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TREKKING SOUTH TO MORE HINDU-MOSLEM
LORD HOWARD DE WALDEN. OFFENDED.
PUBLISHERS' APOLOGY.
PANAMA.
DESCRIPTIVE STORY OF THE CANAL.
PLACE OF CONTRASTS.
RIOTS.
WHAT HAPPENED IN BENGAL" VILLAGE.
BODIES NOT FOUND.
Calcutta, July. 7.:
London, June 22.-Lord Howard So many hundreds of thousan's. de Walden has taken exception to of people have passed through ta the use of a name in the novel Panama Canal that it seems hard-a "The Madonna of the Sleepingly worth a detailed description. Car," published by Messrs. T. Werner Lauric, Ltd., as a result of which the publishers, have had to call in all the copies of the book Issued and strike out the fictitious name which Lord Howard de Wal- dón thinks might be regarded as referring to him. The passage in the, novel reads:
'In connexion' with the report of. communal disturbance at Pala- shipara on the 3rd the Associated It is, of course, a marvellous plece Press authoritatively understands of engineering, but any great na- that the facts are as follows:- an outbreak of com- tion with an unlimited purse and There was
"Then I will continue." said the Professor, referring once more to
his paper.
Houses Fired.
a complete autocrat could have munal rioting in some village in Teheta police station of Meherpur accomplished the same feat.... Colony the chief city at the Atlan sub-division in "the district of the end of the canal, was rebuilt Nadia on July 3. As far as has ascertained, rioting began after having been burnt down dur-been ing the Revolution in 1885. The on the morning of the 3rd instant roads are goods and straight, with an attack by a large body of with electricity and were once Mahomedans on the Hindu village well-paved. As the steamer ap of Ramnagar in the course of proaches the shoro one sees on the which one Hindy, and one Mahome. an enormous breakwater dan were killed. Their bodies. "Lady Wynhar's devoted admir right era in chronological order have nearly 12,000ft. in length; this however, have not been found. been Lord Howard de Wallpen, forms one side of a magnificent The majority of the Mahomedans the Duc de Massignac, Secetary harbour. Away to the right is the are believed to have come from at the Embassy, George Wobbly, American suburb of Christobal, Murshidabad district.. the burlesque singer, Somerset which is within the canal zone and While, M.P., and Loe Tito, the much better kept then Colon, al though the Americans have pretty
the withdrawal of the dancer at the Ambassadors."
well complete control of the latter Mahomeduns from Ramnagar the city, and are entirely responsible Hindus in the neighbouring village for its sanitation. The border of Rudranagar attacked Mahome The publishers have now struck lne between the Republic of Pan- dan residents setting fire to about out the name "Lord Howard dema and the canal zone runs down 20 houses and a cutcha mosque. Wallpen," and issued the follow the main street, and hence the Some Hindys and Mahomedans ing:-
former side is as wet as a tropical were wounded, In the meantime downpour: the west side is as dry the Mahomedan párty which had as a desert in Mexico.
attacked Ramnagar. had reached Sahebragar which is near the Murshidabad border and burnt. down one house. A Mahomedan inflicted gunshot wounds on four persons,
"Best Amends."
With reference to the passare on page 16 of our "publication The Madonan of the Sleeping Cap it has been pointed out to us that one of the characters therein mentioned might possible The identified As, Lord Howard de Walden by reason of the unfortun ate similarity in the fictitions aame employed.
FINALIST.
Charles Whitcombe, whe meets. Ted Ray in the Glen-
eagles golf tourney final.
We desire, therefore, to take the very earliest opportunity of stat ing to his lordship and the public that every step possible is being taken by us to correct any false impressions which may have been produced by the unhappy choice in the name of a purely fictitious character and our publication of the same, and we trust that Lord Howard de Walden will accept this full and frank acknowledge. ment of our unintentional error, and this expression of our regret and apology, in the spirit in which it is offered and as the best ammends it is in our power to make.
