The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-20
MR. DEPsw INTERVIEWED.

York from England-Im pressIons He Re-
ceIved Abroad Entertainingly Set Forth
for the Benefit of Those of Us Who Must
Stay at Home-En glIshmen's Preferences
for America and Americans.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16-Chauncey NJ.
Depew arrived from Europe Saturday
night on the steamship Paris. In an
interview yesterday concerning his va
cation trip he had the following to
say:
I'VE arrived at Southampton at the
close of the elections in England after
one of the smoothest of passages on a
summer sea. The progress of Ameri-
can methods in the old country is ex-
traordinary. They say we have al
ready ruined their weather. Five
years ago the London newspapers
sent me a letter politely requesting
the appointment of time convenient
to myself when representave might
call, and afterwards submtted proofs.
Three years ago reporters called and
sent up their cards., but asked few
questions, principally about American
securities. This year the steamer
landed at o'clock in the morning. At
6 o'clock | went down to breakfast to
find a reporter by my chair. saying in
a well-remembered New York way:
Are you Mr. Chauncey NJ. Depew?
Well, then | want column on these
get your views
There were dozen questions COW
ering the elections, finance, industrial
pros poets and the policies of parties.
1t was impossible not to recognize and
respond to such touch of home, the
interview in whole or part appeared
in all the English papers.
I'm one respect the result was inter-
esting and showed the development of
the American in England with social
ambitions. The interview gave the
Anglomaniac the opportunity and they
improved it in the press. at dinners
and in the drawing rooms. One of the
questions was: what is the American
idea of home rule, and how generally
are Americans of one mind on the sub
ject? My answer was substantially
that home rule is the cornerstone of
our institutions and our people are
practically unanimous on that 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 contrary we thought the adoption
of the federative principle would bene-
fit England, Ireland Scotland, Wales
and the colonies; that we were heart
lily in favor OF English speaking pco-
pies leading the world and willing
that the British empire should have
| first place in the affairs of Europe,
Asia, Africa and Australia, but that
we would neither consent to nor per-
nit the control or occupation by any
European power of the republics OF
| America.
Now, our English kinsman loves
| frankness and fair play. He is an in
tense partisan and born fighter, buthe
has too good an opinion of himself to
like an imitation of himself from
any other country. He doesn't care for
| Anglo-Americans. or Anglo-French-
men, or Anglo-Germans or Italians.
lie likes genuine representatives OF
any people, and is most hospitable in
his home and family. Certainly, did
not experience any of the dreadful
consequences predicted for telling the
| truth.
Can you tell SAID an American
| lady, the wife of most agreeable but
moss-covered tory, the difference be-
tween a conservative and a radical
over here? i have never heard but
one side I told her she could differ
entiate them on this generalization:
"A British conservative wants every
| thing to remain as it exists, no matter
| how bad it is, and a radical to change
everything no matter how good it is.'
'Our enlarged navy, our recent col
| lision with the British foreign Office
over Nicaragua and Venezuela, our in
creasing int crest in foreign relations,
and the possibility of an administra-
tion which will enforce the Monroe
doctrine. has created new and un-
usual interest 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 of
| his cables The statesmen of both
/ parties would like sort of offensive
and defensive alliance with us. They
want our help in China and in Japan
/ and in the difficulties arising out of
| Russian, German and French hostility
and aggressiveness in the east, and
would gladly bundle all American
matters into our hands in exchange
for such an understanding.
"The strength of the tories is in the
cities. They have no temperance or
reform fads or fadists, and the liquor
and beer interests are solidly with
them. The London districts which
return members of parliament have
five times more population and votes
than the Irish districts, and the one
most uppermost idea with every con-
servativc you meet is to minimize IRISH
power in parliament by taking away
twenty-three seats from Ireland and
| giving most OF them to London.
''In sense this tremendous growth
of cities, while the country stands still
or decreases in population. is the same
difficulty which our New York consti-
tutional convention tried to settle by
preventing the cities of New York and
Brooklyn from ever having a majority
of state senator's While Ireland's
population has run down from s.coo, 000
| to 4, 0O0, 900, that of London has in
creased from 1000 600 to G. 900, 600"