Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-02
MINISTER SAYS THAT
ENGLAND IS NOW
WANING As 4
POWER
He Declares That the Work of
Making Small Islands the
Workshop of the World
Has Worn Ont Race.
UNITED STATES WILL
BE FUTURE CENTER
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Wy Eveninm Nefnio ~ v. asenarn Wsf~s
London. Dec. 2.--"Democracy W
perhaps the silliest OF all fetishes SER
lously worshipcd among US"
This uttcrance of DIR. Inge. dean OF
ST. Pauis before an audience OF wo-
men at Sion College has started a
widespread controversy ia the pulpit
and press OF England. The statement
was made during the iirst serles Of
lectures vH "rhe Cooperation of this
Church WITH the spirit Of the Age"
DR.. InRe. after referring 10 the great
achievements Of the nineteenth CEN
tnry, said that the great epoch was
nos over. and civilization was sitting
ptnsivciy In the midst Of her accumu-
laiions like the figure Of Melancholia.
Tn, speaker declared that the era OF
scientific discoveries was happily not
c'rsed. but IN all other feldn signs OF
exhaustion were very APPARENT.
"For the man In the street." said
the speaker, the tottrrlnF o. the
rroat industrial fabric OF the nine
teenth century dominated all other
issues. A population of fory-eight
millions had been masEed on two small
Islands. while Engiishmen were max
Ing England the Workshop OF tho
world" He then explained that the
natural advantages which had made
Great Britain master of the CONNER
ciai world had either passed or were
asslng and that America had now be-
come the natural center Of commerce.
"fn this country" he continued.
"tbe twentieth century ls the spend
thrift hair of the nineteenth The
working man seems 20 have s,ived
to make himself comfortable by tax
ing capltai.--in plain terms. BY loot
ing the Accommodations Of queen vic-
toria's reign and living on the rates
ana taxes. He Nouin have q abort ,ffc
ana merry one An even worse fato
viii probably overtake Australia. n
nearly empty continent within easy
reach Of the industriaily far more efh-
Client yellow races, guarded gratis by
| the british fleet for mere handfnl
OF inhabitants. For these reasons
cannot Join In the chorus OF lay and
clerical advocates. who. when they tell
us 10 cooperate with the spirit OF the
| age. really mean We should cooperate
with labor movement and the spirit
Of Socialism. Socialism or almost any
other experiment might answer In New
Zealand tiil the British fleet ceased
10 patrol the ring fence. after which
the yellow Man would make short
work OF the panpercd trade unionisi.
| bat In England the conditions, | fear.
are ideally unfavornhle for those who
nope 10 see dense population with
high waRee ana short hours. our soil
will not support them. When we cease
10 outwork and undersell other ma
ilons the working classes must emil
grate or starve.''
Or. Inge said that the belief that tho
ballot box decided questions wisely.
was only the old superstition Of the
divine right of kings standing on It's
hoad. He ALSO decricd what he de-
ciared to be- the soft aud flabby side
OF modern humanitaranlsm. The pres-
eni horror OF taking life. he said.
seemed unnatural and was probably
ture, he believed. would kill more
mercifully. but more freely.
DIR. inge deprecates the storm which
a lecture delivered before modest or.
ganirallon OF women has aroused. but
hc u standing by his guna. although
fellow churchmen have denounced his
statements regarding democracy In un-
measured terms
That the work OF smoke abatement
and fog prevention In well beyond the
Experimental stage. is one ~ the things
which sanitary engineers will attempt
70 provo at the International smoke
Abatement exhibition which will be
held In London next March.
Politicians and medical men. as well
as engineers. have Interested them
selves In the exhibition and are active
/ ~ al work on the various committees.
The demonstration VIII show how
smoke is formed and the loss Il en-
tails on the householder In wasted
fuel aud the need Tor constant reno-
walton. Fireiess cookery will be n
feature of the demonstrations, and
the promoters promise 70 explode the
theory that steel cannot be manufac-
tured without smoke.
That the movement FOR smoke and
fog abatement has not been without
eject is shown BY the statement OF a
London expert that since the move.
ment began the averaee number OF
dense fogs here has decreased oy over
60 per cent. while the average amount
OF winter sunshine In the Metropolis
has Increased by SO per cent He be-
lieves tina, II the general public can
he induced 20 take the matter serious
b. the London pca-soup for can be
abolished.
British ahipowners are preparing
quietly, hut ON large scale, to parti-
cipaie IN the development OF trade
that u expected % follow the opening
of the Faaama canal A combination
OF some % The larger and smaller COM