The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-03-11
GROWING HOSTILE,
British Manifestations of o Feeling
5.h@M* of Enmity
TOWARD THE UNITED STATES.

TOWARD THE UNITED STATES.
An Anti.Amcrican Demonstration
Favored by the Torics..A Jingo Pol.
icy to Do Adopted If This Country
Attempts NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Stirring Up tho Fccling-.What May
bc Mndc OF tho Opportunity AZ
fordcd by the Boring Sen Matter.
LONDON, March 10.-The news from
tho United States is tho absorbing topic
OF discussion, so far as the Boring sen
dispute is concerned, and it is intimat-
edstrongly that should tho American
government attempt retaliation against
Canada, England will Withdraw from
arbitration, and meot any issue that
the United States may choose to raise
in Boring seq with plain assertion OF
the right Of English subjects to hunt
for seal outside OF tho recognized limit
OF United States jurisdiction.
This position is urged by many OF tho
Tories, and is said to be regarded with
out disfavor, although rs yet without
open approval, at the foreign office.
The Tories are desperate for an issue
that would arouse jingoism and rally
the country to the support OF tho gov
ernment. Lord Salisbury's Eastern pol
icy is generally approved, even by the
Liberals, and the opinion is expressed
in Tory circles that the prestige thus
gained would stimulate general sup
port of course assertivc OF British and
Canadian claims in North America.
FOSTERING a FEELING OF HOSTILITY.
There has been notable disposition
OF late, on tho part OF newspapers COM
monty supposed to bo in the confidence
sof-the government, to foster feeling OF
hostility to America, and to arouse an
impression that Americans arc un-
friendly to Great Britain. With this OBJ
ject ridiculous communications have
been published alleged to have
been written by Americans,
and containing bombastic menaccs
against England. Even if these
letters were genuine they would
not be published under ordinary cir
cumstanccs, and without some special
motive on the part of the newspapers
giving them space. There is some reason,
however, to believe that they have been
written to order, as it is not thought
likely that any genuine and sensible
American would threaten, as one ofthese
writers has done, to throw millions OF
men into Great Britain and blot it from
the face OF the earth. This absurd letter,
/ however, is being made the subject OF
general comment throughout England
as an evidence. OF tho American brag-
,gadocia and animosity. H.
The Tories also regard the time as
favorable for an anti-Amcrican' demon
stration on account OF the irritation
that exists among large numbers Of
working people, who have had their
wages reduced, or been deprived OF en-
ployment altogether, on account OF the
Mckinleylaw8;T This feeling is especial
ly strong in Wales, and the manufacture
ing, districts. which are also strongly
Liberal, und which, some supporters OF
the government think, might be won
over to Lord Salisbury by any course
that would cause the Americans to suf-
fer something in retaliation for the suf-
iering which their high tariff has,
brought upon many thousands in Great
Britain. For these reasons Lord Sails
bury's attitude is openly supported by
the Tories, and it is not without SYM.
pathy among Liberals.
THE TALK IN NAVAL CIRCLES. .t
In naval quarters, while officials are
reticent, unoficially it is stated that the
British squadron in the Pacific can be
depended upon to do its duty in the
event OF encounter with the Americans.
1t is well known that. during tho re-
cent revolution in Chile, the sympathies
OF Rear Admiral Charles 1. IIotham and
his fellow officers were stronglywith tho
revolutionisIs, and that they would have
liked nothing better than chance to re-
buke the course of the American navy.
Not fow OF tho Chilean naval officers
had been traineGin company with Brit
ish officers, and there was q strong fe!-
low feeling This feeling has not dimin-
ished with Chile's surrender to Ameri-.
can demands, and gentleman who is
persona grata at the Admiralty says:
"'.Tho Americans will make most scri-
Gus blunder if they suppose there will
be any hesitation on tho part ofthe
British navy in defending British sub
jects engaged in an occupation which
Great Britain holds TO be lawful"
Rightly or wrongly, the sentiment OF
the tories, expressed in tho clubs, the
parliamentary lobbies, and public places
generally, is that a jingo policy toward
America on the Boring sen questionwil
be safe and politically profitable, and
that. even in the gravest event, it would
bc the best policy to pursue.
COMMENTS OF TIE BRITISH PRESS.
The 81. James Gazette (Conscrvativc)
to-day accuses the Washington Govern.
mcnt of exagserating the difficulty OF
arriving at modus vivendi with Great
Britain in regard to the Be ring Sea seal
fisheries. The paper suggests that each
side 20 on sealing us usual, each rem.
dering IN account Of Its catch, tho par-
ty found by the arbitrators to be in the
wrong afterward paying compensation.
The Ncrs says; "The dispute seems
to be 4 case for professors OF natural
history rather than for diplomats. Tho
disputants must be careful not to im-
peril arbitration in their anxiety to
snatch paltrH advantage
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,s a BURNING SHAME.
Tho Latcst Story of Barburlc Treatmcn OF
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