AMERICAN SYMPATHY.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2964, 30 December 1916, Page 9

AMERICAN SYMPATHY.

DR. JOWETT INTERVIEWED.

Dr. Jowett (the well-known Congreijatibnalist) has. resumed his. work ' at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. On arriving at New York ho.was interviewed on the ship.' Ho said that the English people regarded President Wilson as a. man of sound judgment and. Bferlihg character, but they wore; a. bit disappointed because'ho was not inoro firm at the beginning of the war as regards Belgium. "At first," said Dr. Jowett, "we believed that our part in the war was ufiegssajs. to vindicate the rights of Belgium, but now wo have begun to realise that wo are engaged in a crusado for tho common basal rights of mankind—for the very foundation of civilisation. It is this larger issue that I think has not really and clearly dawned upon the American people. There can. be no uncertainty about tho sympathies of the American people being with the Allies, but those are the sympathies more of the spectator than of-the crusader who feels that something vital to his own life is involved." THE NATIONAL MISSION. A LETTER FROM SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON A letter from Sir William. Robertson, relating to the National Mission, was read by tho Bishop of London at St. Michael's, Cornhill. "I am oldfashioned enough to think," wrote Sir William, "tliat'this great war, like those of which wo road in the Old Testament, is intended to teach us a necessary lesson, and, if this be so, it follows that wc ought to examine ourselves and take the lesson to heart. A. serious determination on the part of the nation to seek and deserve Divine help would, we may hope, enable us to take a true perspective of the war, and it would undoubtedly furnish valuable help to- nnr i gallant .sailors and soldiers at tho front, as well as lighten the heavy burden of responsibility carried by the various ati- . thorities at home and abroad."