New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-06
THE GOSPEL OF GOrr
AS NOW PREACHED AND PRAcrrsrx
ENGLAND - MR.. BALFOUR As
PROPHET - THE NEW INyAs,o,,
FROM NORTH OF THE TWEED

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gave to the Nonconformst Conscience ~
speeches and articles and correspondence ~
followed upon that distressing event cams aug
to rending the Liberal party in twain conss'9
tons Of political expediency ultimately nrar.n'
| over those Of abstract morality. and tho Ct
was averted. But the shock to the svs,s,, a
none the less severe one. Since then the pu.
Of Wales has been racing his yacht Britan,,.
against an American boat whose perfornar...
! hardly do credit to her name. But the SOFT.
people long since gave up treating the Primo. :.
Wales seriousy;at least as a parsonage in vi
lie life, where he is highly ornamental bu, -.
at all political.
Now, however, comes Mr.. Balfour VIII,
speech in Qualification of golf well Calculated :.
make the serious one lift his eyes 10 heaven a.,
| lengthen his face and wonder what this vo,,
| is coming TO. True. the coming Prime Mln,,.,.
! speech was not entirely serious. II was huno.
| Gus but at the same time penetrated with n,,
enthusiasm which seldom OF never arises aro,.
gof-p,ayers without passing into fanatlcIsm !.
exaltation. The serious one however. sees orl,
| the serious side. OF the humorous he Is Pan
orally incapable. Besides. is not Mr. Balfour,
| Scot and is it conceivable that Scot should n.
| other than serious? Alas. both Mr.. Balfour Ana
Lord Rosebery are living proofs to the contrar,
II they are to be allowed 10 continue their pr,.
ent mad careers a revised edition Of the yene,-
bic pleasantres touching Scotch "wut" will n
needed.
II watch with qualification" said Mr. Bal,ou,
the gradual Specification OF England by M.
great golfng propaganda" He said il A.
Chisehurst at a luncheon given to celebrate hs
opening OF a new golf club. The headquarters
Of the club are at Camden House Does TIA,
name awake an echo or a memory in American
Camden House was the residence Of the late
Emperor Napoleon, and if there are still an,
Bonapartsts left. and II by chance any one Of
them knew his Shakespeare he might exclaln
ITO what base uses we may return But tn.
Ronapartists were never m Ich Of a reading racA
nor would Hamlet have been to their mind Be-
tween the Prince Of Denmark and the late En-.
peror there was too much similarity Both were
dreamers Of dreams; men who de!berated when
they ought 10 have acted and acted when thsy
ought 10 have delibersted. But, as Mr. Bal.ow
said with a sort Of humorous pride no eoN
club was ever before housed in a Palace. Ths
housing may, for aught know, add to the a.
ready sufficient popularity Of the game in Eng
land.
throughout. Mr. Balfour spoke as Scot He
could scarcely speak otherwise on an occasion
when a Scottish triumph 70 be ceebra,eis
triumph. since every new golf club is testimony
10 the superior genius Of the singular race which
finds its home north of the Tweed. Coli has been
long In crossing that fateful river. but for this
delay Mr. Bafour has an explanation ready He
has observed that the English. though Csa.
people, are not a people quick 70 learn. Inc n
mark has been heard before now In AmeHa
The English are tainted. though good-natureGy.
with their slowness Golf IL appears. has eea
played in Scotland from time immemoriaL Insn
are Scotch Acts OF legislation as far back @m
beginning OF the fifteenth century, designed
the serious spirit which then prevailed. to p
vent people from devoting themselves too q
clusively to the game, because II prevente.
Scotch learning archery in order TO night
English" II also prevented them from attenoa
the parish church with sufficient regularity ss
that required another act.
Yet at this early period. and during all I'd
centuries which have followed and down alm&
70 the end OF this nineteenth century, the Eng
lsh were content to live without game nov
authoritativey declared 10 be the most dimcaa
which exists and also one OF the greatest solacs
of life But the belated IL not benghted Ensna
are making I'D for lost time. To-day there vs.
daily increasing number OF golfng Inks "oh I"
seacoast and inland. on lands suitable ana w.
suitable under circumstances favorable and IN.
favorable" It is nothing 10 say this. II ~oua
be simpler and truer 10 say that England
rapidly becoming one vast golf links You can
not approach the coast at any point whe'e 'n'''
is not a fringe OF maniacs fourlshins s'sns'
weapons in the air, with strange shou's al.
gestures OF delight or despair The interior
the island presents the same spectacle hns'A~
may be- as Lord Salisbury said. An asylum ~.
Anarchists She is certainly the PLAYGROUND "
the golfer. 49,.
That Scotland annexed England by the =" "
Union was said OF old. 1t has become true' ""-
the lapse OF years, and the Scot Is IN poss''''
Of no small part Of the territory ne 'neH a
ouired His new invasion Is rapid ana w.
complete. yet. though the sudden popua'''
golf fills the Scottish breast with pnoe' a.
probably the Scottish pocket win i'"e >.
guineas. It creates misgvngs also. hhe'" ~.
the predominant partner-that Is no' "a" -.
fours phrase but Lord Roseoery s-a.N
legions England Is sending into the he''
ultimately be more than match for INC .- 80.
but necessarily less numerous battaNo"S u
land. The mathematical doctrine OF a'e'
will come into play-an odious doctrine ou'
inevitable one The thirty millions VIII 0e''
three millions. N.
The idlest observer must have nouoeN -
spread of this sport In England. II has o'S'u
the reign OF lawn tennis which year OF Nv"
seemed likely to last as long as the fn'',a.S
10 say the least. II has hindered the 80,
croQuet II has become forniuao al
cricket which. however. may defy al -.
time itself for cricket comes nearer ra
religion In England than anything "n .Iet.
confessedly OF divine origin. The origin ~,aA
Of. saw the authorities. is lost in obscur'v. at
makes II resemble religion stu more y,vf
any rate ancient and is probably EnsnS q
would the English admit that the r,s.nd
cricket could be found elsewhere. 10 n" .,rM
alone" says the proud Englishman is Wv usea
indebted for this manly and universa"' ., no
game" English 1t will remain but ho" ...ous
first time seems 10 have a serious r'a' tell
papt or time OHis