Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
CANON SCORES LORD
Sir John Lister-Kaye Accused
in Rubber Scandals.
SOCIAL STATUS HURT
Goes Into Semi Retirement From
Leadership Owing to Church
mans Disclosures.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

| LONDON, August 19.-LOndon So
| ciety and the Putumayo atrocities in
the rubber country might be supposed
| to be So far apart as any two ex-
| tremes in the universe, but the pub
| LEFTY given the latter has brought to
| the former the understanding Of GER
| tain conditions which have been puz-
zifng for long time. This condition
Is the semi-retirement from social
| leadership Of Sir John and Lady Lis
| ter-Kaye
Ordinary publicity Of these outrages
| might not have stirred society very
| deeply, but when last Sunday, Sir John
was verbally gibbeted by Canon Henson
| In sermon preached in Westminster
Abbey and that report was duly chron-
icled. society did take notice. for in
this country thunderings from the pull
| PIT DO not often occur, and 1t is said
that never before in modern times has
| the pulpit of Englands Va1halla been
| put to such use.
Canon Henson did not mince matters
IN his indictment. but mentioned Sir
| John by name as the head OF the rub
Der company which allowed these out
RACES to occur.
Wife Is an American.
Lady Lister-Kaye is an American,
being sister of the late Duchess of
Manchester. and before marriage was
Nation Yzznaga del Vale Of Ravens
wood La. She has been known for
years Is one of the most popular An
| lo-American hostesses
1t was rumored that Sir John who
| was groom-in waiting to the late King
Edward. was unlikely to be consid-
| cred for reappointment to that post by
King George and bo
1t was on account Of the well known
| dislike Of the royal family to Ameri-
| cans at court. The rumor gained Gre
| dence after the recent retirement of
Lord Spencer as lord chamberlain
when several peers with American
| wives were passed over for Lord Sand
hursts appointment.
1t is now believed that the king has
| been fully advised for some time of the
Putumayo affair. Also. that Sir John
| Lister-kaye was in full knowledge of
the events concerning which he pleaded
/ inability to adjust, and that the king
nection of the baronet with the royal
household.
Sir John Reported Ill.
| Since Canon Henson's sermon Sir John
| has been reported i'll at his residence in
Manchester square. and he has made no
statements. Through the season it has
| been noticed that the former extensive
| entertainments Of Lady Lister-Kaye have
| been curtailed recently and their names
not mentioned in the social columns.
portion of Canon Henson's sermon
/ In which he refers directly to the bar
| Onets connection reads:
Behind the adventures who are the
| immediate perpetrators of this outrage
on the native races stand the great finan-
| cial syndicates of Europe and America.
wealthy companies and individuals. who
/ gain the double advantage Of moral an
archy in the rubber forest and legal Sc
curity in the civilized communities which
| provide their markets and revere theil
| wealth.
Read the pompous prospectus of the
Peruvian Amazon Company. Consider
| the situation of the directors. They
names, not otherwise illustrious, have
obtained worldwide celebrity-Sir
John Lister Kaye, baronet; Henry NJ
Read and John Russell Gubbins. What
were they paid for if not to give the
assurance to the public. especially to
| the shareholders, that the company
conducted an honorable business, earn
| ing honest profits?
Should Arrest Employees.
| Il desire this church, the shrine of
1 English speaking Christendom. to ex-
press what is in the minds of thou
| sands of persons in England and
America, that the time has come for
such changes in commercial law as
shall render it impossible for those
who make money by the oppression of
| the native races to wash their hands
of the responsibility eff the crimes OF
| their agents.
| 1.-The employers, with whose guilty,
even If unknowing connivance, their
| crimes We're committed, who shared
| the dstained gains they trans
mitted, are here among us. Is 1t not
| the irreducible demand Of justice that
these men should be arrested and
| brought to public trial?"