The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-23

Hon. Charles Trevelyan, of England,
occupied the pulpit at the Peoples
church last night and delivered an in
teresting address on Relations Be
tween England and America" He was
presented to the large audience by
Rev. s. G. Smith, pastor of the church,
who said, in introducing him: "Mr.
Trevelyan is one of the rising young
leaders of the new liberalism of Eng
land. His sympathy is with the people,
and ii is more than appropriate that
he should address you from this pull
pit. My only regret is that L could
not find Union Jack today to drape
with our own Old Glory that Mr.. Ire
velyan might address you with the
united colors waving above him."
AS Mr.. Smith finished, Mr.. Trevelyan
advanced to the front of the rostrum.
He is man of medium height, rather
young in appearance, but with deter
mination stamped in every line of his
clear-cut features. He spoke with
decided English accent, in slow and
deliberate way, wasting no words and
going straight to the heart of every
idea advanced. He said in part:
II am not at all like a minister, and,
when asked to speak from this pulpit, l
was rather reluctant to accept, for my
pulpit has been the political PLATFORM;
still l could not decline, for there
thought of man unless founded on re-
ligion We Englishmen are just now
mourning the loss of the greatest re-
ligious statesman that our country has
ever seen. The voice of Gladstone is
silent, but what he has done Will live
forever. He was active in the great
moral causes, and 1 am going to speak
of one of these tonight. the relation
ship of our two countries They have
been too long apart. For 100 years we
have been in doubt whether these two
Anglo-SaXon races are going Forward
together. 1 hope, and what l believe
is that they are, and why not sooner!
Ny own country must bear the greater
part of the burden in answering that
question, for it has been the fault of
England and not America. This Is
partly because of that first separation,
although we Englishmen do not look
back with pride to that war of so long
ago. We are convinced now that our
great statesmen of that time, Burke,
Chatham and Fox, were right, and
George III. and his ministers were
wrong. In the war of 1912, perhaps,
the blame did not belong entirely to
us, but certainly it was not With
America. 1t was owing to the circum-
stances of the time. From that time
on to 1865, the separation was wide
one, owing to the English aristocracy,
for they disliked commerce and were
Jealous of the success of America.
This was plainly shown during your
civil strife by the ill-will exhibited to
the North and its cause. At that time
we were saved a war with the United
States, not by the rulers, but by John
Bright and our budding democracy.
The people rose and said that there
should be no war with America. That
civil war enlightened the people Of
nd
two countries have been growing to-
gether And another thing, immigra-
ton and trade have been a factor in
this closer relationship.
Now that we have reached this con-
dition we have the same feeling to-
wards you that we nave for our own
colonies Today Englishmen all want
peace with this country, and they all
wish you success in this war that is
upon you, for the people of England
understand the motive of the United
States in this war They know that
il is not a war for revenge, for this
people is too enlightened for that, but
a war for humanity. The atrocities
that have been committed in Cuba are
even worse than those Of Armenia and
Crete We, in England, wish that we
had been in position to take up the
cause of that people as you have taken
UP the cause of the Cubans. But the
conditions were different. Any inter-
vention on our part would have re-
suited in a complete overturning in
Europe. Had these conditions been
different, England would have insisted
that the teachings of her Grand Old
Man, just lost to her, be carried out.
AT that time the only support that
England got was from the United
States, and now the only support that
the United States gets Is from Eng
land.
1T is said that England is open to-
criticism for the way in which she ex-
pands her empire. In part, this criti-
cism may be justified, but 1 contend
that IN not single instance has
country failed to be benefited that has
come under our rule Whether this
country likes it or not she will be
bound to pursue a similar policy. for