Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-17

any sor. Of crime which demands Effort"
Have you had any opportunity Cor evmper-
slish homeY'
ANrRfckx AND rxalrsH uonrs
Il have been in very few Americas hcnsa.
am struck By the obvious external fsct that
most OF your smaller houses are made az wood.
ours are made OF brick and stone. Your
hoosee are no, nearly 20 substantial ~ ne re-
licences IN our country districts. Many Of our
peasants sfe compelled 90 live in novels but In
such towns 90 Birmingham OF Nottinelssu the
working Glasses live In substan tiAl and peasant
houses. On the other hand the class below
them I've In unspeaksble degradst ton ard 9th
IN what believe; In New York you cal tene-
dwellings. They exist especially In Liverpool
and London. Al one time these housss were
occupied by the middle class--people An COM
Portable circumstances-and externslly they
appear quite respectable. but once you 90 IN
side YOU can see the filth and degradAtion. In
soho, for example, there are generally ten
rooms in house and ten families. q faniily In
every room House rents are - very high
that IL takes nearly half Of what . working
map earns Go pay for his rent The rent Of
which IS quite half Of what most Of the tsnsnts
arr able 30 earn"
did You have any acquaintance with Amsri-
can men or women before coming here"
les, great many visit me at 81 James
Hall and elsewhere. Z have been mote &C.
qusinted with men from the northern thsn
from The southern states. have always been
impressed with the intelligence and saental
aleriness Of the American, aud espcciailr with
MS versatility. ] think the one impression
,nst has been very much deepened since came
here Is rs 60 the great kindliness Of The Am,ri-
can. think that he is very kind-hearied in
Decd. There 10 not much in tins favored con-
unent to produce sourness and eynicism. You
are always an the sunshine aud That develops
your good temper"
DO YOU not think that free trnde has much
Englan1l"
VIEWS ON iREE TRADE
NO, not In the least, " replied Mr.. Hughes, With
a good deal OF uumistakAhie emphasis IN his
tones. That is an absolute delpsion. 1he So
called pauPer labor is the direct result of false
system OF land tenure. understand that sosne Of
our inliilonaircs are buying up land In different
sectionS OF your country, and You will be To- lust
ule same hx unless You improve your lsna sys-
tenn since free trade came TO In gland We have
improved The conditioned the working cl.->es
immeHsurRbly. There Is no comparison between
the two eras OF protection and free trade. Pro-
secnon Is great cure TO you. but with your
enormous natural advantages YOU NAV Mas tie
iool Tor some time without feeling the ultimate
disastrous result Of your folly. No nation ever
had such opportunities as have been az
iorced the United States; a fertile, sel-
Natered country has been yours from the be-
ginning, but protection limits many OF your
natural advantages Protection has destr eyed
your mercantile marine and the exported pro-
ducts OF youE soil travel 10 foreign markets in
bfltish bottoms III We were selfish we would
encourage your protective policy. because it
prevents you from competing with NJ In the
markets OF the world, with overwhelming sdds
In your lavor.
THE CHURCH AND poIIricS
AS to the church and politics the feeling 10
rapidly growing in England tina, while it wsuld
be suicidal for any church 30 identify ITSELF
with any political party it is the impressive
duty OF the Christian church, which Jesus
Christ himself has taught us. that we must
preach social Us well as individual salvAtiOn.
We ali agree that the church should attsck
drunkenness, gambling. lust. war. Beyond all
that II Is our duty TO teach our members hat
they arc citizens as well as Christians. You
need some Of that gospel over here; some VI IL
moro than We do. Let me give you q lttle
Testimony on that point. WINS driving throagh
Central Park on my way 10 4 church In ono q
the suburbs Of New York. and when noticed
the crowd Of idle people lying around 1 said 10
my companion. j sho aid like 20 preach to those
people. he at once informed me that sh0ald
not be allowed to do it; that II tried I shoald
be arressedl
but You allow open air political meetinesto
be held on sundaysr I exclaimed
'He said that was true.
What. said l. am ! in the republic TINT
breaches liberty? Has IS come 80 this, that IN
the country founded by the Pilgrim Fathers
you do not allow public religious services
hat is the law was his reply.
"'Ihen,' said i, IL lived here that law voald
aa al...a,s asx n
prison
- hat night told my congregation Of t,is
and they applauded my commeuts. Such an
abominaple law would not be tolerated in
moBarchical England for one moment"
''Since you have left England some everis
have taken place which will change the pol1h-
cal situation. How will the death of PArren
ahect the future Of the liberal parsyS"
ETfEcr OF PARsELLs DEATH.
"Well don't think Mr. Parnelrs death win
make much difference. because he was De-
feated man before. The tory papers ca
aggerated his influence While Was crossing
the Atlantic . reporter came on board "a
Queenstown TO interview me and among other
things he told me that even In Cork--his own
Parnell had no following sx-
cept among the lower classes. Everybody N
England believes that Mr.. Gladstone viii get .
majority at the next election Even the oou-
eerv-tiyes admit that how"
"And that would bring with il
Home rule. There is possibility that the
house of lords may throw out the home rule bill
and all of the extreme liberals are an xious that ID
should do 30. III the house Of lords threw out
the home rule bin MIR. Gladstone would prob
ably adjourn parliament and q few months later
bring IN the home rule bill again, after thew
had been great agitation. II the house Of lords
threw it out then be would probably appeal -
the country and the issue would be the abol,-
ton of the house of lords IL the commons 80
determined the house of lords must GO. The
house Of commons has absolute control Of the
taxes, and unless the lords surrendered the
army and the civil service wonld fall 10 pieces
because there would be no money voted Tor the
public service. But Of course matters would
never 20 TO such an extreme. The lords would
yield 80 the irresistible people Of England
mo. the queen would have really nothing %
do in ruch crisis 1 sometimes think We are
really more democratic IN our form Of govern.
ment than you are Our queen never inter
feres with the national Will, ms expressed by
the acts of the house Of commons Her sub
lime duty is 70 carry out the viii OF the people.
Your President can veto any measure, and THAI
power is more absolute than any power in the
hands Of Queen sictoria. Moreover We are
spared the evils Of Q quadrenniA presidential
election"
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