On
On the night of the 3rd a Hindu was murdered in Palashipara by. some unknown Mahomedian and it is said that on the morning of the 4th three boys who were look- ing after cattle were assaulted. One of then is believed to be misy- further incident took ing. No place.
The
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subdivisional officer of
The actual length of the canal is rather less than half that of the Suez Canal, but it is a little bit broader in its narrower parts and decidedly deeper; from coast to coast is 42 miles. One of the impressive parts of it is Gatun Like, into which the waters of the Chaeres, River have been.divertel. This is probably the largest area of artificially made inland sea in existence. It covers 164 square miles, but it cannot be very deep, is all along the course the tops of dead trees stand out,' generally about 10ft. to 20ft. above the level Meherpur. reached Palashipara at of the water. The Culebra Cut 12pm. on the 3rd. On the evening same day the District perhaps the most striking feature; of the
a telegram it is nine miles long, and the Magistrate. received amount of earth removed to make which was handed in by a cons It amounted to some hundred mil-stable at Plassey railway station lions of tons. Unfortunately its saying that rioting was going on walls are always sliding down, at Palshipara. He and the Super- intendent of Police left by the first and it is said its bottom is always train on the 4th with a small rising up; at any rate it is a great armed party. They arrived at anxiety and expense for those re: Falashipara which is 11'' miles sponsible for the canal..
from the milway station at 3 p.m. having been delayed owing to the state of the road.
from
Confusion. Panama is a rather confueing city. There is old Panama, about half-an-hour by motor-car the town, and a very wonderful place it is. A very gigantic church tower still dominates the scene; there are, further, the very fine walls of a church left stand ing. The Spaniards built for eternity. Had it not been for Henry Morgan burning and des troying the place,, it would have been one of the most interesting spots on the Pacific coast."
The town of new Panama is, like Colon, a very mixed-up affair. It has, a native town, which runs into the American suburb of An- con, where is the Tivoli Hotel, on the usual American scale; the shops are rood, the roads are fair- ly wide. The palm-fringed shore is beautiful, and close to it is the new British Legation, which was first used by the Duke of York The Pac- during his recent visit.
e entrance is at Balbon, two miles to the west of Panama.
The really interesting feature about the canal, however, is the gigantic fortifications the Ameri
In spite of cuna have erected, treaties they have made, at both ends of the canal. The fortilica- T. Werner Laurie, Ltd. tions on the Paciãe side are con- Lord Howard de Walden" in-siderably greater than those at formed The Daily Mail last night Gatun, though both are very spa- that he had approved the terms of cious, and beautifully laid out, the withdrawal announced by the publishers and did not desire to make any further statement.
U.S. Police Ban. -
with wonderful roads and lawns. Ample barrdeks and well-built officers' quarters line the curving ways, and there seem to be simply innumerable tractors, aeroplanes, submarines, and 16-inch guns, Londen, June 23-Information which are so common that their reached London vesterday that the shells were used as posts in vari- police authorities of Boston U.S.Aous parts of the grounds. The nave banned the circulation of the whole makes an assemblage of novel "The Madonna of the Sleep-war material such as one doubts ing Car" in regard to the British exists in any other part of the edition of which, as stated in The world, and what makes it more re- Daily Mail yesterday, the London markable is that the American firm of publishers,, Messrs. T. Wer newspapers are full of articles ad- ner Laurie, Ltd., have tendered an vocating the reduction of arma- apology to Lord Howard de Wal-ments and anti-Imperialism. The den because one of the characters cleanliness and amenity of the in the book might be identified. forts remind one of the Imperial from a similarity of names, a8 College at Trindad, and both put himself:
to shame the faded and squalid
"The Madonna of the Sleeping look of the buildings in many of Car" is a translation of a French the British West Indian Islands. Work of fiction by Maurice Deko- The Cathedral, with its twin
stands in bra, and in the original the name towers and its dome covered with of Lord Howard de Walden is mother-of-pearl,
A
used. This was changed in the square with the Episcopal Falare British edition to Lord Howard on one side of the old Govern- Dewallpen, but, as far as possible, ment buildings-altogether a very an effort has been. made to with Fpanish-looking corner. draw from circulation copies of
the book containing the name in BROOKLANDS SPEEDS. this form.
