THE BISHOP OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS ON HIS SCHEME.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECT/TOB.:1 SIR,—May I be permitted through your columns to appeal to those who have during the last few days had their attention drawn to the importance of supporting the efforts now being made to provide Britishers in foreign lands with those religions surroundings, educational advantages, and medical comforts to which they have been accustomed in the Mother Country, or in other British Colonies where such provision has already been made P The appeals which have been made by letter and by public announcement have already informed many of your readers that I am now lecturing in this country with a view of securing the sum of £100,000, which is abso- lutely necessary adequately to establish the work in my vast diocese, extending some thousands of miles along the Pacific coast, and embracing rapidly developing and important indus- trial countries on the western side of South America. I cordially invite all who possibly can to attend the services at St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday next, when I hope to explain the objects of my mission and its strong claims. By invitation of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, I have arranged to give a cinematograph display at a matinee at His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday, the 25th inst., illustrating by pictures taken on the spot the conditions of the peoples in my diocese and showing that the Imperial call from those distant countries should awaken a response in fellow-countrymen. The appeal which has been sent out in reference to the provision of adequate funds and assistance is most urgent, and I feel sure it will receive that speedy response to which it is undoubtedly entitled. At the meeting at the Mansion House on the 27th inst., at which the Lord Mayor will preside, supported by Lord Northcliffe and Lord Aldenham, I hope further to explain the projects I have in view, by which the conditions of Britishers living in the South American countries will be bettered. I also intend giving some important particulars about the numerous commercial undertakings in the several countries. I would draw the attention of your readers to the cinematograph lectures which have been arranged at the Queen's Hall on November 3rd, on which occasion the Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird will take the chair; and also to those at Kensington Town Hall on November 6th and other convenient centres in London, as publicly announced.
I most strongly urge the claims of my diocese upon English Church men and women; those workers in the developing manufacturing industries in which so much British capital is invested have a claim on everyone, and I am sure that my appeal must find a response in the hearts of all, certainly of those who can spare time to attend the lectures and judge for themselves the exceptional needs and the great possibilities of what is the largest diocese of the Anglican Church. It is to the influence of British capitalists that so many of the countries which have developed so rapidly owe their pro- sperity. The same advantages can be reaped by countries in the Pacific, in which there are even greater possibilities if they receive the same support.
I may add, in conclusion, that the scheme we have in view receives the cordial support of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and many others.—I am, [What attracts us specially in the Bishop's scheme is the possibility of extending to the Pacific littoral of South America English ideals in education and in social life. There is a huge field open for the peaceful penetration of the Spanish South American republics by English moral culture.—ED. Spectator.]
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