The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-05
NO POPERY" IS
AGAIN THE CRY
Ritual Question Waged
in England.
PEOPLE ARE WROUGHT UP
MOMENTUM GIVEN THE MOVE
MENT STARTED BY KENSIT.
Balfour Howled Down at Manchester
for Refusing to Discuss Mat
ters of Church and
State.
Copyrighted. 1899, by the Associated Press.

Copyrighted, 1899, by the Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. british politics, on
the eve of the reassembling of Parlia-
ment, shows that the old war cry of mo
Popery," so long silent, has suddenly
usurped first place. 1t is overriding party
programmes and forcing leaders who pre-
fer to divorce the church from parlia-
mentary strife to declare themselves. The
movement was started last summer by a
then unknown bookseller named John
Kenst, whom Englishmen rated as
Americans did CoXey. 1t gathered mo-
mentum through the low churchists' agi-
tauon, until 1t now dominates public at
tenton. The newspapers are swamped
with communications, mass meetings are
being organized everywhere, and the
voters are insisting that their repre-
sentatives announce their views.
How fiercely the people are wrought up
was hardly realized until A J. Balfour
Cthe Government leader in the House of
commons and First Lord of the Treas
ury), perhaps personally the most popu-
lar publictst, addressing his constituents
at Manchester on Monday last, endeay-
ored to ignore ritualism and rethrash the
stock themes of politics. He was fairly
hoWled down. His auditors would not be
manner, he attempted to slide around the
subject by remarking that no violations
OF church law had come to his attention
Inc audience insisted that he should de-
clare himself, and the meeting broke I'D
III d manner very like a state of anarchy.
On ednesday an influential delegation
called on Mr. Balfour and arraigned him
19r advocating the establishment of a
Catholic university in Ireland. He re-
plled that the scheme did not represent
the party, but only personal views. and
saIu' II is a matter of Indifference to
me Whether L remain in public life. II
IS d matter OF indifference If | am nre
vented from expressing, even against INV
hold" '--0 views cohscienuously
Inc mass meeting of Wednesday. which
, was not representative save in the num-
SSeTS attending, hooted the names of Lord
oaliSoury, the Archbishop of Canterhu1.1,
ana the Bishop of London and derapda5d
the church NN AAoIh
t,o a fi e. toy leading part in the aglta-
tlon Is borne by the non-conformists and
II IS also noted that party lines do not not
Mo!u, though the majority of the ami
C 5iousalsts are Liberals, The high church
voters F4+PPhamentarians, appealing to the
outtrs 10 oppose them if they sllnnort
aHTTIb7 e 9iib legislation. fp0i !
Lambet Pb'sHP9 oIs nIll, recently framed at
London residence of the ArchbisbooSSst n ne
proposa GIurE} }rr; and II the Irish University
The latter had the misfortnna' ~ 'T n
Drought forward when the religions strife
was most heated and is likely IN haVa q
hard road to travel W ave
The recent speech of C.eporo1 c4--.
w oodIofd, former United States Minister
10 spain, before the Army and Nav CInh
b bv a aI En nGfk city has been appauded
verse comments. The most Of them do
care that 1t helps the friendly under
sT4Tht ana 9 between the two nations
sne eT S1aturdaX review, which is always
President Mckinley in an unfav9 9ioTs
nght. since he posed as the friend of
I peace whiie really playing a cat and
untlI ne could get ready for war; II
aadS; Engushmen cannot take pride in
the knowledge that the cat on the pounce
friendship of England. Such LOYALTY
comes near to disloyalty There is some
fniap mo more re- precious than American
The Globe says: "Our moral sunnort of
the United States has been of incalcu1-
able value to them by their own admis-
SION sion, IN return we require something more
tnan Admiral Dewey's platonic approval
of the civilizing mission of England
The paper then proceeds to demand
more assistance in China than heretofore
and that British commerce should mot be
excluded from territories whose acquisi-
ton has beer. facilitated by England
action by tariffs"
Judge David J. Brewer, Associate Jus-
tice of the United States Supreme Court.
who is rturning home on the Cunard line
steamer Etruria, after his first visit
abroad to attend the preliminary meeting
of the Venezuelan arbitration commission
said to-day to a representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press: From the public men
have met here and from others 1 have
heard only the most cordial feeling ex-
pressed toward the United States So far
as l have been able to judge from my
brief visit the French are quite as friend
ly toward the United States as the En-
glish. | shall return with Chief Justice
Fuller in May and anticipate passing a
most pleasant summer in Paris
In replying to question Justice Brew
er said: II know it is being discussed
abroad whether the United States in ac-
curing colonies does not inValidate the
Monroe doctrine. 1t has the status of a
lawsuit
Great Britain's business boom keeps
pace with that of the United States. Not
in ten years has there been such general
prosperity in business and stocks. Apart
from the South African boom, which
maintains its strength Unexpectedly, gold
shares are higher than at the height of
the boom in 1895. This feeling of con-
fidence may be expected to continue If
the parliamentarans refrain from at
tempting to goad Lord Salisbury to bel
ligerent action, as during the last ses-
sion of Parliament, and provoke counter
threats from other powers. Most of the
stock values have attained a higher level
than in years and an unusually large pro-
portion are buying for investment Instead
of speculation.
AS most of the manufacturers here have
all the business they want the increase in
the United States exports attracts less
attention than it would in ordinary times
The representative of the Illinois Steel
Company, Mr.. Holland, speaking of the
steel and iron business, says: Both the
English and American firms have all the
orders they can fill now. When the time
comes that there is not enough business
for both, the English manufacturers, not
the Americans, it may be predicted, will
be the losers"
The papers are daily reiterating their
warnings of the past two months that
American stocks are destined to a speedy
fall.
Society anticipates brilliant, though
late season. The milliners and modstes
are preparing for great business particu-
larly with Americans, of whom more are
expected than for years, on account of the
era of prosperity in the United States
There is an unusual pressure for presen-
tations at the first drawing room on Feb
ruary "a. Queen Victoria, who is appear
ing yearly with less frequency. hopes to
personally receive the diplomatic corps
The phenomenal number of transfers of
and the prices offered by South African
liabilities to sell outright. Among the
noteworthy leases is that of Mrs. Ogden
Goelet, who has secured Lord Wilborne' S
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