In the coples printed yesterday
BRITISH RACER REACHES 100 MILES.
Tranquility had been restored by the time they arrived and they returned to Krishnagar "on the night of the 4th. Reinforcements of armed police were sent to patrol the disturbed village on the 5th instant. The reason for this. dia- turbance is so far unknown. Associated PreSS.
WILL HE
WIN?
Ted Ray, a former open champion,
Charles meets.
Whitcombe in the Gleneagles
golf final.
Entertainments
BIG PROGRAMME
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
in
A Reissue of his Famous Comedy,
SHOULDER ARMS
ART ACORD
Fifty Minutes of Thrills
THE TERROR
-also-
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TRUMPETER ALFRED GREEN
WORLD
CORNET SOLOIST
THOMAS MEIGHAN
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TONGUES of FLAME
STAR
THE WRONG
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Poet at the Piano."
One of the few and rare personalities in Music: He has on expressive lyriciam which churns the ear, and which depends, upon subtlety of rhythm, touch and tempo to make his music agreeable to the fancy and to the judgment at once."
*** Podolský's talents are worthy of exploitation in the artistic holy of holies, After hearing him play the Bach-Liezt. Wailing, Crying, Moaning, Sighing and the little. heard Davidsbuendier Taunz" it was easy to foresce that his career in the United States in assured."
The above excerpts from the leading papers of Chicago when Podolsky recently performed there at the Studebaker Theatre speak for themselves.
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A nurseryman who cultivates HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?
The following are the replies to to-day's questions:-
thistles in a hot house has súp. plied four dozen full bloomed, per- foet specimens very much "out of season"for table decoratios at a private dinner in London. The ships in Cadia Harbour. 24 March 1 to June thistles were wanted for a dinner 15, 1818. Between Napoleon escape from Biba and Waterloo, · 8. The Eifel Tower, 955
1. Sir Francia: Drake, when, he burned the
-0. (a) Rumia, (b) Tasmania, (3) New York.
Marlano di Vapne,) Jacopo Robuste, (s)
Pletes Vensueel, 11. "Die Feen, Droaders. 1 Captain Webb 18. Because they did bot visited the school, he decreed lost they ahasia salon for a jurkor. 19. Amateur Athletio henceforth to barekoaded 14. A Bettiah ate-
raise them to Queen Mizabeth when the
An amusing story of the King at which Sir. W. S. Crawford was feet 1. The long pendent part of CAD D as a young man and the view he being entertained in recognition hood worn in the middle ages. 5. quem Auns. held then of public functions is of the K.B.E. conferred upon him. A prehistorie monster. 8. Ponxford, 16 told in "Art and Anecdote," an in- in the Birthday Honours List. John Gay. 10. (8) Almadro: t teresting biography of the late Efforts made by the promoters to William E. Yeames, RA. Then find thistles either in England or the youthful Duke of York, the Scotland, failed. Messrs. White King told Mr."Yeames that heley's, who were appealed to sont * London, July 16. would rather enjoy the Academy cables to the warmer parts of Association. In the racing at Brooklands, in banquets if only they would leave Europe, but without success, and the contest at any engine power out the speeches and not put him the promoters were faced with the tles when Whiteley's discovered over five laps, Major Campbell on near his uncles, as he saw enough necessity of using artificial this- the "thistle nursery" at Woking a Bugatti touched 106.05 mph. of them at home!
a blank appeared, and in the fur- ther reprints to be made to-day the head of the firm of publishers. stated inst night that his own sur- name will be used and the charac ter described Laurie,
as Sir Thoma