The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-16

Both in En~ nd nn5 en- tho con:J"vm
Thore Was CONCEAL Prosperity end
Abundance Urlncwn for ycars-A sIir-
oo'o Witch 1e Witnessed in Lourdcs.
NEW YoEg, Sept. iG.-Cmuucy IT, Do
pew, who urciycd 80 quHraHtu lac Slt-
nrlay night landed from lg steamer Cit-
Of Paris yc5tgrj n.y. Aftcrward he received
reporters ut a!so.Nae ia the Grand Central
depotand gave au extended interview uDun
the politics Of Europo, upon his trip and q
miracle Wlica ne Witnessed at Lourdcs
Mr.. DcNcw said that something Of SON
sation was stirred among the auglomuuiacs
by an interview which hcEaya to the Lon
don papers. one of the questions WAg
What is The American idea of homc rule
and how generally Dvc Americans Of ono
mind on that suni,rt:"
SpeaSing TO Jais Mr. Depcw said: "fIy
answer was, substantially, thai home rule
was the corner stone Of our institutions,
and our people age unanimous on the sub
joct; that thcrr never had been any divis-
ion among Us as to home rule for Ireland,
and we could not understand the real or
manufactured fears for the adoption Of the
policy leading TO the disruption of the
British empire. On the contrary, we
thought the Gdcrtion of the federative
principle would benefit England, Ireland,
Scotland, Wales and the colonies; that we
were heartily in favor of English speaking
people leading the world, and willing that
the British empire should have the first
place in the Affairs of Europe, Asia, Africa
and Australia, but that we would neither
consent nor permit the control or occupa-
tion by any European power of the repub-
lie of America
"Of the 6OJ members of the house of
lords all but twenty-five are Conservatives
or Tories Society is overwhelmingly the
same.
"Our recent trouble with the British
foreign Office over Nicaragua and Vene-
zucla increasing interest in foreign rela-
tions'and the possibility of an admtnistra
tion which will enforce the Monroe doc
rine, have created new and unusual in
terest in the affairs of the United States
This is evidenced in The Times appointing
Mr. Smalley it's special correspondent in
the United States, and printing several
columns a week of his cables. The states
men of both parties would like sort of
an offensive and defensive alliance with
us. They want our help in China and
Japan and in the difficulties arising out of
Russian, German and French hostilities
and aggressions in the east, and would
gladly bundle all American matters into
our hands in exchange for such an under
standing.
'"lhe strength of the Tories is in the
cities. They have no prohibition or tenn
perance or reform fads or faddists and
powerful liquor and beer interests are
solidly with them. The London districts
which return members of parliament have
five times more population and voters than
the Irish districts and the one uppermoSt
idea with every Conservative you meet, is
| to minimize Irish power in parliament by
taking away twenty-three seats from Ire
! land and giving most of them to London
"The singular political event in France
has been the sudden disappearance of the
Royalist and lmperialist parties. A Roy
alist gave me this version. He said that
the fear of socialism had made his people
/ OppOrtunists, which is another name fol
| Conservative Republicans, and by com
mon consent they have voted that ticket
He also said that Mr.. Faure was the mos
popular and the strongest president since
the formation of the republic. He ha,
more courageously and successfully fought
the socialists than any other public man
and has almost annhilated them.
i was in Germany on the twen ty-fiftl
anniversary of the victory of Sedan. The
celebration reminded me of the rejoicing
with us after the surrender of Appomat
tox. Palaces and cottages, stores anC
houses, were alike covered with flags, anC
the bunting obscured the sky. Professions
music, illuminations and every form o.
popular joy were universal. The enthu
siasm was wild and contagious. 1t devel
oped deep l&eated, national and almos
passionate desire for war with France now
and on any pretext to settle forever tn,
possession of Alsace and Lorraine, and tt
80 cripple the French that they would N,
longer be menace to the peace of Ger
many, and her military establishment
might be reduced
Mr.. Depew told an interesting story of
young girl he saw at Lourdes, who had no
been able to walk for six years ON accoun
of a knee that was mass of runnin
sores. She was there since spring and th
sores healed and she was enabled to wall
The story was authenticated by phys
clan who dressed the knee"
He said in conclusion: 1.-The genera
cheerfulness and gaiety of nations mad
this trip one of the most agreeable of IN
life. Both in England and ON the cont
nent there was general prosperity an
, abundance unknown for years. Not onl
are the crops good, but the world has ad
justed itself more rapidly than for dc
cade to the revolutions of inventions ant
discovery and the instantaneous inter-com
munion of distant markets. All classe
of people are sharing in the better time
and more hopeful of the future. Many o
the sovereigns and chiefs of state, VIII
formerly were politely inquisitive or in
different about American affairs, wer
eager in their desire for information abou
our stocks and bonds. The success of tn
syndicate in placing the last issue of ou
government bonds has put into many
royal treasury a miscellaneous collectio
: of American securities"
The Honduras Earthquake "Fake."
, TRGUCIGALPA, Honduras, via Galveston
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