San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-09-08
JOHNNY BULL WORRIED
OVER THE AMERICAN TALKS MADE
BY MR.. CHAMBERLAIN.
An Important Religious Congress on the
Tapis-Mrs. Parnell Dangerously
Ill-0ther News.

LOhuOH, LhSldhu, oSplSlipSI O.
Colonial secretary Chamberlain's
criticism of Mr.. Healy as the great
est living Irishman, made soon after
Mr.. Chamberlain's arrival in the Unit
ed States, where he is now on a visit,
is frequently jeered here with ridicule.
A member of the press explains it
as indicating a hope that the followers
of Mr.. Healy will find political affinity
in the conservative policy toward Ire
land.
Mrs. Della T. S. Parnell, mother of
the late Charles Stewart Parnell, who
was injured on the steamer Penland,
while on her way from the United
States, is lying dangerously i'll at her
daughters home in Dublin.
Some important business has follow
ed Mr.. Chamberlain to his retirement
at Salem, Mass. The most energetic
of cabinet ministers could scarcely eX-
pect to divest himself entirely of af-
fairs, nor has Mr.. Chamberlain at
tempted to make his holiday in direct
rupture with his ministerial work. His
presence in the United States is ex-
pected to be associated with interviews
bearing on the Canadian relations to
his Zollverin proposals and the Pacific
cable scheme. The change of ministry
in Canada has rendered it necessary
to reopen the whole question of the Pa
cifio cable. 1t is doubtful whether or
not Mr.. Chamberlain will retain the
Colonial office. On the eve of his de-
parture for the United States it was
affirmed and not denied that he desired to
resign his present Office. During the
present week the balance of opinion
tends to conviction that he will not
long remain in the Colonial office. 1t
is not because his Zollverin scheme
has met with rebuff from the Colonies,
nor that he is tired of facing South
African troubles. AS tenacious fight
er he would be more likely to stick to
his post so long as any tension ex-
listed with the TransvaaL But he is
and long has been dissatisfied with the
measure of support accorded to him
within the cabinet in his policy of
thoroughness in dealing with the Beers,
and dissatisfied also with the public at
tacks made upon him by inspired con-
sentative organs. If there be any
changes in the cabinet before Parlia-
ment resumes, Mr., Chamberlain, ac-
cording to the best information, will
vacate the colonial Office. For what
post? Certainly not for the home Of
flee, where Sir Matthew Ridley makes
a capital minister, earning praise all
around. Perhaps to return to his old
post of president Of the board of trade,
in which position he could give a much
needed impetus to his favorite scheme
of old age pensions.
Apropos of this old age pensioning,
the commission thereon will meet dur
ing the recess and should be able to
report to Parliament early next year.
Then Mr.. Oh mberlain may get the
question shape into bill, which ought !
to be the most interesting of all the
government measures of the session, !
education not excepted.
The conference of bishops which has !
been summoned by the archbishop of |
Canterbury to meet at Lambeth in !
July 1897, will bring together about |
$50 bishops, including those of Ameri- |
ca connected with Anglican commun- |
ion. The conference is, in, all practi- |
cal respects, a repetition of the Pan |
Anglican synod held some years ago. |
The programme already issued is |
largely of clerical interest only. Out |
oihS VI HuSSllOuS SuCIl Tic Sluuy VI |
Canon law, there are matters Of gener- |
al interest under the heading of Tn |
iustrial Problems" and international |
The conference is to be marked by |
freedom and equality of |
speech and vote.
This body of English speaking bish-
ops," says prominent church paper,
will have one wholesome effect. 1t
will assist the ordinary Englishman to
grasp the essentially spiritual charac-
er of the Episcopate. He will see that
/ bishop need not necessarily, nor
wen ordinarily,.be lord of parliament
Ind live in palace"
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