The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-21

lions with the PeOplC--BrittSh
Sympathy for the United states
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 21-J NJ Paul
ton. who represents in the House OF
Commons the Bishop Of Auckland Diyis-
ION Of the County Of Durham, and who
arrived in this country recently, is max
ing a short visit I'm Philadelphia. Mr..
PauIton has represented his district for
sixteen years in Parliament He intends,
before leaving America TO make q visit
to the Pennsylvania hitUuin0us coal
fields. as the County OF Durham is n min
ing one. and information as to differences
in methods and conditions I'm coal mining
will be- q value to his constituents
at has been very impressive" said Mr.
PaultJn, Ito see a nation I'm mourning,
and # is very remarkable and beautiful
to have two great nations Joined together
in such times of sorrow. We saw IL in
the death Of our Queen. when the cvi-
dences Of respect and love for her in this
country were very touching StnI, the
great Feeling that has been shown I'm the
British Empire is not merely reciprO-
cal but is much deeper. Yesterday the
King ordered service In Westminster Alb
hey for your President. This. so far as
my recollection goes. has never been done
before and / think would not bc done on
any other occasion.
What strikes me as remarkable and
noteworthy is tho entire spontaneousness
of the feeling A gentleman talking to
me. and Of whom / asked whether there
would be trouble IN the money market
said, No, but it would be well if business
were suspended told him that London
was sure TO close its Stock Exchange. He
expressed surprise. but the action was
taken. The festivities ut Montreal were
largely abandoned. That indicates. ]
think. wlint perhaps might almost De
termed "a community of feeling Such an
event almost inseusIbly produces a feeling
Of enduring sentiment between nations as
betwce1 individuals. 1t does to some ex-
tent change the mental attitude of peoples
toward one another Not only in Great
Britain, where we see many Americans.
and perhaps know them better, but in
Australia, India. and the other pars Of
the Empire there was seen the same
spontaneous desire to mark thsir sympa-
thy. [ do not. as I said. think that this
feeling which we ali have on this occasion
is merely reciprocal Of what was shown
toward Us"
Speaking Of the dead President. lIr.
FauitC1 said. There IS a universal feel
ing that he came forward at such a time
and in such way as to save the country
from q possible danger and a grave error
of national policy. I certainly think he
laid tho nation under q debt Of gratitude
and admiration. but there must have been
something in the man that endea-ed him
especially 10 the people. I never had the
honor 90 see him. but there are plenty Of
indications that there was something IN
his personality that oud5ared him 70 the
great mass Of people much as the Queen
.raI ~
vered- II appears TO me. on the slight OBJ
scryatiou I have been able to make. that
your late President vas confronted by IN
usually weighty questions. in whose set
Element he acted in a statcsrnanlilze way,
with an evident desire not so much to
enforce as 10 indicate the policy that
seemed wise. In reading the last speech
he made. I was greatly impressed By his
reference 10 the question Of the tariff
An those things make one feel that he
was man Of very broad mind; not one
who merely dealt with the exigencies OF
the moment as they arose. but who per-
ceived ready solutions Of problems ahead
OF him. I imagine that those qualities
must have evoked the personal feeling
that has been so marked. There is one
thing, however, that had an immense ef-
feet in winning Tor him the popular re-
spect and admiration, and that is the
domestic life that he was known to lead,
and the beauty of his affection for his
wife. I have scarcely heard anyone
speak OF the President without some ref
erence 90 the beauty OF his home life"
Mr.. Paulton spoke az length OF general
conditions IS he had noted them. saying.
IN the course or the conversation. Il
should Ike 20 see this nation take the
lead IN putting a stop TO the spread OF
anarchical ideas The important thing is
to avoid arOusing a feeling Of undue
alarm as 10 things Of this kind. a TRACE
dy such as We have just Witnessed must
have "a great effect on the public mind.
Such an outrage impresses the people
with d sense OF new danger that is. per
haps. exaggerated iu actual extent but
that nation Of all others, whose idea of
government Is that Of the greatest good
for the greatest number should nave
been more exempt than any other from
the preparation Of such - ieguS OutTGEeS.
and should be the last 10 suffer from the
liberty IL has accorded TO every one
within its shores. Nobody can have any
doubt now that the minds OF half or whole
crazy fanatics are iufiamed by lncendla-
~ haranguts, and are nred with Wlld no
tiOns Of reforming things by reSOrting 20
murder. Why should not such people be
promptly treated as criminals We put
the criminal IN prison, not merely 20 eX-
plate the offence. but also in the interests
Of society and 70 protect the community
Where the people at large feel that
their interests are bound UP with those
OF their Governments, then the people
themselves can do FAR more 20 suppress
disorder than any police regulations can
do. The people would go far toward
graduating the cvil II they would say that
they will not tolerate in their midst the
existence Of societies and individuals
whose object Is TO wreck the foundations
Of the State. The difficulty is 20 draw the
line between liberty and license. and 1
think the people themselves can make the
distinction effective
Touching upon conditions in his own
country. Dir. PaUItOn spoke Of the need
that some system be devised whereby
part OF the vast load upon Parliament
may be removed and distributed. 1t is
obvious" he said. that the increase OF
the vast responsibilities and interests that
multiply throughout our great Empire
render 10 impossible for the House Of
Commons. on which an immense amount
Of local as well as imperial business de-
vOlcvs. - discharge it's duties. The NUM-
Der Of questions TO be debated. as well as
those that have 10 De- considered and de-
Cided. occupy more time than IL is really
possible 10 find.
Therefore. we must relieve Parliament
Of some Of the business that can bee trans
acted BY local authorities. and. although
SMILES are apt 20 be misleading, 1 think