Show LONDONS CORRUPTNESS REMARKABLE EXPOSE MADE IN PARLIAMENT Home Secretary Aghast at Charges Conditions Equal Lexow and Mazet Discoveries in New York London July 1J Copyright 1900 by the Associated PIessIn Parliament the week wasredeemed from total tediousness te-diousness by a remarkable expose of Londons corruptness by Samuel Smith Liberal member for Flintshire and John Burns Socialist member for Battlers Bat-tlers The allegations made by these members and Home Secretary Ridley did not deny them show conditions which equal anything discovered by the Lexow and Mayet committee In New York Immoral dens blackmailing and bribery of the police apparently Nourishing and greatly on the increase especially in the West End Degraded criminals declared Mr Burns who were cleared out in 1898 are reestablishing themselves In I large numbers in the metropolis and he offered of-fered to show Sir Matthew While 0 icy West End haunts where the bestial bes-tial form of vice of Eastern origin Is taking root He also asserted that the West End club proprietors and brothalkeepers have the police directly direct-ly under their control Mr Burns cited individual instances and ended by telling the Home Secretary Secre-tary that if he did not stop this bribery brib-ery the evil would deepen until we have a state of affairs in London similar simi-lar to what we have seen In the Tenderloin Ten-derloin of New York where a chief in spcctoi had earned nOiOO a year by blackmailing gambling hells and prostitutes pros-titutes All policemen In the West End Mr Burns suggested should be paid better bet-ter as their present pittance made even trifling bribes terrible temptations tempta-tions tons The Home Secretary was aghast and said he uould look Into the charges Mr Smith confined himself chiefly to opposing public obscenities Many things no declared were tolerated in England which would not be allowed in America Hca tburnlngs have been caused among the members of the Irish party by Ihi presence of James Laurence Carl Irish Nationalist member for the College Green division of Dublin at the Queens garden party He was the only Nationalist who accepted her Majestys invitation and Is I a staunch Pivrnpllitc In fact he served four months in Kllnrnc Jan and for four days in winter was left stark naked on a plank lsd because he refused to wear prison clothes Ho appeared at Buckingham Buck-ingham palace Wednesday Immaculato ly attired and accompanied by his aristocratic wife whom he married since the KIHarney days arid who in Immensely wealthy Mr Carew Is now having to make explanations tq his fel I exPanatons lowNationalists |