Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1895-09-19
DEPEW HOME AGAIN.
OUR CHAUNCEY ON HIS EUROPEAN
EXPERIENCES.
Increasing Interest in United states Az
fairs Noticeable In the Old World
A Remarkable Miracle Near tho
Shrine of Lourdes.

steamship Paris. In an interview to-day
concerning his vacation trip, he had the
following to say:
The progress of American methods in
the old country is extraordinary. Five
years ago the London newspapers sent me
letter politely requesting the appoint
ment of time convenient to myself when
representative might call and after
wards they submitted proofs. Three years
ago reporters called and sent up their
cards, but asked few questions, princi-
pallY about American securities. This
year the steamer arrived at .. At went
to breakfast, to find the reporter by my
chair saying in the Wcll-remcmbered New
York way: Are you Mr.. Chauncey Do
pew? Well then, | want column on
these subjects upon when l am instructed
to get your views There were dozen
questions covering the elections finance
industrial prospects and the policies OF
parties 1t was impossible not TO recoS-
ME ana respond TO such toucn OF nome
'one OF the questions was w nat IS the
American luea ol nome RUE ana no" StH-
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NUIu'"i - .'lF'tHS WIN u.Ie i"edS ana P'IH-
me-. .GGor boo,.on,s ....i, lazy 9t'tV
me- ror heaven sake STOP taking;
eNeTEpouy over mere VINO Is anybody Is ON
NV oeItl 9'Ht anu you VIII De 'apooed'
Ser1@l!ly u'u not experience any OF the
u'Vaulul consequences pfeuIcted Tor tell
4HE '"e truth
y CONSERVATIVE reader SAID 10 me: w e
"dNc won great ana rather cmparras-
sing victory without making a pledge or
promise. We mad no platform and no af-
HFnatiNe prlhclples. we SIMPLY asSailod
the lncompetency OF the liberal govern
meht' BUT while the conservatives are
safely in power for six years, the LIBERAL
uhoniSt IS already making matters I'M
comfortable for his tory partner. \ large
programme Tor local selt-sovernment
throughout the kingdom, for a broad
scheme Of state socialism or paternal.sm
and plans more or less vague for the bene-
fit of what they call the laboring classes :
are maturing in the restless brains of Mr.
Chamberlain and his friends and disturb
ing the rest and comfort of the true con-
servatiVes.
Can you tell me- said an American
lady, the wife of a most agreeable bur
moss-covercl tory the difference be-
tween a conservative and a radical over
here? l never hear but one side told
her she could differentiate them on this
generalization: A British conservative
wants everything to remain as it exists
no matter how bad it is ana a radical
to change everything, no matter how good
ii is
our enlarged navy. our recent collision
with the British foreign office over Near
aqua and Venezuela. our increasing inter-
est in foreign relations, ana the POSSIBLE
ity of an administration which will en-
force the Munroe doctrine have created
a new and unusual interest in the affairs
of the United States The statesmen of
both parties would like a sort of offensive
and defensive alliance with us. They
want our help in China and in japan.
and in the difficulties arising out of Rus
sian, German and French hostility and
responsiveness in the East. and would
gladly place all American matters into
our hands in exchange for such an UNDER
standing"
The excitement in South African cold
mines equals the widest speculation in
Colorado or California booming times.
Both London ana i'arls people are crazy.
one of the best informed bankers in Eu-
rope told me that 100 men had pockotol
in cold cash. within the past year $5p0. 600 =
900 by the sale of the stocks or shares of
these companies The money had come
from the confiding British public and the
usually cautious French. Forty millions
Of it was won by a man who went to the
Cape as a juggler in a circus and is now
climbing rapidly the social ladder. The
stocks are constantly rising in price and.
of course, capitalization, and at no distant
day the bubble will burst, scattering ruin
more widely than has been experienced
for a generation