The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-16
By His Utterances Relative to
Home Rule
AMERICANS OPPOSED TO 1T
So, 1t Least, the AngIomaniacs Profess
to Believe
The LiberaI-Unionists Making natters I'm
comfortable for the Conservatives.
An Alliance Desired

Depew, who arrived late last night, land
ed from tho steamer Paris this morning.
Afterwards he received reporters in his
Office at the Grand Central railroad depot
and gave an extended interview on the
politics of Europe. upon his trip and q
miracle which he Witnessed at Lourdes.
Mr.. Depew said something of q sensa-
sion was'stirred up among the Anglo
manlacs by an interview which ne gave
to the London papers. One of the ques.
ations Was, ''What is the American idea OF
home rule, and bow generally are Amer
icans of one mind upon that sublect?"
Speaking of this Mr.. Depew said:
MY answer was substantially that
,Aome rule. is the corner stone of our in
istitutions. and our people are practically
unanimous on that subject; that there
had never been any division among us
rs to home rule for Ireland, and we could
not understand the real or manufactured
fears of adoption of the policy leading to
the disruption of the British empire. On
the contrary. we thought the addition OF
the federative principle would benefit
England, ireland, Wales ard the colonies.
That We were heartily in favor of Eng
lisa speaking people leading the world,
land willing that the British empire
shouIds have the nrsJ piaCe in the IL fairs
,of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia,
but we would neither consent to nor per-
init the control or occupation by Euro
psan power of the republics OF 6America.
''Of the six hundred members of the
house of lords all but twenty-five are
conservative or Tories. Society is over
al, 81 ho a
Radical guest in my house, said proud
peer to me. While his rule is not gen.
.eral, the feeling is. American residents
I'm England become attached to the DOM
Anant power. ana many of them are more
lextreme than its leaders. Their denun-
,ciations of home rule and views on the
Irish areIrefreshing revelations of the in
jfiuence ofsenvironmept. They write let
tiers to the papers vigorously denying my
statements.
According to them I was grossly
ignorant of American sentiment or a
phenomenal liar. They said that beyond
the politicians ana political papers con-
trolled by fear OF the Irish voter all there
is in our country which represented its
intelligence, its learning and its society,
is opposed to home rule and in cordial
sym patty with the ideas and principles
of the Tory party. Moreover; they told
me personally that l would be ostracised
for such talk. Then from the Westmins-
ter Gazstte came Its representative with
q stenographer and request for an in
teiview. 1t filled three columns of the
paper, and was the largest contribution
of the kind yet printed in an English
journal. After reiterating tho statement
before give n. l reinforced it by stating
that the daily and weekly press of the
United States, without exception, so far
As [ knew, had eoiterlally supported Mr..
Gladstone and Ibis measures; that many
of the state Legislatures had unanimously
passed resolutions favoIing it and that
the house of representatives by an unani-
nous vote. had received Mr.. Parnell.
Now our English kinsman loves frankness
and fair play. He is an intense partisan
ana born fighter, but he has too good
an opinion of himself to like an imita-
ton of himself from any other country.
He don't care for Anglo-Amerlcans or
Anglo-Germans or Anglo-Frenchmen or
Anglo Italians. He likes genuine repre-
sentatives OF any people and is most hos
pitable to them in his home and family.
Certainly / did not experience any of
the dreadful consequences predicted for
telling the truth.
IA Conservative leader said to me, we
have won great and rather embarrass-
ing victory. without making pledge or
promise. We bad no platform and no
affirmative principles. We simply as
saulted the incompetency of the Liberal
government.
But while the Conservatives are safely
in power for six years, the Liberal I'm
ionist is already making matters uncom-
Portable for his partner by large pro-
gramme for local self government through
the United Kingdom, for broad scheme
of state socialism or paternalism, and
plans more or less vague for the benefit
of what they call the laboring classes
are maturing. The restless brains of MIR.
Cham berlain and his friends are disturb
ing the rest and comfort of the true Con-
servatiyes. Our recent trouble with the
British foreign office over Nicaragua
and Venezuela interest in foreign reIa-
tious and the possibility of an admins
tration which will enforce the Monroe
doctrine have created anew and unusual
interest in the affairs of the United
States. This is evidenced in the Times
appointing Mr.. Smalley as its special cor
respondent and printing several columns
= week of his cables. The statesmen of
both parties would like a sort of an often
slive and defensive alliance with US.
They want our help in China and Japan,
and in the difficult case arising out of
Russia, German and French hostility
and aggressions in the East and would
gladly buhdle all American matters in
our hands in exchange for such an I'M
Outstanding.
line strength OF the torres Is In the
cities. They have no prohibition or tenn
perance reform fads or faddists and pow
orful liquor and beer interests are solidly
with them. The London districts which
return mem bers of parliament have five
times more population and voters than
the irish districts and the one up
permost idea of every C0nssrv-
alive you meet is to minimize Irish
power in parliament by taking away
3wenty-three seats from Ireland and CIV
Ing most of them 90 London.
''The English elections were remarka-
Die in demonstrating how little there is
Of Radicaism in the democratic spirit
there. This uisestablishment of the
church by the state seems in accord with
moderate progress, but forms the text OF
THE robbery of Cod Every pulpit in
the Church of England Numbered
against the Liberal government, and
thousands who never went to church and
scoffed at religion rallied to the Support
of the tIme-honored establishment. Any
measure can pass the house of lords when
the Tories are in power, and none when
the Liberals have the government so long
as the hereditary majority exists, and
yet Lord Salisbury distinctly challenged
the cry for ending or mending the lords
by filing his cabinet with peers, two
weeks before election, to trlumphantly
show that all classes of Englishnen love
lord and are overwhelmingly in favor
OF this middle age in nearly every repre-
sentative government. A large proportion
of che majority elected to the house OF
commons are heirs to peers or connected
with the families of the nobility.
The excitement in South African gold
eu ia II tho Uildoat apacrl Ia rops in