Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-25
SHOULD BE AT PEACE
Natural Relations of England and
America.
EDITORIAL VIEWS OF LONDON PAPERS
Significance Of Last Nights Ban
quet in London.
FOREIGN MATTERS

LONDON, May 25.-The Daily Chronicle
says of last nights banquet to the Chica-
go's officers: The festival was recognition
of the feeling that the Anglo-Saxon states
are one realm, not by act of parliament,
but by the act of Providence. Both peoples
are irritable. but both nowadays are essen
TALLY aggressive. The feeling is that
our interests so together. This is matter
of instinct and tells we can have no
ground Of quarrel which is not susceptible
OF friendly settlement, and the practice
teaches us that arbitration is better than
war. We have had two lessons on this sub
1ect. In one we We're beaten and had to
pay, Of which we did with not too much
grace; in the other the United States was
beaten and submitted TO the award with the
utmost good humor. The time may not yet
have come when this judicial method can,
with all nations, take the place of the last
argument of kings. but as between John
Bull and Brother Jonathan there ought
rever to be whisper Of aught but amity
II the dream of imperial federation on the
lines of justice and equity should be realiz-
ed, why should not the federation include
the United States and all English speaking
races. No Englishman regards an Ameri-
can as foreigner. Lowell Phelps Lincoln
and Bayard all spoke the same voice that
we do and carried the same message of
peace and good will. The former feuds be-
tween the two nations have faded into the
aepths OF history, and have been succeeded
by a period Of great calm
sisnlhcaht feature of the banquet was
the ract that the French naval attacbe
Lecierc. was on the committee This Ger.
fanny proves how deep are the sentiments
or fraternity among the three greatest ma
tiohs OF the world, and how evanescent are
the ebuilitfons which arise chiefly from
want OF knowledge and appreciation of
each othsr 70 England. France and Amer
ica ought never 10 be any question of other
lore i man the force of facts and reason.
WIN thorough entente between the three
tne peace of the world might be assured
III any regrets could be mentioned regard
ing the banquet, the chief Is that the first
iofu or the admiralty did not accept the
invitation TO preside and left it to his pre-
cursor.
The Times in leading article says:
1he dinner was properly made the occa-
sion OF an unusually cordial display of in
tefhationaf good will, and was, in all re-
spects, an occasion worthy of the inter-
national sentiment which inspired it. 1t
must always be policy, rather than senti-
ment. that determines the practical reia-
tons between states. but policy itself is
affected by sentiment and the sentiment
OF yesterdays gathering was indisputably
one which must help to render the rala-
tons between England and the United
States more intimate and cordial. and con-
ducive to a friendly and stable understand
ing in the future.
The American Navy.
Pre- ceedng, the article says:
The American navy already contains
promise and potency of an immense and in
calculable future, and it seems reasonable
to hold that its growth is spontaneous and
as yet an almost unconscious response of
great nation to the i'm perative calls of its
natural destiny. II so, the fact is of vital
INN ~ al to Va bah h,,,
face the prospect of the growth of an Amer
fcan sea power not unequal to our own, the
Interior consequences of which are beyond
human ken, 1t needs no prophet to pre-
dict that they will vitality affect the whole
fate of the future civilized world.
The Standard says: 1t is to be hoped that
our guests realize that EnglShmen regard
the growth of the new American navy with
traditions of the American republic as a
maritime power are honorable and brilliant
Englishmen have every reason to respect
the prCwess of Americans. Mr.. Bayard did
well to point out that the modern conditions
OF maritime warfare originated with Amer
lean seamen. The engagement of the Mon
itor and the Merrimac was the beginning
OF the revolution in naval construction.
We have no reason to believe that the
courage and ingenuity of American seamen
displayed in the past is likely to be lacking
in their successors. Englishmen cannot
grudge their over-sea kin this splendid at
tribute of nationhood.
The Daily News says:
Admiral Erben and the Chicagos officers
are none the less welcome because their
visit is informal and We trust that they
will believe that the cordial greeting given
them was none the less the expression of
the national feeling for having originated in
private circles rather than at official
quarters. The welcome given by four rep
resentative Englishmen to the American Of
ficers may well be the subject for congratu-
lations on both sides of the Atlantic.