England and America.

Manawatu Herald, 22 September 1898, Page 3

England and America.

» The New York Herald has been ob fraining the opinions of the English ■■ Bishops on the closer relations of England and America.' The Bishop of London says :— ♦' The future will not be flo much concerned with na tions as with the civilising ideas which they contribute to the worlds progress. The question for us is. What will be the future of the civilizing ideas which are common to English-speaking peoples ? Local forms and modifications are of little raoment. The important thing in j ■ • the value of the ideas themselves. England and the United States have a common heritage of primary principles, which mark them from other peoples. They are as a matter j of fact wdissolubly united. Pro- | posftls of clospr friendship merely re j cognise this fact. Two peoples can j help one another to understand better the principles which they already possess in common, and apply them more freely to new questions aB they arise. Both peoples musr acquire greater sympathy, greatei J versatility, if they are to extend their j civilizing power. These are qualities ; which they can teach one another. The future of the world depends upon good understanding between England and the United States. If they cannot teach one another how are they to teach other peoples?" Dr Moor house, the Bishop of Manchester. ' says . — " I have always desired tw ', ace a friendly understanding esiab- ' lished between England and the ! United States on the ground of • rotr.raon blood, language, and inter ■ national interests. I think that at : the present time the necessity fo; such an understanding is particularly . nrgtni. Signs are not wanting that the more autocratic Powers of Europe ' are disposed to' combine against

those which stand for freedom and social progress. In these circumstances it i 3 manifestly the interest of the latter Powers to combine in some way for support, especially of political and commercial freeoom."