The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-11
UISaOP POTTER HOAg AGAIN.
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iaus,le aed tousu,ar FotFes puer
hishup anil Nra ilentv e pot,ct arrived
I from Entptr yesterday - the atenmahl !,
Celtic after rlflt months ~ touring In
Eufotr AMI Africa. Both Nefr IN anu,l
health and siNrita The hishop was inter
vicwri IN bic sIatrtuom when tho news.
tntrt mrn lsra ftlrd the boat ~ Quarantine
AMI aaid that b. hal had u very interesting
trip ahrrad
"ntl YOU henr ~ Tho ls,cf scandal hrforr
you hit Enelnnd'" h" was asked, Biahut,
Potter made no direct reply to THE utostion,
hut said
"Tha british ideas ~ America nrc vaRic
and are not Just They have certain i'm
pres-ions about W., ut least that nrc unjust
When 7 first arrived on the other side tho
insurance scandal was absorbing public
attention, told tho newspaper mon In
England when asked FOR an interview on tho
matter that felt sure that the only real
difference between the English and this
American people was that The Americans
wash their dirty linen In public.
"lou may depend upon IT," continued
the Bishop, "that there IL no love lost be-
tween the two nations. There II a great
deal Of glsh over international friendship,
but 1t is only gush. Prosperity. you know,
il not a promoter Of love. A great many
Englishmen think that we are too eager
for gain, but the more acute and serious
thinkers among them do not believe that
we are a lot Of grnfters. They do think,
however, that we are too easily tempted
by gain
In the two weeks he spent in England
Riahop pnttpr mn1p anp,p intarastinu Jia.
coveries concerning the ancestry Of George
Washington. He also announced that the
Washington coat of arms had been re-
covered and was being mounted on the
wall Of the Garston Church, which contains
memorials to four Of Washington's an
cestors. 1t was not true, the Bishop said,
that the coat of arms had been stolen from
the Manor House at Selgrave. 1t was
taken from a church in Wiltshire and sold
TO an American.
The Potters spent the winter in Egypt
and they went "a far up the Nile as the
first cataract. He said that in Nuhia he
had an opportunity to study the negro on
his native heath. In many Of them mental
progress never got beyond a certain point,
but that there were others who we're cap
able of great development intellectually.
Il found a great many changes OF the
face Of Egypt since | visited that country
twenty years ago. said the Bishop. but
no change in the minds Of the people. Lord
Cromer said to me: You can change the
face of the land by railroads and canals and
irrigation, and you can lift physical con-
ditions by better government, but you
cannot change the mind Of the Oriental in
a quarter OF a century. He will still think
Orientally,' This is a basic fact which W
have 20 recognize in all our dealings with
the Orientals.'
Gould America gain anything in the
government Of her foreign possessions by
suggestions from officials in immediate
charger"
Il do not think so. The United States
cannot give to colonies 80 good a govern
ment as other nations do until the diplo-
matte and consular forces equal those of
other nations. An Englishman in the diplo-
matte service is promoted first Of all for
merit. Our consulships are rewards for
political service, are they not?'
Here is one Of the reforms for the press
to bring about-hammer, hammer"
Bishop Potter said that at the recent din
ner of the Pilgrim Society in London he
made the statement that in the streets Of
Cairo the American eagle held its tail be-
tween It's legs.
What did you mean by that2' he was
asked.
Il mean, he replied, that the only time
| ever saw our flag there was when it was
used on posters in the street for advertising
purposes
While abroad Bishop Potter preached
in the Protestant Episcopal churches in
Florence, Milan, Munich, Dresden, Geneva,
Paris and Rome.