PRESS AND OTHER OPINIONS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 11

PRESS AND OTHER OPINIONS.

"the death of Dr. James Harrison Rigg removes a leading , tiguro from the Wesleyan body. .For many years he has'been'the most powerful statesman in his Church, as sweeping in his influence as was Buchanan or "Rainy in Scotland"' (says the "Glasgow Herald")., "He was twice elected President of the Conference, an honour only at rare intervals bestowed." '-. " ■. "By the. death of Dr. Archibald ■ Scott, the Church of Scotland has lost tho trusted leader whose h'and : guided her over many troubled seas" (says a 'Parish Minister in the "Scotsman"). "And'ifbe did,not bring the ship to port, he brought her to days of deop;calm ere the rudder fell from his hands. Few people outside the General Assembly had any idea of the great power which-Dr. Scott wielded in the Church." -• Naval Supremacy. . v ; The contest is simply one of wealths Great Britain might fairly woll hope to be able to maintain her two-Power standard against all'Europe.',,To.attempt to include the United' States'among the Powers to be out-built is to involve in the long run humiliating exhaustion, if not failure. ' One much-divided continent is enough for the little islands to face,; unaided. But'.to face in addition a-united continental Power' with rapidly growing resources equal to two or three first-class old-world Powers,' is more than she well can, and we are inclined to think more than she'ought. If tho United States .hae not more nobility of character, than to make war upon her, , kindred, then' God help the world in this twentieth'cer( : tury.—"Montreal "Witness." . ■ .. Women's Share In Empire. ' ■ The making of Canada, from tho standpoint of tho wives of. its public men, would be an interesting story, but if-the number of such women is relatively small, the list of those, who have in countless and inconspicuous ways contributed to the usefulness of the men, of whom we 'speak, would bo a long one. They are doing,their sharo, and it is an honourable and-influential share, | in ikeeping the home wholesome. Yet it is to be desired that their gentlo and salutary influence should be more felt on the personal side of" politics.—"Victoria Daily Colonist" (13.0.). -. . ' . '.. . ! If Cormany— -.-■. "If Germany were ever strong enough to' overthrow British maritime' supremacy, she would hot stop thero", (says the "Outlook"). "The: impulse to her power and ambition' would bo so great that she would dominato;at least tho whole , Atlantic. She could seize the Azores, dictate to South America,- and control Panama. Indirectly, British mastery of'.the North Sea' is. one of tho most, vital-of.. American interests. What is certain is that tho two central Empires now have, it in their power, to transform the map of Europe. At. faster. the Viennese papers dwelt upon the resurrection of the Hapsburg power." ,The Tratio Outlook. \ ' v ; .-;.'.; "There is. no any doubt that tiie. severe depression of trade is passing away," eays the "Chronicle.". "From every part of tho country come reports of reviving business: In tho agricultural districts, a mild biit widely-diffused prosperity has been experienced, for tho past two years;; and now the manufacturing oentres are visibly, recovering from the effects. of., the sharp restriction of business that followed in,the.wake of the financial collapse in the United States." Tho Luck of tho Government. . "If compassion were permissible .in party politics, wo should: feel! inclined to pity the sheer' bad luck of the present: Government. ■ They had made up their minds to be so good, to, wait warily, to avoid offending and alarming 'anybody, all with a view to a.comfortable existence for the next two years, when this storm about, the Navy bursts upon them as suddenly, as a squall on one of the Italian lakes," says the "Saturday Review." Sir Peroy'Scottiand South America. Sir Percy Scott", tihe Admiral who recently took a small British fleet to South' Africa, and incidentally looked in .at .Sooth" America; has given a very interesting account ,of' his impressions of tho Latin-American countries which lie -visited:—"ln ; Sou£h'.America, he visited tho three great States of Brazil, Argentina,' and Uruguay. Very few people in England realised, how great; in every way these countries' were, and this was surprising,'because England had about £500,000,000 invested in. enterprises. Rib •de Janeiro, which bad, the finest and •most pic-, turesque harbour in the world, was now tip-to-date in everything. At Buenos Ayres. he (Sir Percy) was taken into a bank and shown £30,000,000 6f coined gold,. £20,000,000 of which was in : English sovereigns. Money seemed to be abundant. For" example, a ooxat the opera (if you couH get one) cost £900 for the season, the entrance fee for tie club was £300, a small dairy ho visited was dealing , with the milk of 13,000 cows, and a farm a short distance off was of tihe same acreage as the whole.of England. At/Monte Vid*o< enormous strides 'had been made with their now harbour." The Complete Citizen. Mr. C. E. Maurice, the eon of F D Maurice, writes, to the "Nation" to" say : Most assuredly his father would have sympathised with ' any profit which tho Ruskmians may. make against the desire to treat education as a means of drawing them ' away from their class, or of leading them , to despise any honest occupation. But he , saw what they seem to overlook, that the , artisan may become just as narrow (aye, and i'-just'as arrogant) if ho shuts himself up , in lu's class and treats that as something ,• higher ' than English citizenship, as the . middle-class professional has ever been. Surely wo want to merge classes one into • another, to produce the complete citizen, not • to set them further apart, and in greater an- , tagonism to each other.