The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08

therefore, to reject theology III the name
| Of science wns impossible. 1t was for
! tunnto that, at this juncture, such n ono
| should be at the head of AFFAIRS
Tho vast network Of cables md tele-
| grupr wires, those tcntncles which may
| 10 called tho nerves Of tho worlds brain,
throt,bed INCREASINGLY after the tremen-
| dcts announcement for which On1ilnney
| had undertaken the responsibility.
a battalion Of special correspondence
! from every lJuropenn and American paper
| OF Importance followed hot upon Harold
SPENCE trail
Nevertheless, for the first two or three
days the world at large hardly realized
tho Importance OF what was happening.
|, Nothing was certain. Tho whole
statement depended upon two mon.
TO the mass OF people these two
| nancs-tIands, Schmoulder--conveye
no meaning whatever. Nnc-tcnths
Of tho population of England
know nothing Of the work OF archneolo-
| gifts IN Palestine, hnd never even heard OF
tho Exploring Society.
Had Consols fallen Il point or two the
effect would hlvs been far greater, the
fact would have made more stir.
Tho great dnilies Of equal standing
| with the Wire wero making every prl-
vate preparation for supply OF news
and a consensus OF opinion. But all TINS
activity went on behind the scenes ana
nothing OF IT was YET nIlo"cu 70 a'rhns
pirc generally. Tho article IN the Wire
was quoted from, but opinions upon It
| wore printed with the greatest caution and
reserve. Indeed, tho general apathy Of
England at large was source OF extreme
wonder 10 the unthihK'hs' Touring r''-
ltnority. IA
The mass or the clergy, At any rate IN
public. affected TO ignore, or d,d really
honestly dismiss as impossinie, the Whoie
question A few words OF earnest OK {,
hortation and Indignant denial were al
I they permitted themselves.
But penehtH the surlhte' anu itttlo!iS nv
real infuencers Of public opinion. great
anxiety was felt. I,
The Patr'arch or the GreeK Churcn cnli-
cd council or bishops, ana Ut. f'roco-
pides. an ephor OF nhtiqlllties IRON Athef,s,
was sent immediate TO Paiestine'
The following PARAGRAPH, IN substance,
appeared IN the leader page OF az mo
English papers. IT was disseminated Dy
the Press Associa ton:
I'VE are IN position to state, that IN
order 70 allay the 1eellng OF uneasiness
produced among the churches by y recent
article in the Daily Wire making extra
ordinary statements as to a discovery in
Jerusalem, conference was held yestes-
day Mt Lambeth. Their Graces the Arch
bishops OF Canterbury and fork' the
bishops of Manchester. Gloucester Dur
ham, Lincoln, and London were present.
Other well known ChurchnenA consisted q
Sir Michael Mnnlchoc, Lord NoDert Veiu-
lam, Canons Baragwaneth ana wake, the
Dean OF Chrlstchurch and the Master or
Trinity Hal. the Prime Minister was
not present. but was represented py MT.
Alured King MIR. Ommhney, the editor
OF the Daily Wire, was included IN the
conference. Although, from inc names
mentioned, II VIII pc seen that me con
ference Is considered 70 ne OF great M
portance, nothing has been allowed TO
transpirc rs to the result OF It's del'bera-
lions"
This paragraph appeared on me morn RI,
Ing Of the third day after the inlt,al artl-
Gle. 1t began to attract great attention
throughout the United Kingdom during th ny.
early part OF the DAY.
FL The Westminster Gazette IN, lts tn.ro
edition then published further stare. STATE.
ment. The public learned:
Professor -Ganneau, me pro-
lessor OF Biblical Antiquities at tno fIenc ~
University OF La Sorponne, arrived y,
London yesterday night. lie drove strais IN
to the house OF SIR hopert L'w s,.,.l ...o
famous archaeologist. iSariy 'lis na,o,m-
Ing both gentlemen drove ~ i,on i .n.s
Street. where they renamed closeteu w, Wi,ll
u,
there, they were Joined by Dr' Gr'er. me
learned Bishop OF Leeds hmu ~ . Cord'
the warden or Wyckha1n Go,'ese 49,. U~,o' ~
The four gentlemen were ti.cr 49,. ~
Charlng Cross station ~ a u .I,l.,..
On the platform from Whlcn w r ~. %
train starts they were me- ny niht ~ 81 d.
eral Adams, the vice-president o. .ne ~,
estine Exploring Society, hnu gu ti.u ,tas
Manicho. The d'stinguishea parry en .,,,o
cd reserved saioon anu ~, " W. 49,
for Paris, at midday. we nle ~, uu.e ~ ~
state on undcnaple au,noiiey ~ ' ,hat '' 10
party, which represents ,,,a a.. anHS va
most authoritative IN hlsto,lea, ~ ~
search and aarchaeo1oslcA' Is NJ zee" .e.a,,t
are committee IRON -, ava are
conference at Lambeth. .n
proceeding 20 Jerusalem ~ - c,1,,,,,
the alleged discovery m tue me Iho.S -.
This was the prominent .,.,., w. -,
made on tho afternoon OF tnu ~" ~, oas
which began to quicken 1ntercs. anu :"
cite the minds OF the people ~ ,,,Ias nis
cnsscd thc information with curious I'M