 1t
plays Is SO strenuous that professional
players are necessary for a successful
team.
Threaten to Expose System.
Some of the Devonshire players who
have been suspended for negotiating with
the Northern Union invaders state that
the payment for lost time is general In
the Rugby Union. and they declare that
they will expose the system at the inves-
tigation which has been ordered by the
governing committee of the union.
The scandal comes at a particularly in
opportune time, as the South African
Springboks have Just commenced tour
of the British Isles as the guests OF the
Rugby Union. England is particularly
anxious to present an unbroken front
! to the INVADER in order to wipe out the
unbroken series of defeats which the last
South African team inflicted on the Eng
| lish ffteens several years ago. During
| that tour the South Africans suffered
only one reverse, and that was at the
/ hands of the Scottish Union. The pres
ent invaders declare that they will re-
| turn home with clean score and they
| are determined to show the Scots that
| their victory was a f1uke.
British Trade in South Africa.
| British manufacturers are to be waken-
opportunities of trade in South Africa
by Sir Sothern Holland. who has just
arrived from that colony.
He is of opinion that they might learn
some useful lessons from American man.
ufacturers of tools for skilled workmen.
These TOOLS" he says, sell readily in
South Africa, in spitesof their price be
| similar British tools. They are both well
| designed and we'll made"
| To give British manufacturers a prac-
| teal object lesson in the sort of foreign
| competition they meet in South Africa
the board of trade recently obtained at
considerable expense, a sample collection
of foreign hardware and tools in general
demand there. And American tools occu-
pied conspicuous place in the collection.
High Court of Appeals in View.
| supreme court of appeals for the
British empire is probably shortly to be
established. From speeches he has made
recently it is believed that the lord
chancellor is to introduce during the
present session Of parliament a bill es-
| tablishing a judicial committee of the
privy council as the highest court to
| which may be carried a suit from any
part of the imperial dominions.
| Lord Haldane has decided that such a
measure will command the support of
| the dominionS as well as the United
| Kingdom.
| Two selected judges will be added to
the lords of appeal. and there will then
| be six law lords devoting their whole
| time to sitting in two courts.
| The conditions and method of appeal
| from different parts of the empire will
| be suited as far as practicable to the
local requirements, as complete uniform
present.
Betterment of Record Office.
A plan for making the British public
| record office more efficient and useful has
been commended in the report of the
royal commission on public records 1t
recognizes that the office has done much
excellent work in recent years. but de-
clares it has not been generously sup
ported.
1t is understood that the commission
has been greatly assisted by the evidence
and experience of American students.
who do much work in the public record
Office.
| First of all. the commission contends
! that the documents. to be of use to stu
dents must be made more accessible, and
! must be placed in charge of scholars.
Accessibility, however. does not imply
Capitalization. and the commission rec
ommends that local documents should be
kept in the localities where they originate
| 1t recommends that these branch record
offices, wherever possible. should be
placed near a good reference library and
in the neighborhood of university.
Removal of India's Capital.