There hax boon something of a lull in polities this week, The Army Stores Scandal having been duly referred to a Royal Commission with statutory powers, discussion on.it has almost cease! for the time. The Indian difficulty has been smoothed over, Lords Curzon atid Kitchener being now declared to be in complete accord, and the Commons have been principally ocoupied with the Aliens. There was stiff fight over the sub-section which declares that an alien shall be considered und irable "if he cannot ai position to el supporting himself and his depende the Liberals declaring that it made a crime of poverty, but it was eventually cartied by the ample majority of 57. Even when the Prime Minister proposed the application of the "guillotine" to the Bill at ® future sitting there was no very vigorous protest from the Liberal Benches, for it could not be denied that the Prime Minister had allowed
of a measure which is not very c-plex. a reasonable time for the dien Qiorenrer Sit Henry Cammpbell- Bannerman eusoled himself with the reflection that the mensure will be practically a dead letter. The Prime Minister and the Home Secretary both declare that there is no intention of excluding aliens simply for the purpose of pester of the native aliens—eriminals, thora mentally oF b bodily workmen, and that only really undesirable
Shane pon the rates—ate to be excluded diseased, and those likely to become and it is contended with much show of reason that the Bill will not touch any of these classes except the Iast—and will certainly not touch that class which comes over tetrode in vice. It can only get at steerage passengers arriving at particular ports, and crimine's and the ''demi-monde" can gevferally scrape together the small sam required for a second-class cabin fare, This is the gre: t week of the year for outdoor sports, We have had simultsneonsly 'Henley Regatta, the international lawn tennis championship meeting, an Australian test match, followed by the Oxford and Cambridge cricket match, and the Newmarket' First July meeting, at which the King.has been present throughout. The Henley meeting has been brilliantly successful; the weather being glorious and the sport excellent. There was a sufficiently strong international flavour, an American and a Belgian eight competing for the Grand Challenge Cup, and the final heat for the Diamond Sculls brought out marvellous performance on the part of Frederick Kelly, who beat the previous record by no less than fifteen seconds. covering the distance in five seconds less than it has been done in the double sculling competition for the Silver Goblets.
A Revival of Lawn Tennis, The International Lawn Tennis Championship meeting on the All England Club's ground-xt Wimbledon has marked a decided revival of in-torest in the game in this country, where it had begun to languish, It has revealed the fact that in America and Australia the game hag lost none of its attraction. Miss May Sutton, the Lady Champion, has carried all before her, gaining a love rubber in the final 3 heat against Miss C: M. Wilson. In the doubles championship, as well asin the Jadies'open daub! thi English players have held, beating the Americans and Australians. Great torest is taken in the coming competition for the International Cup, which is to take place on the Queen's Club's ground at West Kensington this month, but France, Austria, the United States. and Australia will compete for the honour of meeting Groat- Britain, the holders, in the contest for the Cup.
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