New-York tribune., 1906-06-11
BISHOP POTTER BACK.
TELLS OF TRIP ABROAD.
No LoUe Lost Bet1oeen England and
United States, He Says.

Bishop Potter. accompanied by his wife arrived
mere yesterday the White Star liner Celtic after
d Trip TO Great Britain and the Continent On the
way up from Quarantine the Bishop talked OF his
experiences while abroad. dwelling particularly
MS Impressions of Egypt and its Improvement
under British rule
Al the close of his talk the Bishop. referring to
the relationship between Great Britain and the
United States declared that there was no love lost
between the two countries This remark came when
ne was asked whether the beef disclosures had
reached Great Britain before he left there He re-
piled that they had, and with much amusement told
of his meeting with reporters there
Representatives of the press met me when I
arrived in England he said, ''and asked me If I
would give them my impressions of the insurance
scandal replied l would. if they would print IT,
They agreed 10 do this and ] said: The insurance
scandal amounts TO this: In the United States
wash our dirty linen in public in Great Britain
they do it privately ! looked carefully in the
papers next day, but could not find my statement"
Bishop Potter then asked If he thought the
friendly relations existing between the two coun-
tries were superficial He replied; Yes. 1t is
gush- Prosperity. you know. is not conducive to
friendly relations"
rs it true that Great Britain they think the
Americans are grafters?" was asked.
The more acute thinkers he replied do not
think we are grafters but that we easily
tempted by gain"
Bishop Potter said that he had not been to Egypt
before for thirty years
when 1 first went there" he continued. 'Ishmael
Pacha. a cynical. sef-induging man Khedive.
1t is Egypt that is seen to-day There is no
more brilliant jewel in the crown of Great Britain
Eggpt FaS1 'he masnin'en' work She mas 0oie '0'
The Bishop said he went up the Nile to the First
Cataract and in describing the change that had
come over the country in thirty years quoted Lord
Cromer who had remarked TO him
You can change the face of the land oy canals
railroads and irrigation and you can lift the phys
ter government and good hospitals: but You can
not change the mind Of the Oriental in quarter OF
lne bishop added: This is a fact which we
must recognize in all our dealings with the Orien
tai"
While abroad DIR. Potter visited many American
Episcopal churches in Florence Milan, Munich
Dresden. Geneva and Paris He spent the winter
in Egypt. In the three weeks which he spent in
England. he said. he made some interesting discov-
cries concerning the ancestry of General Wash
ington and Laurence Washington He said the
manor house at selgrave Northampfon but was
taken from an entabIature in a church in Wilke-
shire. Eold to an American. boxed up and taken
to Southampton. 1T has been recovered he
wall of Garsdon Church
When asked about his remark at the London
tail between it's legs in the streets Of Cairo Bishop
Potter said: 7 had reference to the advertising
or certain specifics in Cairo in which the American
When the Bishop referred to the better influence
Great Britain eXerts over Egypt he asked II
he thought the American government could control
It's colonies by suggestion. as England had done
The American government cannot govern It's
colonies IN this fashion, he replied. until better
officials are selected. An EngHshman IS promoted
consulshps are rewards for political service This
Is one Of the reforms for the press Hammer!
=, Bishop Potter attended the o'clock service in
the crypt of the Cathedral Of ST. John the Divine
Of thankfulness read for his safe return from
The sea and he pronounced the benediction. The
angel, preached ~