The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-16
DEPEW saw MIRACLE
Chauncey Tells of a Remark
able Cure at Lourdes.
He is Just Back from a Good
Time Abroad.
A TIME OF GAYETY.
European Nations Now Full of
Hope and CheerfulnesS

NEW DIRK, sept. 16.-Chaunc0y M.
Depew returned from Europe yester-
day and was besieged by a small army
of reporters for an interview. Mr..
Depew said something of a sensation
was stirred up among the anglo
maniacs by an interview which he
gave to the London papers.
One of the questions was, what is
the American idea of home rule, and
how generally are Americans of one
mind upon that subiect?' Speaking
of this Mr.. Depew said: 'My answer
was substantially that home rule is
the cornerstone of our institutions
and our people are practically unan-
imous on the subject; that there never
had been any division among us as
to home rule for Ireland, and we
could not understand the real or
manufactured fears of the adoption
of the policy leading to the disruption
of the British empire. On the contra
ry, we thought the adoption of the
federative principle would benefit
England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and
the colonies; that we were heartily in
favor of English speaking people lead
ing the world and willing that the
British empire should have the first
place in the affairs of Europe, Asia,
A1I1Cd anu AuSOIcIld, OQB bndU we
would neither consent nor permit the
control or occupation by an European
power of any republic of America.
''Of the 600 members of the house of
lords, all but twenty-five are Conserv-
tives or Tories. Society is overwhelm-
ingly the same. I never had Radi-
cal as a guest in my house. said
proud peer to me. While the rule is
not general, the feeling is American
residents in England become attached
to the dominant power and many of
them more extreme than its leaders.
Their denunciatiOns of home rule and
views of the Irish are refreshing rev.
Citations of the influence of environ
ment.
"a Conservative leader said to me
we have won a great and rather en-
barrassing victory without making a
pledge or promise. We had no plat
form and no affirmative principles.
We simply assaulted the incompetency
of the Liberal government But,
while the Conservatives are safely in
power for six years, the Liberal MON
list is already making matters uncom-
Portable for his Tory partner.
''Our recent trouble with the British
foreign Office over Nicaragua and
Venezuela, increasing interest in for
eign relations and the possibility of an
administration which will enforce the
Monroe doctrine have created a new
and unusual interest in the affairs OF
the United States. The statesmen of
both parties would like sort of an
offensive and defensive alliance with
US. They want our help in China,
Japan and in the difficulties arising
out of Russian, German and French
hospitality and aggressions in the
East, and would gladly bundle all
American matters into our hands in
exchange for such an understanding.
THE English elections were re-
! markable in demonstrating how little
there is of radicalism in the demo-
cratic spirit there. This disendOw-
ment and disestablishment of the
church by the state seem in accord
with modern progress, but form the
text of 1.-The robbery of God" Every
pulpit in the church of England
Numbered against the Liberal govern
ment, and thousands who never went
to church and scoffed at religion rallied
| to the support of the time-honored es-
adjustment. 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.
THE excitement in South Africa's
| gold mines equals the widest specu-
| lations in Colorado or California boom
| ing times. Both London and Paris
/ are crazy"
Mr.. Depew told an interesting story
1 of a young girl he saw at Lourdes,
| who had not been BILE to walk for six
years on account of knee that was a
mass of running sores. She was
! dipped in the spring and the sores COM
| pletely healed and she was able to
walk. Her condition, before and after
| the miracle, was attested by a ply
| stefan who dressed the knee and by a
medical student
He said in conclusion: 1.-THE gen
eral cheerfulness and gaiety of nations
made this trip one of the most agree
/ able of my life Both in Englend and
on the continent there was general
| prosperity and abundance, unknown
/ for years. Not only are the crops
| good, but the world has adjusted
itself more rapidly than for a de-
cade, to the revolutions of invention
and discovery, and the instantaneous
| inter-communion of distant markets.
All classes Of people are sharing in the
! better times and more hopeful of
the future. Many of the sovereigns
and chiefs of state, who formerly were
! politely inquisitive or Indifferent about
American affairs, were eager in their
desire for information about our stocks
and bonds. The success of the syndi-
| cate IN placing the last issue of our
government bonds, has put intQ many
a royal treasury a miscellaneous
/ - A..