Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1891-12-26

Of the present unplessantness between
our government and that OF Chile, is
the unfriendly course pursued by the
English press. 1t is however but re-
petition Of the press comments during
the recent difficulty between the United
States and Italy, 1t seems as though
the English editors conceive every &C
tion of this country in defending its dig
nifty, as personal affropt to them, Con-
eistency is not one OF their fortes; they
advocate q vigorous foreign policy as
the great redeeming feature, even OF a
bad government, and make it applicable
to every country on earth with the
single exception of the United States,
but right there they draw the line,
and don't propose to countenance any
move on the part Of our government to-
wards protecting its rights abroad.
These English quilldrivers don't take
into consideration that the most sdmira-
BILE quality the great government OF
Great Britain possesses is its vigorous
foreign policy, the outcome of which has
been that British passports are respect
ed the world over, and British subject
wears the sign "hands off," be he journey
ing anywhere under the sun. The
world at large admires the protection
extended to Englishmen in their wand
erings abroad, snd no people admire this
good feature in the British government,
more than do the American people.
Still with the British editors what is
sauce for the goose, is not sauce for the
lander, and when the United States rises
up in its might, and proclaims to the
world that It's citizens shall likewise
be protected abroad, these pensioners
on the other side of the water are down
right mad about it. They feel that it is
incumbent on them TO rise up at once
md say something mean, something uu-
kind, something wholly uncalled for,
except that it be melted by malice, the
outcome of a long harbored jealousy.
How much better would good healthy
article pronouncing favorably on the
soundness of our demand. that Amer
ican citizens shall be protected from |
insult. appear; corporation even IN voic |
ing vigorous foreign policy on the part |
of the United States would not be out Of |
place between these two great English |
speaking nations. Our interests are fast |
inc,ining towards each other, and
English capital is being invested ID |
this country in a manner to lose its |
IDENTIFY, and it only remains for the |
two countries to faster kind opinions o
-ach other TO become invaluable to each |
other. Fortunately tLese newspaper |
men who express themselves so rabidly |
whenever the remotest possible op-
portunity presents itself, do lot comprise
Great Britain. There is something left |
Of that people sfter deducting the entire
nun ber::of newspaper men, and allowing;
that they tip the scales at two hundred
and fifty pounds each, and among this
residue. after their deduction, are many
intelligent men who have travelled in
this country extensively, and recognize
he Importance of our holding trump
hand, where difficulties have been heaped
upon us ON account OF our past modera-
tiop; and it will not De left wholly to the
newspapers Of Great Britain to educate
the masses Of that country as to what
It was our duty to do with Chile in the
matter OF the assault on our sailors, and
,ther equally aggressive breaks on the
part Of this sudaeiouG little nation.
The United States government is fast
nending the former looseness of our af-
airs abroad, and will probably see to it
hat the stars and stripes are unsullied,
he English editors to the contrary not