The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-02
Advertisements for TEE WEEKLY Sun.
issxed tomorrow morning. must Be handed n
Mis erening before o'clock

the ereNue1 0Joro octOck
Enxland's Attitude Toward the United
States.
Il 10 we'll for nations as IL Is for individ-
uals to learn betimes who are their friends.
Our differences with Chill. now ostensibly
settled, havo done us at least the service Of
disclosing. for tho twentieth time. the ma
lgnant hostility with which Americans are
regarded Ivy q large and influential section
Of the English people. The spiteful COM
ments OF the London newspapers. Tory and
Liberal. on our determination to uphold the
honor OF our Gag. have revealed what the So
called ties OF kindred amount to. They
prove that, outside OF the advanced Radi-
Gals and Irish Nationalists. We have
scarcely any real friends in the United
Kingdom: that the great majority not only
Of the Tories and Wings. but also Of such
Liberals Ms arc engaged in trade and manu-
iactures. feel as much hatred for this coun-
try a. did their foreiathers in l77e. 1912. and
1854; and that We still have an implacable.
though now relatively timorous and i'm
potent. enemyi In the classes preponderant In
Parliament and London society. We are glad
that our British ill-wishers have shown
their hands. and We beg to assure them
with equal frankness that their antipathy
IL reciprocated. and that any trace OF SYM
pathy or admiration for things English on
this side OF the Atlantic Is confined to q
few hundred silly women OF both sexes
Because We have declined to permit the
uniformed seamen Of the United States to
be murdered with IMMUNITY In the streets OF
Valparaiso. we have been incessantly
tainted by tho London press with bullying
a weak and helpless commonwealth. We
waited three months before peremptorily
demanding reparation. but in the opinion
OF our affectionate Nnsmen beyond sea
We ought to have waited till the Greek IA
lends. What. the English newspapers vir
tually say. does the killing Of . couple Of
Yankee sailors signiiy3 We ought. they
seem to think. to be thankful that the life
Of our Minister at Santiago was spared.
This charge OF bullying Is SO !diotic in itself
and so preposterous in an English mouth.
that We can only explain 1t on the theory
that. whenever American dignity and honor
are in question. the English intellect is
clouded by rush OF black blood to the head.
The spectacle Of Brother JONATHAN assert
ing self-respect seems to have the same
effect upon his British relative that Is pro-
duced by . red rag brandished before the
nostrils Of bad tempered but tethered
and exasperated bull. The animal can
not express himself in deeds. and has
to vent his fury In shorts and roars.
From the sourness and disgust with
which the London press received the
news that Chill had at last come to her
senses. 1t is plain enough what Issue Of the
controversy was wished for. Evidently
Englishmen had caressed the hope that the
Captain Pratt and Pinto might put to sea.
and that. with the help Of three other war
vessels purchased OF the ARMSTRONG; and
the LA1RDs. the Chilians might manage to
inflict humiliation and destruction on the
city of New York. One can imagine the
rancorous delight with which the demoli-
ton Of our public buildings by Gillian iron
clads would be chronicled by the descend
ants OF the men who burned tho Capitol at
Washington. When England. having been
subjected to a trivial indignity. gives a
petty power twenty-four hours in which to
salute her flag and prefer an adequate in
demnity. it is. we are told. a splendid AFR
nation Of the boast. Girls Anglicanus sum
But when the United States. after waiting
three months. Insist upon redress. it is. II
seems. the act OK a bully. who ought to bt
pilioried In the public opinion OF the world
aud whose castiGation would be viewed
with rejoicing in Great Britain.
As it is. tho English newspapers console
themselves for the fact that there may b.
no war after all. with the assumption that
our controversy with Chilli has dealt death
blow to our reciprocity programme and tc
Our attainment OF political influence on the
South American continent. Even so com.
Harativcly sober-minded a journal as the
Spectator. n Liberal Unionist organ. exulti
in tho belief that all the Latin-AmclicaI
States from tho Gulf OF Mexico to Cape
Horn will agree in rcseniina our treatment
Of tho Gillian republic Well. IL they rcscn
single exhibition on our part OF reluctance
To swallow an Hffront. they must feel ten
fold moro bitterly toward the British Gov.
ernment. which on dozen occasions has
ev.uccd like unwillingncss to pocket in
suits. AS for distrust and jealousy OF polit
icnl pretcnsions. they are much more l!kel,
to lie provoked by England. the profcssiona
spoictor OF weak States. chan by the ira
ditioLGl indicator oi the doctrine, Z" Amer
lea for the Americans" The Latin-Amcrl