Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1892-01-23

The Womans Christian Temperance
Union, are, through their president, Mrs.
Willard, making a most unpatriotl C
show of themselves in their behalf of
Chile. They bewaIl the inhumanitY Of
war and the inequality of the threatened
combat, but they forget in their tenn
perate considerations that the govern
ment must protect its citizens and its
national dignity against all nations, be
they great or small We have, as the
Virginia Enterprise recently said been
a humane nation for years-hum8ne TO
every body but American citizens. 1t is
time now for the humanity To come
home. 1t should have begun at home,
but it is never to late too mend, and the
chances are that when We are through
with the present Chilean muss Amer
cans abroad will not be obliged to pre-
tend TO be Englishmen in times Of disor-
der to secure civil treatment or safety.
No country is too small TO be punished
for premeditated outrages, and there is
no question of dignity involved at pres
emit anywhere, as the Chileans think
they have the best of the situation, and
have been intriguing in Washington to
increase the advantages they now claim.
1t is said that England and Germany
are DULLES; perhaps they are; but we
like the kind of bully that stands by his
own people. lie there IS any kind
Of bully that commands passing re-
spect it is the bully who will not allow
strangers 20 thump his own children or
brothers. Had the ChIleans attacked an
English or German liberty party there
would have been very little negotiation,
and most Of that would have been with
powder and ball. When they did beat
German sailor they apologized to the
German commander, and made it all
right by explaining that they mistook
him for an American.
In England partisanshIp never goes.tc
war; it is all England against anybody.
while they quarrel among themselves
over internal policy. 1t has been sup
posed that the United States was &c
divided against itself by craftsmanship
that such would not be the case here.
but the difference between political am
bition and patriotic pride has salready
made number Of trucking politicians
adopt a discreet silence as the readiest
way of causing forgetfGluess of early de-
ella atoms in favor of Chilean insults. We
thought yesterday that Chile would, af-
ter all its Juggling with the truth and
Its compound Of arrogance and sneering
civility, finally yield to the firm but tenn
perate demand of the United States, but
the departure Of the squadron prepared
for fighting does not look like it. Party
strife ceases at the boundary, although
there will be a few about equally divid-
ed between the parties who will be in
sympathy with Chile from an innate
disposition to betray their own side,
there will not be enough to be a serious
loss to the country should they all EN-
igrate to the land for whose hostility to
Americans they are so ready to find ex-
case. The men wearing the American
-lniforhl will know, whether it is war or
peace, that the sentiment that hoists the
American flag over school-hedses carries
with it real meaning, and is not the
clap-trap of politicians whC would con-
done the butchery of loyal Americans to
save few dollars worth of commercial
f5ltAreSts.