New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-08
LADY HENRY RETRACTS
MISS WILLARD OVERCOME WITH Jor-LnTE

MISS WILLARD OVERCOME WITH JoT-LBTTER
OF EXPLANATION
The news was oabled from London yesterday tina,
Lady Henry Somerset. in letter 10 Lord Gsorg.
Hamilton Secretary Of State for India had with
drawn the proposals which she made In the letter
Of ten months ago This dispatch confirmed
BY Mss Anna Gordon Frances Z. WIZARDS sscre-
tAry, who WIS seen late last night at the Hotel
Empire She furnished The Tribune reporter with
copy Of Lady Henry's letter TO Lord George Ham
ii,on, which. she said. Miss Willard had jus, re-
ceived and which she would begin mailing to-day
to the WomAn's Christian Temperance Union OH
GERS throughout the country.
The following note from Miss Willard viii 40
company IT,
My Dear Friend: The following letter viii bring
rejoicing 10 the hearts O.. home people ey cry
our great hearted coInrade who las from the FIRST
been deyotedly with US in our purity work Yours
The following Is Lady Henry;s letter !i'--''i'O
Eastnor Castle, Ledbury. England
Dear Lore George Hamilton. Your Lordship in
Vitec ME ten months ago give you my view OF
the dispatch that has been addressed 10 the Gov
in q letter il which did so l yentured TO suggest
some methods. moral and disciplinary. which
seemed 10 me the only ones likely 10 succeed be-
cause they had al least the merit Of being logical
was led 10 90 so BY two considerations. First
the dispatch il question seemed 10 imply that the
Government would give encouragement 10 any
form Of e.evatinS agency. and SO emphasize the
altered spirit Ia which the subject. approached.
and that such suggested supervision would only
affect az incorris;D! minimizing and. second. that
the system had In mind would be so drastic ana
penal In It's nature as 10 MAKE State interference
odious and finally impossible. That was ten
moaths ago, an1 in that tine nothing has been
done OF which the public has heard 10 strengthen
the forces that make for moral improvement.
What has been done viz. the repeal OF the Indian
Acts OF 1895. which prohibited Inspection has been
In a direction exactly opposite Il seems TO have
ne OF r,rO-
test from those who desire TO the State shape
need not tell Your Lordship am not writing 10
say how strongly | stiL opposed 10 the course
which the Government has taken. But find that
my letter 10 our LOrdsnlp OF last year has be.l
taken By many 10 mean that an on the side OF
the accepted view OF STATE regulation. and | am
from time time quoted d sympath!zer with
such views ! therefore writing to witldra "
any proposals made In that letter FOR the reason
tAat the events Of the ast year have convinced mo
system that in April last thought might De insti-
tutei. TAe absence OF any serious effort by tho
Government 70 bring about higher standard In
the army is maj PROOF 70 me that as long as reSu-
latiol OF any KING can BE resorted 10 a remedy
II will always De regarded as the one and only
panacea Ny view was that II would be Instituted
moral efIor,s- md II Will always be accepted as
q convenient substitute | take the liberty OF adj
ment OF whatever form OF the principle Of regula-
ton. because II was in d letter 10 Your LordsAip
that originally incurred the responsibility |
trust. therefore. 10 Your Loruships Indulgence 10
forgive troubling you further with the ma tier.
remain Ny Lord yours very A THY SOMERSET
The Lord George Hamilton.
Miss Willard and Miss Gordon overjoyed by
the news OF Lady Henry's action.
20, course. believed IN Lady Henry just
as much before the letter came as We do now.
now sees things as we do. and that there Is no
more room for Observation-Disclosures.