The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-13

SIR EDwiS ARNOLD.
catecso Inter otcGn
A Sir Edwin Arnold registered Mt the
Auditorium for luncheon Yesterday, on
his way to New York.
"l,want to rest for a few lours before
continuing my journey" said lie.
s"Your country is n magnificent one,
but must cay that tho distances are u
little fatiguing, even to man accus.
toned to travel.
Since | lett Chicago have lectured
atiNlinneapolis, Kansas City. Omaha,
and many OF tho smaller cities OF the
west | did not 60 as far as Denver
this time, though the Rocky Mountain
region and the Pacific coast are not at
all unknown regions to me. delivered
my lastlec ut Clinton. Iowa"
When asked il he purposed to leave
Now York for England. Sir Edwin
Z Arnold said:
Not for some months. | intend to
remains in America for quite time
and shall lecture in New York and Bos.
ton and make IN extended tour
through tho cities Of the South Atlantic
seaboard.
~ like America he continued, "but
you have some defects which must
criticise. Your cities are large, thrifty,
energetic, but each resembles the other.
1t is so different from Europe There
each town has its individuality. Set me
down in one OF your large cities without
warning and should know that l was
in America but that is all" ! could not
tell which city was in, as nearly all
are built upon the same plan. In
Europe it is not SO, and think your
cities lack that charm OF individuality,
but want to make one exception.
can not speak too highly OF Madison,
the capital OF Wisconsin. consider it
the most beautiful city in America. 1t
has peculiar individuality and charm.
Look which way YOU will and beauti-
fulvista appears. The lakes add their
beauty to the scene. Then there are
the woods and the hills, and that lack OF
checker-board squares which makes too
many OF the American cities monoto-
nous. Madison is the Venice OF the
new world
OfAmorican ordinances the highest
praise was given.
Everywhere have found the people
so intelligent that, so thoroughly in
: formed, SO responsive" said the great
Z poet and editor
4 The Americans are the most intel.
lectual OF people They are the Greeks
OF the modern world. And your future
Z You don't begin to appreciate it. you
do not realize its magnificent proper
tions.
Il notice quite u good deal said OF war
with Chile Now lrwant to make pre-.
diction. There will be no war with
Chile. That country will apologize and
make full reparation. You will SEQ that
< / am right in this matter. But shall ]
tell you what will happen? The United
States within not great many years
will dominate South America. $50
DO ] think the Spanish nations will
be Incorporated as states OF one great
ocean.bound republic? No; but there
will be a Spanish american confederacy
over which you will have an active pro.
torate, though perhaps it may not be
recognized nominally. Tho United
States will control the Western hemis.
pherc in its entirety, with perhaps a
few exceptions. For instance you may
still permit US to hold British Hon.
duras, Jamaica and our possessions in
z Guiana, for do not think you want a
war with England, and do not think
England and America will ever fight
another battle. 4 hope not, and yet
z YOU have not been entirely blame!essin
the United States You must admit
that YOU have been little hasty about
! the Boring sen troubles; and in cater
ing 10 the Irish vote, you have inter.
Tered III our own affairs in way you
should not have done. But Great Brit.
ain and the republic arc like two broth.
\ ers, They quarrel frequently, but fail
to come TO blows. / do not think senti
y mental reasons OF kinship and com.
VI mon language would weigh against war
but our commercial interests our bust
ness relations are so vast and SO inter
laced that they give the best, and to nv
mind, q sure guaranty OF peace between
XII the two great representatives. OF the
English race.
81" England has for its task the develop.
ment Of Asia, Africa and Australia. We
~ leave the Americans to you. We have
enough in tho old world to care for. II
4isfor YOU when your populations begir
I to swarm to civiize the great regions o
the Amazon, the Orinco, and tho Par
ana. But in one thing we in Englant
M have been wiser than you. We have
our islands and our stations in ever,
I quarter OF the globe. With the littl,
IS furry over a prospect OF war with Chill,
q you have this defect called home. 70,
should hayo coaling stations every
M where" ii;fl
Sir Edwin Arnold has little sympath,
with the pessimistic views current O,
late TINT England had reached anc
passed its height of glorytand sthatSsh,
must sink ito plano similar to tina
which Holland holds, Y e Z
England to-day is stronger tina,
ever She can defeat any nation upo,
i9 the face Of the earth in a war, unless i
3betthe United States. You hear crit
cisms OF our armyIits smallness and in
Significance Many welliintormed PEG
pie think we can put force OF onl,
200, 900 in the field. Tint is q mistake
We can place an army OF p 900 900 il
~ tho field, equipped and of1icored as Il,
army upon the globe has ever been, an,
these are no: raw troops, but men VIII
have had at least three years Of militar.