The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-10
DO WE HATE ENaLANDa
CdaunCey NJ. Depew and the Rev. 30 w
ard Crosby Think Not,

CaaApCeY NJ. DepeW and the rev. no w
ard Crosby Think not.
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NEW YORK, Feb. mir Depsw, do
you hate Eoglaud|
When is question was suddenly dropped
like small bombshall in the quiet Of
Chapncey Nj. Depew's big workroom at the
Grand Central depot the great diner-out
looked ~ with beaming smile and prompt
~ answered.
No, and don't know any one that
does.
But the English reviewers say that you
and other pubic men do hate England, and
tuat the couduct of both political parties IN
the late canvass proved that appeals TO
American hatred OF Great Britain are re-
gard d as the best political stock in trade. "
There was cousde able discussion OF
Eng and and Engl affairs in the late can
vAsS becaus' OF the fisheries question and
the Sackville incident, but EngilShmen
partly Overrate their Importance in our
politics, There is no widespread hatred Of
Enghshmen In America. | never heard II
an American that hated Ar. Gladstone and
has colleagues. NI.e-tenths of US, | sup
pose, dlSapprJye Of . pre,e government
policy toward Ireland because we believe
N the federal principle and home rule in
wolves that principle. We DON'T care a but
ton f1r British policy in other AFFAIR."
How do you account for the hostility 20
all tlugo American Ia q portion Of the
British pre>sp
The portion OF the British press that is
hostile TO America is b stile to everything.
Tho,e papers are the mugwumps Of the
world. They thrive by criJicsing all
things. Nothing on eaIth is quite good
enough for them. ! could name just such
papers in the United States They minist r
to a small class of readers who rega
ems ives rs intellectually aud NOR
ally above the mass Of mankind. The tenn
per OF most great English journals is de-
cldedly friend y to the United States.n
But what of Sir Leprel q ifiin and
ott or travellers who have wtitten booa fun
Of ttar criticism of all things Am rcanp
IF Engh5hm9n coming to thls country
are not supplied with excellent letters of in
PRODUCTION they may meet almost any sort
Of people. Lines are we'll defined in English
society and everybody knows ". o's who.
Here, very property, there IS no such definl-
ton Of social classes, aud a man may meet
the PEG le Of yesterday living IN good
houses aud with great st,le. On the other
hand a stranger may fall in with a cert ain
ass Of poll iciaus OF with a group Of club
loungers who have little TO do aud are
ashamed Of their country Sucl men know
no hing of public questions which are al
ways upIormo.t with intelligent English
men couldn't te To what party Blaine b.
longs aud don't know who is the governor
Of New York. A young English nobleman
visiting in this country press ted letter Of
introduction to ne after he had been flying
round two weeks ia s. C ETY. of some sort.
He old me that the Pc, pie with whom rs
d ed uld talk u nothing save the scan.
das of the last London season, a subj ct Of
winch he al enjoyed a surfeit Is IL any
wOnL err at Englsumen are sometimes led
INTO unplea,ant crl cisms of American
wv nat Is your own experience IN Eng
land2'
II think the English are more cordially
hospl able than we. When | was last in
England | had two invita- ions to luncheon
and dinner EVERY day Of my stay. | was
not public man but / was trea ed with
elusive hospitality wherever / went. bly
altitude o. the Irish question was well
known; aud 1t was at variance with that of
ninc-tenths If fashionable England, but no
body was cold to me on that account.
1T IS noticeable at public dinners that
the most enthusiastic applause is that
w lch follows expressions of the hone that
the two nations may be drawn closer to-
gether. You may set it down as certain
that the AMI osltles toward England bred
by the civil war dying out and tnat no
considerable number Of Englishmen is un-
friendly to The United States. Americans
are better rece we'd thai the people of any
other nationality in l. ndon society"
"What IS the basis for English criticism
OF manners as seen IN public conveyance, in
this cOunJryN
My experience as an old traveller leads
me to think that men in mass are much
alike { ne world over. In the English first
class car you lind very mucl the same sort
Of people that you find here in the drawing
room car. In the English seco ld-class car
the travellers correspond N sLvle and con
duct to those found in our ordinary nassau
ger coach. Our coach has this advanta "a
that you are not s4ut up in small com
par melt with "a total stranger. / deiesJ
those compartme It's. Vert often your
cor panion IS an EXTREMITY unpleasant person
and 1 grove TO say tuat the object 0nablo
chap IS now AID then an American"
The Rev. DR.. Howard Crosby has not
been abe to disco or in the United States
ay widespread eumity toward the British
people
Il have always felt" said Mr.. Crosby
that he CT s.st fr.e 1ship should exist Be-
tween the two great Eng sh speaking ma
tons. We nave tao same ira iitiJns, Iitera-
ture, clvillz itlln, religion aud habits, and
we ought 30 be found together in slncsrest
friends iD / think that Q American peo-
pie to a large extent fulfil this du-y. and
notwithstanding our dis,ikes Of regal gov
er met, we nave the greatest respect and
esteem for the noble queen, who tor ffty
years has been a model " womankind aud
an esrimabe blessing to Eng and Foreign
er5 in our country, who have not yet teen
Americana d, may show h RsreIt sp.rit.
but the American heart is IN flll alliance
with our En2lish cousins May God ever
grant that this alliance shall continued
Cyrus W. Field, wno friend hip toward
Grea5 Britain and the Eagnsh royal
family is well know, held up his hands in
depre alton when asked TO express an opin-
ion on the subject in question.
II could not think Of such thing. il
would take me day TO say all that think
and feel aad when my opinions got into
print should be over Thelmsd with letters
upon the subject Of the inter siew."
DAVID WECHsLER.