Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-05

Anglican Church. has awakened to the fact
that the religious life of the United States
Is worthy OF careful study. The archbishop
of Canterbury, the bishop of Hereford and
the bishop of Ripon-admitted to be the
most eloquent preacher of the Anglican
Church-have paid a long visit to America
for that purpose, and Travelled widely
through the country.
AT Boston. the other day. the archbishop
spoke feelingly of IAN honor which has
been mine alone among all the archbishops
OF Canterbury whom the centuries have
seen'-the honor of visiting America.
ITO be here is to me genuine happiness
and most practical gain" he said. Il
come to tell you of the absorbing interest
with which We in England watch your
gathering strength, your constantly in
creasing use of the apparently boundless
opportunities which are multiplying daily
toward your hands
touch during the last few weeks with a
daily succession of your foremost men and
nave learned so much about the things
which are at issue. Your problems are not
and especially of some which concern the
southern states, we have no experience
whatever. But beneath them all we find
an underlying element which is absolutely
common to us both"
Serious Problems.
Among the numerous members of the
British house of commons who came to
take part in the interparliamentary and
peace congresses, one of the most distin-
guished was Col. Sir Howard Vincent, who
was the leader Of the protectionist move
ment in England for over a generation I'M
til Joseph Chamberlain took 1t up. Sir
Towards principal idea in coming here was
to study the latest developments of the
tariff and immigration questions, In an
ttcipation Of the bills on those subjects
which will be introduced when the house
of commons meets. He spent day at Ellis
Island, dn company with the bishop OF
Ripon, just before he sailed for home. Sir
Howard intends to make an effort to IN
dllce parliament to adopt a new law framed
on that Of the United States, with the OBJ
ject of shutting out undesirable immigrants
to the British Isles.
At the present time, as readers of the
daily papers know, more than three hum
dred and fifty members of the Iron and
Steel Institute of Great Britain, including
many leading experts and manufacturers,
are touring the country under the guidance
of Andrew Carnegie.
Probably the most distinguished French
man now in America Is Yves Guyot, the
great statesman and publicist who has held
He Is making really serious study of the
country, and may be expected to produce
a book after his return to France compar-
able with the great works of Bryce and
Leroy Beauleu.
From All Over the World.
But the visitors are by no means all
Europeans. Asia, also, is studying Ameri-
Ca being impelled to do SO by the example
Of Japan. All sorts and conditions Of the
mikados subjects are here all the time,
finding out things desirable for them to
copy. The Crown Prince of Siam and the
Grand ViZier Of Persia were recent visitors,
and now the Empress Dowager of China
has sent over commission of investigation
headed by Tsang-Hse Nun, a former
Princeton student. Another Chinese in
vestigator is woman, DR.. Yamai Kin, one
of the delegates to the International Peace
Congress.
1t is impossible to do more than run
over the names Of few of the many dis
tinguished people who have been studying
America lately from all quarters of the
globe. Here they are:
Cardinal Satolli, the Duke of Sutherlnd,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Ran
furly governor of New Zealand), the arch
bishop of the West Indies, the archbishop
of Trinidad, Sir William White, the build
er of most of England's battle ships; John
Redmond, M. P; Justin Mccarthy, author
of 1.-The History of Our Own Times" /;
Johann Conrad, the most famous professor
of economics in Europe; Lord Kelvin, who
has been investigating the generation of
president of the Norwegian parliament; the
Baroness Won Suttner, whose book, Lay
Down Your Arms" is one of the most
powerful contributions to the peace move
ment; Charles Wagner, author Of THE
Simple Life; Signor Moneta, president of
the Italian Peace Society, and James Bryce,
NJ. P. author of THE American Com
country again and revise and amplify his
DreyiOuS IMPRESSIONS