The Portland daily press., 1895-12-25

New York, December a. The New
York World on Sunday sent to the leaders
of the church and state in Great Britain,
whose word as to the actual state of
British sentiment would carry here the
most weight. brief kilograms, asking for
expressions of their feeling as to the ex-
citing difficulty between the two
countries. The following are some of the
replies:
Lord Rosebery telegraphs from Edin-
burg: 81 can only reply that I absolutely
disbelieve in the possibility of war be.
tween the United States and Great
Britain on such an issue as this, for it
would be the greatest crime ON record.
History would have to relate that the two
mighty nations Of the Anglo-S Saxon race,
at a time when they appeared to be about
to overshadow the world in the best in
tsrests of Christianity and civilization,
preferred to cut each others throats
about frontier squabble in i small
South American republic. The PROPOSE
ton only requires to be stated to. demon
strate it's absurdity. All that is wanted
is level head and cool common sense in
our governments"
The telegram 60 Lord Salisbury was re-
piled to as follows: ''While fully
reciprocati ng your friendly sentiments it
is impossib le for the foreign secretary to
take the course you suggest.
E. HARRINGTON, Foreign Office.
The Bishop of Manchester telegraphs !:
"The possibility of war with America
fills most Of us with a feeling of hororr.
1t would be to all intents and purposes
civil war, and could not fail to rouse
passions and create enmities which many
years would fail to allav. This would be
all tie more unfortunate because of late
years the feeling in England for America
and Americans has been one of continual
ly increasing and even fraternal interest
an admiration. We cannot see what there
is in the present dispute to create such
deep irritation as we hear of, and we are
sure that it for such cause war is
allowed to arise between brethren before
every legitimate means of Cancellation is
exhausted, those who perpetuate the con-
test on either side will have committed a
crime against civilization. May God
avert so great a crime and calamity"
Cardinal Vaughan wires: '1Our COM
mon humanity and our Christianity
would sternly condemn a fratrioidal war.
Every Christian patriot on both sides of
the Atlantic must employ every effort to
avert curse that would strike us all
nike. We are too closely bound to
America by blood, respect and affection
for her people to tolerate the idea of
bloodshed. Let us all remember the
words Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they shall be called the children of
God.
From Archbishop Walsh "Wholly un-
aware of the merits Of the case, can
only express the adherence of war in
general. 1t will be deplorable if the wise
preoedenb of 1871 cannot be followed" "
From the Bishop of Chester: "Every
generous and Christian heart in England
and not the least in kindly Chester, is
wholly with you in your high appeal to
great and understanding people. GOD
speed you in your patriotic endeavor.
From the Archbishop of Dublin: 81
am fully assured that every member of
the Church Of Ireland most earnestly
depreciates anything that could imperil
peace or cause. disunion between us and
our American brethren -