fNlTKD - 



u, ul.l dimm- 

 railwitv*, nnd would 



I i - : - ' 

 of the rupee from 



II |m.lml.il. t>. if the 



' 15* to 1 while the actual mar- 

 kot ratio was 85 to 1. be contended alter 



for a time mi least the export trade of I ...in. - 

 gravely aff.-t the relation* I 

 landlord and the cult ivaling 



. receipts fnun tin* state 



dfi 4 .. k1 i MUM : id an 



u crease in the valu 



bv a* rapid a fall. prob, 

 Tiie whole cost and risk of the experiment would !* 



tin France and 



: 1 <n 



ytera wore to I 



rssjt India, ndMtd to a ooometollM ril- 

 ; mil More- 



prices, to which Franco an.l th.- 

 ie look with hope, would be inju 



-.Mv India had to face her ..n 

 dmtattiet, and aaw her war through them after 



o-jces, if IK 



irr* not ham pi-: traneous lot 



The measures adopted to introduce a cold standard 

 in India were at length appitw 

 the defects urged against the Iran-it i..n sy-tem could 

 therefore be waived and the policy of linking India 

 financially with Great Hntain. the country to which 

 st closely bound, bj commercial as well 

 .'. tie*, ought n.t to tie weakened. An in- 

 ternational agreement fr the adoption of bimet. il- 

 ium eoch m was oontemplated by the Indian 

 eminent in 1892 was not in Question. 1 

 of a conference put forward ly ti > .-n- 



uled only to a compact which France and 

 toe United Slates were provisionally willit 

 in consideration that tin- Indian n 

 opened at i : aasistanco was given in other 



Tim th- Q vernmcnt considered too 



* a basis, even from the | \ v of the 

 alltsts. affording no security f..r the perma- 



Mooeof the new arrangement in the two contra 

 countries, which mi nht UnpM-t by such incidcntsas 

 an effort to retain gold when other nations pour in 

 silver or by the temporary adoption of a paper cur- 

 hat help would be given by a limited ad- 



* to the use of silver bv countries outside the 

 agreement was not considered worth c. .u nt i n - n | >< -n. 



would have scarcely an appreciable influence 

 in railing the gold price of the cheaper metal. The 

 Indian Council recorded as its unanimous and de- 

 cided opinion that it would be most unwise to re- 



mUaftpart of the proposed arrange i 

 especially at a time when India was to all appear- 

 ance approaching the attainment of stability 

 change by the operation of it* own isolated and in- 

 dependent action. Lord Salisbury, on Oct. 19. in an 

 identic note to the United States and French am- 

 hessadnr*. indorsed this conclusion, point in-; out that 

 i ndia could hardly be expected 

 to give up the policy wh r' years it 



been endeavoring to make effective in the absence 

 a the system to be substi- 

 prmctUlly certain to be stable, if. 



and the present gold price of silver or to any 



othei MST.V, ... . .... Mfata M i tbt 



Mail :,.?-...-_ '.'.,: 



the financial rmbarraeementa of India greater than 

 any with which it had as yet had to contend, i 

 these arguments lees strong than they a; 

 the Government of India could hard! v be compelled 

 to make a second import^ 

 rency within so short a time a four years at n 

 of exceptional difficulty and suffering. I n these 

 circumstances the British Government was unable 

 to accept the first proposal of the United States rep- 



resentatives, and as this w inion. an 



in that of the representatives of the I'nited > 

 ami 1 II important contribution 



whici. . made \<\ t \\ard 



'..:.: not led il to be 

 :he other lu-opo.sals at pi< 

 . ernmeiit \va,s ill-sir. i tain 



f the An id French 



le modified by the decision a; 



nt and whether they d .rih. T with 



The Miprcmc i ourt. Tl n It Ol 

 of the t'lUtcd S 



The nun. Q t he 



;nnini; ii. 



WaS KM. Of tliese II? \\efe disposed of dtll'll. 



term. The number actually 



court was :5:',s. Aiming U inter- 



t he follow 



fit ( 'a ml, < 'axrx. The cases of 



Scott '>. honald an>: Donald, decided 



.Ian. 1\ 1 s !'?. involved the validity of tie 

 . ry law so far as it relate- "to t he 

 [iqnon imported into the State by private cr 

 f.r their own coiisumjit ion. The court, in an elabo- 

 1 that the provisions of the law 

 forbidding the importation of Midi liiju 

 one except certain Slate ollicials appointed under 

 the act was in contravention of the ( 'oust ilut i 



the Fnited states. This deciskm d 



the merits of the law as a whole, but applies : 

 features that bear on interstate commerce. .1; 

 Iii-own delivered a dissenting opinion, holding that 

 the aet o! ' ..f Au.^. N. is'.Ml. declaim- that 



intoxicating liquors Iran-ported into any State and 

 remaining then r consumption .sho:. 



subject to the operation of the lav. -slate, 



applied, and permitted the trallic ' .iated 



in such manner as tin- several States shall deem 

 be-t for the public in: 



The AV////W//*/ AH. The Unite 



r "Three Friends" was decided March 1. 

 l v !'?. The steamer " Three Friends" attempted to 

 land arms and ammunition on the island of Cuba 

 in aid of the insurgent forces, and Wl if for- 



feited to the United States under the neutrality 

 act. The United States district court of Florida 

 decided that the Cuban insurgents were not . 



r colony within the meanini: "f 

 act, and that the steamer was not liable 

 The Opinion delivered by ( 'hief-.luslice Fuller c-on- 

 strued the neutrality act and held the M'J/I, 

 have been legal, and the cause was remanded with 

 instructions to resume custody of the vessel. The 

 case illustrates the distinction between recognition 

 of belligerency and recognition of a condition of 

 |>olitical revolt ; between recognition of the 



ence of war in a material sens<- and war in a 1- _-;d 

 sense. Although the political department of the 

 Government had not reco^nixed th of a, 



defft' :enl powe: n hostility with 



.. it had rec., L 'ni/.-d : 

 LTV warfar- Harlan di>M-ntcl. 



- In D< Kentucky, decided 



Nov. 29, 1807, it was held that a lottery grant by a 

 is not a contract within the meaning of the 

 Constitut 



Th> '. Unit. 



.ipany ft nl. \\ ; , 

 : This suit was brought t 

 ftatent issued to the company, jus ;, 

 Emilo Berliner. 1 inventor, in IS;M. Tim 



cancellation of t)ie patent was sought on the Around 

 that the delay of tin Patent oflicu 



was fraudulent and through the fault of th- 

 phono company, and that a patent for the same in- 

 vention had been issued in 1880. The ' 



