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was made upon me by the present British
position In the East, he continued. when
was the guest OF the British Minister
to Japan, tho British Minister was the
great man OF the diplomatic community:
He, compared with tho Emperor himself
In importance az a parsonage. To-day he
is not at all a person Of great consequence
Tn Russian and the German Ministers
are the great men now. The. English
mans position u entirely subordinate
Nobody cares very much what Great Britain
thinks or is going to do. 1t is fully realized
out there that Great Britain Is In no position
to do anything of great importance. -,
Russia has Manchuria. II was a org
bite and IL will take much time In assiinila.
Russia would hesitate at all to go right
over and take Afghanistan. Certainly
no considerations OF objection OF resistance
by England would affect her action, | verify
believe. u.or,.or,
The South African trouble. N there
was every need for a free hand TO deal
with the problems In the East, Great pm
ain was tied up In South Africa more
than that. British military prestige mar
suffered from the very thing that the I'M
perial party. Mr.. Chamberlain and the
rest, thought would aid their cause. The
Australian volunteer and the Cahadlah
volunteer have gone down to South africa
and nave seen WITH tntiT OWh WE s""'
there are better fighters In the world than
the British regulars. II IL not n heaithy
idea TO have inculcated in the colonies
But II has gone back TO the colonies WIN
the returning volunteers, and the recent
behavior Of the Australians shows 'ha'
Even greater than the loss Of military
prestige Is the loss Of moral force. On
the Continent, where until this sad analr'
there was a high estimation of the right
~ "a - ANTAr mani m
all It's policies, there. has grown up a pro-
found feeling that Great Britain IL az IN
| sincere and as Interested as all the rest.
1t alians of high standing in Rome, men
OF high purpose, have come TO me WIN
tears In their eyes and have asked me TO
explain AVA the change in the morality
OF England. we thought that they at
least were honest and great they say TO
me, | thoroughly believe that unless
Great Britain grants the Beers autonomy
ainty. there will be a republic, the United
States Of South Africa, within another
six months; and it win include Cape Colony.
NEW NOTE IN rHE EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
DR.. Nevin then spoke OF the Episcopal
convention in San Francisco. He said ina,
the convention was unlike any that had
preceded Il. There were fewer 'regu-
lars" there, that Is to say the men who may
always be counted upon as attendants
! at Eastern conventions found San Francisco
out Of their radius. On the other hand
there was a preponderance or energetic
Westerners who were not used to con-
v~eutions and who brought new currents
of thought and new points of view 20 the
discussions. Thes" men in the opinion
OF Dr.. Nevin, made up IN good will and In
earnestness what they lacked in higher
cultur and finish. They found IL necessary
To learn for the first time many aXioms
which experienced attendants nv cohVen-
tions were grounded In years ago. DIR.
Nevin thought that the convention was
also n useful object lesson for the Pacific
slope. He heard all manner Of comments
on tho qualities Of its delegates and their
ehavior which were highly complimentary.
He said;
They seemed TO hold Us in contrast 20
some convention which had preceded
us and which had not heightened the West
ern opinion OF the Eastern delegate, they
said of that former convention that rs
delegates came equipped with nut one
shirt and one five-dollar bill each and that
neither was changed during the sittings.'
THE CHURCH AND DIVORCE.
~, ,a.,ha 80, ,,rn,r,a,, o,es,iop he-
n ~ oonron'ion VS. thar Of n diyorCp
onon r. Cbr,cb - co,,rse bas alvays
All ,o rh,roh and ,be
- f.. ~, ~ ma, diyorce was rer-
nnis.ihla oniy an acconnt of adultery. and
IN, - r;ab, - renarriaga va only for
be- %innoceni nerson after such a divorce:
but a great many excellent persons felt
that the prevalence Of divorces was "A scan
dial which the Church ought TO exert itself
10 the utmost to check. There was a strong
disposition to check II 10y forbidding divorce
alt Ogether. II was interesting to See that
the Amendment WAS defeated altogether
by the efforts Of the laitv. The practical
wisdom Of the jurists and the great lawyers
among the lay delegates rebelled against II.
Afterall, II was merely a sentimental meas
ure
with my opportunities for observation
IN Continental Europe, where the prevailing
Church has forbidden divorce, | am quite
convinced that the cure would have been
far won-e than the evil Adultery was
formerly punishable 10y death. In ION"
more or less barbarous countries that
Ipnalty IL still enforced But IN civilized
countries nowadays the only punishment or
Hduteryt that IL material Il that of divorce
Remove divorce and there H. 40 punish
ment. Just 20 surely az you 30 that you
win find. a. the nations IN the Continent.
Suain, France and Italy. have already
found. that the woman comes to consider
adultery merely %vetiil, and that IN time
tie cunfeesOT viii concur In that view
Rad a. l. scandal nov | lslicN" that, sIsak-
ing roughly. II touches but one couple out
81 GU such a proportion II 81 couT-e dc
plorublr. but how much wore would II h.
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