| Show FRON FROM MODERN ATHENS general assembly of the established church opened with pomp and circumstance the war panic the irish question and other themes EDINBURGH scotland may 24 I 1 editor deseret newa today EdiA edinburgh burgh has baa put on her best beat and everybody to la wearing his latest hat and sport sporting luK the newest s style t le of walking stick toe the people are ai all I 1 excitement and hurry and every conceivable device in the shape ot of bunting Is flying from the shop windows it is the queens birthday and tha bail of hopetown Hope town and countess have come to town to oln the general assembly ol of the established church of scotland As we saunter along we and the people congregating on the side walks boys climbing street lamp posts others hanging halfway half halt way out of 0 windows and in all could boulo be seen the fire of enthusiasm bursting bunting forth in their anxiety to behold his holiness the moderator and his bis grace the lord lora high commissioner earl of hope i town and a numerous collection of rigs three cornered hats and gold and red coats the procession was a grand affair throughout it was headed by the city mounted police and the east but lothian yeomanry then came the moderator clerks procurator and agent of the church and as man many more dignitaries as would fill air halt half a column ot of your valuable paper the whole spectacle was the gr grandest audest illustration of the union of church and state that we had bad ever seen the authorities of the church were well represented and the state ta tein in the shape of soldiers with fixed bayonets and and bugles were equal ly so go the state levee was held in the palace and from there the procession went to st giles cathedral where services were held Rr previous evious to the opening I 1 of the assembly for tte the second time in the history of the free church wil of scotland the general assembly wm meet in inverness it has been held in edinbur edinburgh since 1845 with the exception of t the ah e year 1878 when it was held in glasgow I 1 the of may is a universal holiday throughout the united kingdom business ceases and the log ing to taste seek their own amusements but with all this show and aad pom pomp there is a state of affairs in britain britain that is not at all satisfactory the dally daily papers teem with rumors of war and the leading luminaries of ef this part ot of the globe are raising their voices in warning the government of their unprotected situation lord y created quite an excitement in many quarters last week by stating statin in parliament that one aundrel hundred thousand foreign soldiers landed on the south coast of england if properly handled would not have muc much difficulty in capt capturing arin london londo n 11 the reason that bis big lot lordship T 8 hi p gave tor for making this bold and startling ata ertling assertion was that england co could u id not within a few days assemble one hundred thousand men to oppose them some pome of the morning papers are taking u up the subject and giving it a therong thorough investigation as s can cal abe be seen by the following blowing t toe the that will have to be spent before our fortresses malts malta and gibraltar in particular Carti particular cular can be regarded as much better etter than costly and rel relatively a dively useless ueless establishments the proposed ro vint gins however will uk take three years in building and it would be senseless ameles a optimism to suppose that we wb are perfectly secure oi of peace for the whole of ef that period the world says asya raglan Ea glands briod a pa to is her enemies opportunity while the nations of the earth are girding up their loins for war having slowly perfected with almost unlimited outlay the most colossal anaa ments england remains supine fool ashly culpably neglectful of the most beable precautions and something nearly skin akin to panic alifi is spreading throughout ghost the te country according to the most reliable authorities ties the position of england to is a dangerous one in the extreme the end of biglands glands En Bu greatness is seep seemingly at hand and the days of her ory are surely numbered there are internal area at work as well as aa external the irish cry for freedom and the people of wales are sending up the same petition there is wad atoo an agitation goin going 0 on k in ia scotland over land the aita agitators are an crying fo for more laud and an the abolition of el deef daei forests and of sporting tenants they insist it these two evus evils were removed there would be plenty of land tor for the people and plenty of prosperity since bine the pope has put ills his loot foot on en the plan of campa campaign ifal matters wee are shaping differently the e first question s a most vexed one and like tariff and i tree ree trade to is hard bard to settle the pope has denounced it on the ground that it it if n nevil evil threatening the peoples destruction st boycotting he be specially de noa Doti aces because he says fit it Is alto g pettier ether foreign to natural justice and christi christian an charity that a new form fora ot of persecution and proscription should be put in force against persons who are satisfied with and prepared to pay the rent agreed on with their landlords or against persons who in the exercise of their right take vacant farms 11 toe the papal forbids the ad berentson berent sol of the catho ic church from joining the plan au of campaign and boy cotting on t the I 1 e around of the immorality of these methods of procedure it Is the ground that it is accompanied by intimidation and violence towards those who refuse jojola it but the voice of ats holiness the pontiff to is not being regarded withas with as universal respect as his former mandates have been the people are reasoning that he be has been prejudiced by parties opposed to Ir elands welfare and are not willing to submit to the be bests of one whom they recognize a as 1 the tae head la 14 religion but not I 1 in a politics this is the condition of the mother country and it is a lamentable one all nations are now on the alert they stand upon a volcano which may at any moment burst forth in all its fury and the consequence vf which are incalculable JOHN RAYEs 0 |
