The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-14
w ants Union
With u. S.
GEO. D. FOSTER
Says War With France is
All Press Talk.

Among the arrivals at the Lincoln
house yesterday was George D. Foster
OF Manchester, England, who is in this
city as the representative in charge of
the importing end of a number Of the
great lace houses of the English city.
Mr.. Foster is personal friend Of A
swan Brown, Of the Denholm & Nc
Kay Company, and his stay in Wor-
cester, which will be terminated tomor-
row, is for the purpose of transacting
business with the firm which will no
doubt result in the bringing of a large
amount of imported laces and similar
goods to this city
Mr.. Foster was seen last night by The
Spy man, and said that his visit to the
city was a purely business one, except
for the fact of his old acquaintance in
the city, as he had his residence here
about seven years ago, when he was
a clerk in the employ of the Denholm
& Mckay Co. He said that he found
business better here in Worcester than
ne has anywhere else in the east and
better than in most of the western cit
les which he has visited of late.
When asked in regard to the rumors
that have recently been circulated, to
the effect that an attempt might be
to bring to this country and possibly
to Worcester, some of the lace indus
tries which are 50 valuable to several
of the English cities, Mr. Foster said
there was no such movement on foot
in his opinion that would amount to
anything, and he stated that in Man
chester. which is the city he resides in,
the lace manufactures are restricted to
the finishing departments, the manu-
featuring being done in other pdaces,
and to some eXtent@on the continent
Mr.. Foster was asked if he thought
there was any danger of q war be-
tween England and France putting q
check to the now rapid upward ten
dency in the business world both here
and in England, and to this he replied
with an emphatic negative. There is
absolutely no fear of a war between
England and France" he declared; ut
is all talk on the part of press cores
pondents. The attitude of Lord Rose
berry, as expressed in his speech OF
Wednesday last, Mr.. Foster said he
didn't think was necessarily one Of
animosity to France, and ne was in
clined to think that no such step 2s
Lord Rosebery is said to have recon-
mended, the demanding Of an apology
by the British government, would be
pursued. He thought that the whole
matter of the Egyptian differences be-
tween the two countries had been
largely exaggerated by the newspapers
and that it is nothing that the ordinary
recourses of diplomacy will not be able
to tide over without unusual friction.
Mr.. Foster remarked that he thought
the contamination of an Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance was something to be looked
for much sooner than a European war
and expressed himself as being highly
in favor of the same. He said that
the attitude of the English people is
still very much in favor of an alliance
of England with this government, and
he thought that attempts might be
made ere long to urge the matter on
the British ministry.
Mr.. Foster will leave the city today
and will pass the next few weeks IN
continued business trip in New Eng
land and the west.