The World - Saturday, April 6, 1895
This report was originally published in English. Machine translations may be available in other languages.
"MARKISS O' QUEENSBERRY RULES."
In a fair fight, under the Marquis of Queensberry rules, Oscar Wilde has been knocked out in the English courts. The Marquis determined to put a stop to all association between his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, and the Wilde, and so publicly libelled the latter by leaving a card at his Club denouncing him by a foul name. A suit was brought by Wilde for libel, the Marquis pleaded justification on the ground of truth, the jury decided in his favor. Now the tables are turned, and the person called Oscar Wilde has a good chance of going to jail.
There are some occurrences in life too revolting to justify notice. This trial is one of them. It is sufficient to say that public sentiment is wholly with the Marquis, who is everywhere praised for the stand he has taken.
The English people, it is said, will no longer tolerate Wilde's plays on the stage. Two of them, now playing in London, are to be withdrawn. It is to be hoped that the American people will follow the example. Such a person ought to be dropped out of the world altogether. His name ought not to be heard in any decent society.