The Portland daily press., 1895-12-30
NOT BY GROVER.
Consul Morse Gives Our British Cous.
inS Comfort.
SAYS CLEVELAND WILL NEVER
SIGN THE REVENUE BILL.

SAYS CLEVELAND WILL NEVER
SIGN THE REVENUE BILL.
Eng1ishmen Are Greatly Relieved at the
Consul's Kind Words-.-The New Cover
nor of British Guiana-Foreign Field
Yearning for More Missionary Victims.
New York. December ga special
cable to the Sun from Londou, says:
Mr. Allen B. Morse, United States
Consul at Glasgow, has not deemed it
inconsistent with his official position to
criticise the proceedings of the Cnited
States Congress and to prescribe a course
OF action for President Cleveland and
the American government generally. 1t
IL not suggested here that Consul Morse
requires any excuse for his proceedings If
Ambassador Bayard felt free to indulge
at Edinburgh in criticisms of the home
policy why should Consul Morse be de-
barred from similar form of enjoyment
In the neighhorinY city of Glasgow and
with equal impunity?
Scottish mani nufacturers were naturally
much agitated over the cabled reports of
the new tariff proposals, and the enter
prising editor Of the Glasgow Evening
Citizen rejoiced that in the person Of
Consul Morse they had great tariff
authority who would tell them all about
it and maybe quiet their fears. The
EDITORS thankfulness proved to be per-
fectly just fed
The Glasgow manufacturers need
never be afraid" said Consul Morse, to
Citizen reporter on Thursday, ssthat
tariff duties will be raised as long as Mr..
Cleveland is President. This talk about
raising duties is all bosh. Mr. Cleveland
has asked Congress TO do something to
assist the finances by authorizing the
Issue of bonds, and he has had nothing to
do with the proposed tariff bill. He will
refuse to sign it, and it cannot become a
law for this reason.
THE object Is to obtain more revenue,
and they have more revenue Just now
under the Wilson tariff than under the
Mckinley tariff. The cause is clear. If
they make rates prohibitory they will not
bring in revenues"
Citizen, and the proud editor set it forth,
with unusual wealth of headlines aud
made the very most of 1t. But, somehow,
it did not Teassure the local fears, for
that same day, in Glasgow, the Anchor
steamer line and other discount houses
allowed only three shillings sixpence for
the American dollar.
The appointment of Sir Augustus
Hemmming to the Governorship OF
British Guiana has completely staggered
the clubites of Pail Mall and polite
society generally. He had charge of the
West African section OF the Colonial
office, but the position was one of no
tioular dignity, and officially he
ranked merely as principal clerk" Be-
yond some delimitatiou work in Africa
and couple of special missions he has
scarcely been out of England, and his
life has been passed in the dull routine of
six hours daily attendance at the Colonial
office and lounging in clubs In his
younger days he was known as a first
rate cricketer, but in tho fashionable
world his claim to distinction was based
upon the fact that he founded the "In-
cognito Club" of which institution he
long acted as secretary. The idea that be
is capable of governing British Guiana is
derided in the West End. but, as Seore-
tary Chamberlain, who is good judge
OF character, selected him, it may be fair
ly presumed that he possesses qualities
which he will yet prove to the world.
The urder of missionaries In China
last summer, followed by similar out
RACES in Madagascar, are giving a great
impetus to missionary zeal generally, and
have had the effect to quickening en-
thuS1aSm among women who are desirous
Of saving heathen Not long ago various
missionary societies were seriously debat-
ing whether they ought not to stop send
ing out female missionaries, and at least
two of them had practically decided upon
that course. Then came picturesque
dispatches from the Bishop Of Uganda,
describing the raptures OF African women
at seeing Europeans or their own sex
come to live among them. The publica.
tion Of these stories had the eff ect of
flooding the missionary societies books
with applications for employment in
similar work. and it has now been de-
cided that it Is impossible to set bounds
to female Il al in the cause.
The Church Missionary Society, how
ever, has wisely resolved upon d compro-
mise as far as tine China field is con-
oerned. Lady recruits for the Fuiken
mission are to be permitted to sail next
month, but only on condition that they
solemnly promise to remain within the
safe bounds of the treaty port of Foochow
until the committee judge it wise for
them to proceed into the interior Twelve
ladies will start for China in the middle
OF January despite the protests from 9. cry
foreign co munity in the Celestial,
empire and nearly every European consul
there.
The truth about the recent war with
Japan is only now beginning to be UNDER
stood by the mass of Chinese in the in
terror, and the truth itself is carefully
wrapped in anti-forelgn labels. The
people are being told that China's mis-
fortunes We're due more to the Europeans IS
than to the Japanse, and this is engender-
ing feeling from which Europeans away
from the trt atty ports, and particularly
missionaries, are hound to suffer. Never
theless. the Church Missionary Society's
agent at Fooohow, Arohdeaoon Wolfe,
writes to headquarters in London strong.
ly urging his chiefs to disregard all
warnings from the government agents or
any one else, and to send out at many
missionaries, male aid female, as can be
induced to work in what he regards as a
fruitful vineyard. The Archdeacon in
sists that the supply of wome be kent
up, because, he says, without lady
helpers missionary work is deprived of
one of it's most potent agencies for the
conversion of China to Christianity
The lay author ties predict a pl ntiful