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Show VISCOUNT HALDANE, lord high chancellor of Great Britain, who has arrived ar-rived in this country on way to Montreal to address the American Bar association. VISCOUNT Ul VISITING AMERICA First Lord High Chancellor to Leave Great Britain in 400 Years. NEW YORK, Aug. 2D. Viscount Haldane, the first lord high chancellor of Great Britain to leave his country since Cardinal Wolsey went to France J00 years ago, arrived hero today on the steamship Lusitania for a flying visit of five days in this country and Canada. The lord high chancellor, whoso position po-sition in England corresponds to that of chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, is hero as a guest of the American Bnr association, before be-fore which he will deliver an address at its annual meoting in Montreal next Monday. Tonight he was entertafned-at entertafned-at a dinner given in "behalf of the association as-sociation by C. A. Severance of St. Paul. His itinerary includes visits to West Point and Albany. Previously warned that he might bo (Continued on Page Three.) VISCOUNT HE Ml MBP (Continued from Page Ono.) interviewed by American uewspapor men on his arrival in Xew York, thc chancellor smilingly greeted a delegation delega-tion of them who boarded the Lust-tania Lust-tania at quarantine and submitted to another interview when he reached the hotel where he io making his headquarters headquar-ters in this city. Discusses Many Questions. Lord Haldane freely discussed many questions of the day, declared that he was in favor of woman suffrage prophesied that a millcnium of peace was far off. said the relations between Germany and England were never more cordial, praised the intellectual growth of tho United State?, and predicted that home rule for Ireland would soou be an accomplished fact. With a merry mer-ry Twinkle in his blue eyes, the lord high ehnncellor joked and equipped with his interviewers between eerious remarks and conceded that the American Ameri-can custom of interviewing distinguished distin-guished visitors was "delightfully progressive. pro-gressive. ,; "It would be a very sanguine person, per-son, ,; he said, when askcd his opinion of the influence of the peace palace at The Hague, "who can see the dawn of international peace. It is useless to look ahead . toward the permanent cessation ces-sation of war in the near future. We can only do our best and trust to the progress of opinion. Thc coming of I the millcnium of peace must be an evo-! evo-! lution like everything else, but some day we must come to the realization of the fact that we can settle our differences dif-ferences in a better way than by quarreling quar-reling with each other.". Favors Suffrage. Lord Haldane chuckled when the question of woman suffrage was1 brought up. " 'cs, I nm a suffragist," he said, "but I do not approve of tho militant suffragettes. You are fortunate to have no militant suffragettes in this country, and I sincerely hope the militant mil-itant i idea will not gnin a foothold here. Tho methods of tho English suffragettes suf-fragettes have delayed equal suffrage-for suffrage-for 3'cars. At present there is no chance of woman suffrage becoming a government measure, as the cabinet is hopelessly divided on the subject and so are both parties. If a government were to be elected on that issue then it would bo hopelessly divided on every other issue. " The fact that the lord chancellor, when he was secretary of stato for war, visited the German emperor at tho height of tho ill-feeling between Gorman' and England over the armament arma-ment question, was made the basis for a question as to his opinion of the present pres-ent relations between Germany and England. "Our relations are constantly growing grow-ing better," ho said, "especially since the adjustment of the Balkan situation, situa-tion, in fact there has been much bet ter feeling displu3'cd between the two great ; oups of European powers as the result of the Halkan situation in whWt they have worked together. The results augur a much better feeling in tho future.'-' Speaking of home rule for Iroland, he said: "Home rule was never nearer adoption adop-tion than it is today and I believe M will soon he an accomplished fact. Of course, the religious question in Ulster is difficult but you can't keep thc hands of the clock from advancing." Tho chancellor refused to discuss the Mexican situniion, except to sav that he was "confident that the tuiiter: States would deal with the question in tho broad way in which it had treated other great problems." Enlightened by Holmes. He said that he had made a cloc study of thc constitution of the United States, the decisions of Chief .luath'c Marshall and of American court pro cedure, but had been greatly enlight ened on these subjects by Supronn Court Justice Oliver Wendell Jloimes. "a fellow passenger during his voyage. "I think English law," ho said, "has fewer technicalities than the American law. You have more opportunities oppor-tunities for appeal than we do in England. Eng-land. We are very snaring in this particular. par-ticular. This is especially true of criminal crim-inal proceodurc. " I have greatly admired," he added, "the intellectual vigor of the Amnri- can people and the vigor ot your lit- erature. Your growth in theso respects is without parallel." Lord Haldano was accompanied by hia sister, Miss Elizabeth Ilaidane, and Sir Kenneth Muir-Mackenzie, clerk of the crown. The party was met at tho pier by a reception c'ommittee of the American Bar association, which included Francis Fran-cis "Rawlo of Philadelphia, chairman; Jacob M. "Dickinson, former secretary of war; Judge Alton B. Parker, Francis Fran-cis Lynde Stetson nnd C. A. Sovorancc. The3r escorted the chancellor .on a sightseeing tour of the city. |