The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-11

: Having In their issues of the previ-
Gus week concentrated their attention
upon the one burning topic of the bat
tie of the schools, the vernacular news,
the Weekly News says that there
has not been any special event calling
for commen. In connection with the
question of education: .he matter Is
now In very much the same state as it
was month ago, but in a short time it
is expected to see i'm the Welsh newspa-
pers considerable space devoted TO the
conferences that have Just been held
in Newtown and Chester, to discuss the
way and manner of giving effective
voice to the Indignation aroused
throughout North Wales by the greedy
demands of the sectarian party for
larger grants from. the public purse.
II strikes one as singular that in this.
aS In many other movements. the lead
is taken by North Wales. So far. IL
has been left for North Wales TO fight
the battle: every pronouncement on the
question hitherto Issued, outside e
press. has come from the northern
counties. There was the letter from
Lord Rendel the spirited protest of A.
e. Humphreys owen, the member
from Montgomeryshire: the admirable
statement of the case prepared by the
Rev. John Williams. Of Dolgelly, for
the North Wales Calvinistic Methodist
association. and last of al the confer
ence of the North Wales Nonconform-
lists at Chester Public feeling on the
question Is not one whit less intense IN
South Wales. and yet no ATTEMPT has
so far been made to bring it to focus.
The reason advanced on one occasion
by a prominent South Wales, that in
the North they have more time TO de-
Nnta N nnlitips than tbaV hnVn in the.
busy Industrial and commercial centers
of South Wales. Is scarcely good enough
for this matter Of the schools is one
that brooks no delay. The Gwyliedydd
tWesleyam declares: 1T is beyond Il
tense ana bltter struggle III connection
win the uenominational SCHOOLS OF the
kingdom.' Ii comments ON Lord sails
bury's announcements, and states that
his lordship "plainly showed by his at
fituda Towards and his u.tarancac he
60 Oh, XVaaIn,,a,, ,,an,,ta,;an ,ho, no
III, ~ -. - ~ ,''' 80. w, m
~ as oIinuiy partisah anu as e.treIle Us
the most bigoted cleric In the country
II Is vain to expect fairness and justice
at the hands of the Narouis of Sails
bnry and his followers If we are 10
.an,,ra our r,ohts 600 r,,,st agbt for
.t ssW - aon,,s.rata
thefi' we iiust uehioHst ats
IN an unmistakaDle manner 10 i.oru
Salisbury. the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, and the Catholic cardinals and
their followers that they shc-u not ride
a,'a,. So ard pro,astont raon,s In
,,,a, ~ .,a;r sa,,a,,on ,-hoo,,
'lu'i W 'n"oW ''.,i $500, ,,, '"" n,
confOrmiStS. We are proud
that the Wesleyans although them
selves having some hundreds of de-
norninotionol schools have taken the
,ana IL, ,rn,',stinr, :, inst .uoh IiscraI-
:" p ,, :, M cI,1,
itaoie procteoiiiSS; me Wv! W!neosoi
belieS that the call from the theSter
conference will be at once strong ana
effective so that Wales will rise as one
man 10 its work -
# n n
The sad East faints with blood and pain;
Unchecked the accursed Turk
Completes his tiendish work; -,
The avensing nations stand with fettered
hands,
Shuddering, with noble aspirations vain,
Alone our England stands
Still ON the ravaeed plaias the cries
Of death with torture pierce the affrighted
skies,
And We whose souls would fain discern,
With eyes and lips that burn.
The Union OF our race, the rule of Peace,
Turn to that great England over-sea,
Waiting the swelling tide OF sympathy,
Fired to holy war
For the weak folk they loved but might
not save,
Driven from their desolate homes.
Nay, but silence reigns as OF the grave
No voice of answer comes!
No answer? Nay, an answer comes indeed.
Not that of eloquent lips and kindling eyes
= Where Christian thousands meet, but ac-
cents cold,
The sOuless utterance of the selfish state,
Rude menace, arrogant word
breathing not love, but hate.
And that fell arbitration of the sword
Now at this fateful crisis when
Turn to our lonely England for redress.
wickedness.
gain
or fratracide! There. towns made desolate
BY the avenging storm OF shot and shell,
All those fair coasts and seas a gate Of
hell;
There, Mhite-winRed commerce wrecked,
sister State
Invaded dreams OF closer brotherhood
Drowned in a sea of blood;
For centuries banished far;
All soaring aspirations doomed to cease.
Blighted by ruthless war.
s.Is a,h n a.. ,,. .. s,,,.
harm,
To cripple her, for some mean sordid aim,
Some lust for Gold or Place,
sure twere the very irony OF shame,
rhs, ~ sra.t ". teSp Sp So T.o,, T., ,,o
West "a ee1'"' :" ''e
BY ali our Race contest
The cherished hope of free laborious men.
Should strike with impotence our England,