Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-01-16
A PLEA FOR ARBITRATION.
Interesting i,emarks by MIR. W. nud

N FELN ' VII hltDI m lUW,
Interesting EsmHrks by MIR. W. nudson
shaw, PREDATORY TO Hts Lecture MT the
New.ccntury Club. Wednesday Afternoon,
As an Introduction to his lecture on
''The Coming of tho English, ~ before
the New Century ClubWednesray after.
noon, Mr.. W. Hudson Shaw said that
he could not commence history Of
such ancient times without first re.
lieving his mind concerning the present
state OF affairs between England and
America. lie had been told, ho said,
not TO speak on the Venezuelan matter,
but he felt that he must either speak
or burst In the first place, war be-
tween England and America was un-
thinkable; but the message Of our
President had come upon the English
like a thunderbolt, from whose blow
they could not yet recover. From any
other nation On the globe such mes
sage would be equal to an open declara-
tion of war, but between England and
America, that could not be!
lie thought ho voiced the ideas of
every thinking Englishman in SAYING
that they approved of the Monroe doc
trine; but they had no desire to go to
war with America, nor, although we
called them land -grabbers" did they
intend making any such encroachment
upon our territory as to give cause for
war. A fratricidal war would be one
of tho cruelest misfortunes that could
befall both countries. Both peoples
having something OF the bulldog in
their natures, would fight TO the bitter
end, neither giving in to the other.
England's commerce would be ruined /;
our commerce would be ruined; both
our treasures depleted. and tho prog
ress of civilization put back 200 or 800
years.
Lord Salisbury's ideas, Mr.. Shaw
thought, we would find were not the
ideas of the English people; and when
Parliament should meet we would
learn the Judgment Of English
statesmen, which he knew would be
opposed to that of their premier, who
had committed no less than political
crime in taking the stand he had, and
to him, also, would be given the blame
OF the troubles in Armenia.
Mr.. Shaw advised the settlement of
our troubles with England be left to
the decision of a council composed of
three of our Supreme Judges and three
of England's judges. Such judg-
ment, he felt sure, would be accepted
by all English people, He added that
"some one has said that there is moth
ing perfect on this earth except a per-
feet fool, " and as no sane Englishman
would think of engaging in war with
America, unless there were great
number perfect fools found on both
sides thei. is 10 danger of war An
anicable settlement of the present
troubles between the two countries
would lead to better understanding
of each other and between the two
great Engish-speaking peoples than
had ever before existed; and then,
hand in hand, the two sister races
should, advancing shoulder to shoul-
der in 30 or 40 years, dominate the
world, and institute on earth the near
est possible approach to the kingdom
of God.
Having thus relieved his mind, as he
expressed it, Mr.. Shaw, whose senti
ments had been warmly applauied,
took up the first lecture Of his series
He made the year 449 the starting
point, that being about the time the
Saxons, who had been engaged by the
Britons to protect them, turned against
their employers and overcame them. 1t
was turning point in the history of
the world. He referred to the early
settlements by the Jutes in Kent county,
the South Saxons in Sussex and the
West Saxons in Hampshire. He said
that the Angles have contributed the
most to English blood.
Mr.. Shaw entered at some length
into the question Of the ancestry OF the
English, and reached the conclusion
that they have much more Celtic
blood than they have been supposing.
Englishmen better not build too much
ON Teutonic ancestry.
During this course of lectures the
work of preparing essays will be sus-
pended and more attention will be paid
to recitation work.