The Press., 1894-07-19

numbers, and impressiveness, and effect. It is difficult to get an inch of space in London papers, but these gatherings are reported from column to two colums In length
 SENTIMENT IN ENGLAND.
 "That sentiment Is growing here, don't you think2" ..f...r
 "Yes. The Neal Dow Day was tre- mendous success. The commemoration of foreign leader has never before pack ed Exeter Hall, and probably never will again." ..... .... ........
 "Oh, yes, it has, when we welcomed you" ...... .r
 "Why, yes. forgot that. You did pack 1t then" .... .....
 "And we will again, when you come again. What of your future outlook"
 "I have now been absent from home, except for six weeks, for a year and three- quarters, and am glad to say that feel very much stronger than when I came, although my staying powers on the track of reform are not and probably never will be again what they once were. However, am going home to lend hand to the best of my ability. Anna Gordon and sail by the Teutonic on June 13, and we go straight to Chicago, to confer with our leaders at the Woman's Temple. On July 9th we go to Montreal, to attend the convention of all Canadian provences and to meet the leaders of the Dominion w. c. T. U. After that we hope to remain quietly in some restful place until the autumn conventions. Sir Benjamin w. Richardson, whom recently consulted, says must not take up the state con- ventions as formerly-12 to 20 in n single season-but must reserve what powers Il have for the strategic positions. There- fore, on my return 1 hope to look over l the field and take council with my coad- tutors as to the most important points to be visited in the States previous to the great gathering of the clans at Cleveland, | Ohio, Nov. 16 to 20, which will celebrate the 20 years since the crusade clarion woke the echoes of all lands with the call | to work in the temperance reform for God, and home, and every land" | "And when do you get to work again?"
 "Concerning the plan of campaign that will be brought forward at Cleveland, l only know that it is the mind and opinion of White Ribbon women in America, so far as can learn, that we work by the oal ;,,I hn Our watchwords have never changed only multiplied"
 THE PoLYGLOT PETITION. "What of the polyglot petition?"
 "We are securing signatures, as usual. There never was more pronounced pro- hibition petition. It asks every Govern ment in the world to prohibit the liquor trade and the opium trade, and to main- tain the same standard of morality for men and women."
 "When will you present it?" "We hoped to set sail on the voyage to present the petition in October or Novem- ber next, but more time is needed for preparation of the expedition. This is being got up by Dr. Lunn, with w. Pipe, an American, who was secretary of the | Parliament of Religions, as secretary. | It will be a sort of triumphal progress through all lands, and the delegation will be accompanied by a large party in spec | ial steamers"
 "How would you summarize the gener- | al outlook?"
 THE WORLDS TEMPERANCE BROTHERHOOD.
 "It seems to me that what 1 have said shows that the temperance reform has steadily heightened it's cords and strength ened it's stakes, till it is becoming a set tied and established institution in the most distant parts of the world, as it is in the two great English speaking na- tions. The best feature of it is that we are coming more and more to a spirit of solidarity as a universal temperance army men and women too-the great temper ance host at large. It was never so clearly shown by science and held by the intelli- gent that total abstinence is the key and core of the movements; never was there so strong determination to be rid of the domination of the liquor traffic in politics, and of the presence of the public house in the communities where the people build their homes. It was never so clear ly understood that legislation is as inn portant as personal total abstinence."- | Tue VOice.