The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-09

Is able TO enter into first-rate Ger
man family on very reasonable terms.
The social life Of the Germans is in
sympathy with our own, and ne has
fewer temptations toward dissipation
than in any other great city Of Europe
on account of the universally studious
habits of the best Germans. There is
scarcely any circle Of Americans there
who live merely for pleasure, as in
Paris and London.
"Peris. in the days of Napoleon III.
was inhabited by a large number of
Americans who came there to spend
money and to entertain; but now Lon
don has probably more attractions for
an American than Paris ever had,
largely, perhaps, because Americans
have come to find that blood is thicker
than water and that wherever they
move in London they are received and
treated as near cousins, and soon find
themselves quite at home.
THE position Of Americans in Eng
land has been much prejudiced by
very rich Americans going over there,
making an enormous display of money,
and seeking to buy their way into
social position in a manner which they
never would dare to attempt in their
own country; bat the quiet and reason
able Americans have found London as
congenial home as an Ameri-
can moving from one of our
own cities to another would
find. Nearly every club in Lon
don has one or more American
members; nearly every public spirited
committee is represented by one or
more Americans in London. and. to
Judge by the newspapers, one would
say that Englishmen to-day treat
Americans as people whom they not
only respect. but would very much like
to know better. If / have heard it
once have heard it dozen times out
of the mouths of English public men
the hope that England and America
would in the near future put an end to
war by making such a defensive and
offensive alliance, at least with their
natives, that war henceforth would ba
impossible. The thing that keeps ma
tives hostile more than thing else is
difference Of language, to say nothing
of difference in race and religion.
"No libel against America ever goes
unchallenged to-day in the English
press. can remember the time when
papers could scarcely find space for
anything complimentary to the United
States. All this, however, has changed
for the better since the Alabama claim
decision. That decision made English
men realize that Americans were in
every respect a great nation-not only
capable of defending themselves
against an attack ON land, but also
able to insist upon their rights abroad
and in a manner to challenge the re-
spect of all the world. We led the way
in accepting arbitration as dignifcd |
settlement of international disputes"
Have you heard MIR. Gladstone ex.
press any opinion on this subjectY'
Gladstone in the time Of our civil |
war, was thought to be rather preju- |
diced against our government. Well, |
l had the pleasure OF dining with him
a week before he resigned. and during |
that dinner he paid such high compile /
ments to American public men, Amer,
lean life and Americans in, general, as
to show that he, for one, 'Ras heartily
glad to see thA success of the repub-
lican experiment On this side of the
water.
"He follows American literature and
American doings, exactly as though
he were interested in politics here;
and, above all, he is interested in see
ing how far the sympathies of Amer
ica are likely to assist England in
standing out as power in favor Of
and arbitration as a
of international questions.
Another thing, too, which surprised
me, was this: You know Gladstone
used to be regarded Us rather friend
Of Russia. and against Turkey, and he
has always been looked upon as being
very much under the influence of Rus
sian friends. Yet he told me that he
had read George Remnants book on ST.
IBERIA from cover to cover and consid-
cred it altogether the most complete
book on the subject imag ina BILE, in
that George KEENAN, had said the last
word upon the subject of the treat
nent of political exiles, and that any
,ne henceforth wishing to treat of this
subject. whether he was a Russian or
IN Englishman, would have to go to
George KEENAN, for information. What
made the greatest impression upon
Gladstone was the internal truth and
mpartiality-he believed every word
IF it." ARTHUR STEDNAy.