Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-30
CHANCELLOR IS
QU|zzED BY
REPORTERS
He DECLARES HIMSELF IN FAVOR OF
SUFFRAGE, BUT AGAINST MILL
FANCY. -- PREDICTS ULTIMATE
SUCCESS FOR IRISH HOME RULE
IN NEAR FUTURE.
WILL SPEND FIVE
DAYS IN AMERICA

New York, Aug. 30.--Viscount Hal
dane, the first lord high chancellor of
IGretat Britain to leave his country
since Cardinal Wolsey went to France
four hundred years ago, arrived here
yesterday on the steamship Lusitana
for flying visit of five days In this
country and Canada.
| The lord high chancellor is here as
the guest of the American Bar associa-
ton, before which he will deliver an
address at its annual meeting in Mon
treal next Monday. Last night he was
| entertained at a dinner given in be-
half of the association by c. A. Sever
ance of st. Pau.
| Previously warned that he might
expect to be interviewed by American
newspaper men, Lord Haldane freely
discussed at his hotel many questions
Iof the day, declared that he was in
favor of woman suffrage, prophesied
that millennium of peace was far off,
Isaid the relations between Germany
and England never were more cor
dial, praised the intellectual growth
of the United States and predicted
that home rule for Ireland would soon
be an accomplished fact. With merry
twinkle in his blue eyes, the lord high
chancellor joked and quipped with his
interviewers between remarks, and
conceded that the American custom
OF interviewing distinguished visitors
was "delightfully progressive"
1T would be very sanguine per-
SON. he said, when asked his opinion
of the influence of the peace palace
at The Hague, who can see the dawn
of international peace
Lord Haldanc chuckled when the
question of woman suffrage was
brought up.
Yes, | am suffragist" he said,
but | do nol approve OF the militant
You are fortunate to have
no militants in this country and
hope the militant idea will
not get foothold here. The methods
of the English suffragettes have de-
layed equal suffrage for years. At
suffrage becoming a government
as the cabinet is hopelessly
divided on the subject and so are both
parties. If government We're to be.
elected on that issue, then it would
be hopelessly divided on every other
issue"
The fact that the lord high chan
cellor, when he was secretary of state
for war, visited the German emperor
at the height of the i'll feeling between
Germany and England over the arma-
ment question was made the basis for
a question as to his opinion of the
present relations between Germany
and England.
Our relations are constantly grow
ing better" he said, especially since
The adjustment of the Balkan situa-
ion In fact, there has been much
better feeling displayed between the
.wo great groups of European pow
ers as the result of the Balkan situa-
ion, in which they have worked to-
5ether."
Speaking for home rule for Ireland,
le said:
Home rule was never nearer adop-
ion than it is today, and | believe it
will soon be an accomplished fact or
course, the religious question in us
er is difficult, but you can't keep the
lands of the clock from advancing"
The chancellor refused to discuss
he Mexican situation except to say
hat he was confident that the United
states would deal with the question in
he broad way in which it had treat
c other great problems
He said that he had made a close
tudy of the constitution of the United
tates, the decisions of Chief Justice
Iarshall and of American court pro-
edure, but has been greatly enligh-
aned on these subjects by Supreme
ourt Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes,
fellow passenger during the voyage.
81 think English law" he said, "has
,wer technicalities than the Ameri-
an law You have more opportuni-
es for appeal than we do in Eng
md. This is especially true of GRIM
al procedure.
~ have greatly admired" he add
|, "the intellectual vigor of the
merican people, and the vigor of
our literature. Your growth in
ese respects is without parallel"