The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-15
WEEKLY LONDON CABLEeRAM
COCKNEY DISAPPOINTMENT ON THE
RESULT OF THE YACHT RACE.

Our Naval Inventors Are of the
Highest Possible CaIibre-Excite-
ment in the British Isles over the
Execution of Trader stokes, Which
Is Pronounced Murder.
London, Sept. 1.-THE Catholic confer
ence that is annually held in England un-
der the auspices of the Catholic Truth
Society has hitherto been treated by the
press as unworthy of mention. 1t has this
year suddenly assumed the Importance of
a leading congress.
The conference began at Bristol on Mon
day and terminated Thursday. The ques-
tions before the conference We're not new
but the meeting derived unwonted interest
from Cardinal Vaughan's address on Chris
tian reunion. The Archbishop of Canter-
bUrys recent missive on this subject,
which was a reply to the popes letter TO
the English people, required a reply and
Cardinal Vaughan gave it in such clear
terms as viii end discussion within the
Anglican church on the bases of an agree
ment with the Roman Catholic church.
The kernel of the question of the relig-
ious reunion of Christepdom, which, said
Cardinal Vaughan, consisted in the ad-
mission of the Roman claim that the Pope
had received by divine right authority to
teach and govern the whole church. The
essence Of the Anglican position was a
negation of the Roman claim. Until this
claim was admitted, no basis of reunion
was possible.
The cardinal further declared that he
did not expect to witness the submis-
sion of the English people as
body to CLAIMS that We're
repudiated at the time of the
reformation. He looked to the slower
process of individual conversion
These declarations nave been Hire
ceiyed by the ritualsts Of England. and
are reported to be also causing the pope
disappointment as cnecK to his plans
for a reunion Of the churches.
The report was accepted as true among
the members of the congress that at the
next consistory at Ronic, another cardi-
nal will be created for England.
The congress concluded on Thursday
] with a pilgrimage to Glastonbury abbey,
| the oldest shrine in England. Thousands
Of pilgrims, including 100 robed clergy,
/ travelled by train from Bristol to Glas-
tonbury. 1t was not very long ago that
popular sentiment would not have al
/ lowed such a pilgrimage. on Thursday
a large crowd watched with the great
est sympathetic interest the long, ban
/ ner-carrying procession, composed Of
/ Catholic guilds, Jesuits, Dominicans,
Franciscans, Benedfctines, and Carmel
ties, alternately singing and reciting
| prayers. The scene was an impressive
and picturesque one, and marked an i'm
mediate change in the position of the
Roman Catholic church in England.
Time does not soften the keeness of Brit
hn nr1t Of he
Americas cup contest. The Field in fine
frenzy, utterly abandons decency. This
"gentlemen's journal raves. like a fish
wife over the ignominous showing of the
British representatives yacht though
its rawlings are, of course, directed against
everything connected with the race that
was not British. Following are some Of
the choice expressions of this paper, which
! purports to represent the sporting spirit
OF Great Britain:
Excursion steamers, laden with fran
tic lrish-Amercans, who do not know
yacht from an oyster boat" and "the New
York press, representing the rabble Of
excursion steamers" This paper, to-
gether with others, looks upon the inter-
ference of the excursion steamers as
affecting only the British boat. That the
excursion feet should in any way inter-
fere with the American boat does not
seem to strike them although as a matter
I
one boat suffered as much as the other
from this cause. In common with other
English papers, the Field declares that
"the conditions governing the cup con
tests need remodelling, notably that rule
requiring that the challenger must sail
the ocean on her own bottom, while the
defender OF the cup can be any lightly
rugged rattle-trap which will hold to-
gether for four or five matches" In
vidious comments We're made in 1893 on
the construction of the Vigilant, and It
was then declared that she could not
cross the ocean, but after she did cross
and in much less time than did the Val
kyrie III, the English papers forgot their
former comments, but had very little to
say in respect Of her very fine perform
ance
The Sporting Times says: when the
cup was first won no special yacht was
built to beat the America. This boat had
the open sea to sail on and won on her
merits. No race has since been sailed
under the same conditions of fairness. If
it is true that the Valkyrie was disquali-
fled in the second race match for tactics
which were admitted to be correct when
the Defender practsed them on the Vigil
liant, doubt is thrown on the honesty of
the committee, but we cannot believe il.
| That the Valkyrie should have been al
lowed to sail a match in which, unknown
to her, her opponent had hoisted a protest
flag before the line was crossed is another
matter which became a heads l win,
tails you lose affair on the part of the
Defender, and savors of the win, tie. or
wrangle system that was prevalent at the
lowest meetings in the worst days of horse
racing. This system happily has been
stamped out here, but seems to have gone
to America. where it has been adopted in
yachting"
The balanced utterance of the Spectator
is valuable as rejecting educated opinion
outside of sporting circles. This paper
says: Nobody need be surprised at the
Defenders victory. America has twice
startled the world by a sudden and sue
cessful advance in the designing of ships.
The appearance of the America in the
Solent in 1851 changed the principles of
yacht-buiding and Ericcson's production
of the Monitor in 1852 caused every Brit
ish dock-yard within a year to work night
and day to reconstruct the navy. The
brain force producing such achievements
can scarcely be overrated. In every ef-
fort to capture the cup the competing yes
sells embodied the English and American
designers skill at the date of trial In
the latter, as in the earlier races. the
New Workers more than held their own.
showing that they possess inventors of the
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