The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-26
AMERICA VERSUS ENGLAND
Views Of 4 Confederate EnglBhnan"
WAa Thinks BE Knows Il All.
favorable to America. But Scouts
the Idea Of War With John Bull
New York Press.

New York Press.
The prospect of war has set everybody
talking. Young and old are telling what
they would do. Americans, as a rule, gree
that tins country would have the easiest
kind OF time licking England. There are
a few unbelievers however, who talk sense
and regard the possible results of war with
caution.
reporter of the Press met n man who
called himself a Confederate Englishrlan,
and had opinions.
I'VE have a population of about 20, 1000
600" he said. ''and couldno doubt put III the
field an army OF 2. SOC, 0OO. The British ELL
pire has u population of over O,OO0 900,
and could by the id OF its immense merchant
marine land an army AT San Francisco or
New York, with all the necessary fighting
tools, OF 5,0O0,J0U or 6,O0O,UUU and our
coast would be at the mercy of uncivilized
Sepoys Of India, ana rather than such
hcaihens should land here We would lie
glad to pay any tribute,
Don't iOrget-ali is fair in war. Lord
Beaconsrield told Bismarck at Berlin that
unless the Russian army retreated from
Adranople at once he would order the
British fleet before CoHstantinople and land
1,00O,OUo Sepoys in Europe within thirty
days Russia was glad to retreat, and the
treaty was entered into at once, Bismarck
saying that the English had a greater army
than the whole OF combined Europe, with
the means of carrying that army and land
ing IL at any point needed.
-.When Napoleon abdicated in favor of
| his son after the retreat from Moscow in
1872 England was foot loose to pay our
war some attention. Our statesmen at
once saw this and proposed peace. Eng
land said she had no cause for war. We had
to eat crow. We went to war for free
ships and for free sailors, or rather that
England should not board our ships
to search for her subjects, and we Were
glad to make peace and forget what the
war was for. Examine the treaty.
THE truth of the matter Is that John
Bull had IL all his own way in that treaty.
We dared not say word. Upon the war
OF the Revolution we talk very big. but we
have no cause to do 81. for we were very
lady whipped. worse than we were at
Badensbarg and Washington in 1912. 1t
was the English people. the Wings. that
whipped the English Terries.
Lord North and George Ill had more
power than the prime minister and the queen
have today. But the English House OF
Commons held the purse strings of the nation
and no aid was allowed Burgoyne and
Cornwalis. in more men and without money
war eannot be caEied on The English
people were fighting FOR liberty aud would
not aid in binding In bondage their brothers
in America. Whenever the English people
will sustain their rulers England can make
short work OF all Europe. England has
done so before. when her population was
not one-fourth what it is today.
l. 1--WE have too great a coast line to pro-
tect TO permit us ever to become truly in
dependent when it is TO the interest OF other
nations that we should not be so.
II have seen every country in Europe.
lived there most of the time since the war,
crossed the Atlantic twenty times, and
found, to my sorrow, among strangers
many times that had been taught nothing
but ignorant nonsense as to the history of
my native America. Once at Taganrog, on
the Don, or rather Sea OF Azov, in Russia, /
was arrested for 4 nihilist.
1.-THE person who had arrested me had
followed Inc from GalliopOl. on the Mar
mora. where / was acting as agent of my
firm. Our consul there could do nothing.
A friend told Inc TO claim that l was Eng
lish. did so. The British consul knew that
1 was an American, but, as he said, flesh of
our flesh. and bone of our bone He soon
made the Russians let me go from their
filthy dungeon.
MY own countrynen would have ct me
rot there. wish had given n up ~ poor
Waller. He would be free :ian now il he
had passed himself off as IN Er,Iishman.
1--WE need a navy OF not less than 800 A
". W
IS, 900 men. We need rife guns OF l 90 tons
tharcan throw shot OF 2, 500 pou nds eight
miles and hit six-fCOt target, such as
have seen done in Europe.
s'What have we got in the way of navy?
Why, Englishmen laugh at US in their
sleeves when we boast OF our navy. We
have got bad habit of talking big and
s welling around the earth about what we
have and what we can do with it. Because
We have the biggest country and the best
country-thank Goblin the whole world
we have grown up with the idea that all
other countries are small persimmons that
can be knocked down with pole.
"Our new ships most of them, are fine
vessels, and could put up good fight. but
what would they amount to rs coast pro-
tectors: Let's see We have five first
class, fifteen second-class and twenty five
third-class ships OF war. two torpedo boats
and sixteen vessels under construction. We
have, in addition. few old wooden tubs.
We have some school ships, some tugs and
some yachts. We have altogether, count
ing everything from Steamboat to armored
cruiser. eighty-one war vessels, about 900
enlisted men in active service l, 800 COM
missiOned and $50 noE-commissioned OFF,
GERS, 1000 marines and 5000 naval militia.
That's q great force. isn't it? What
has England got to put against 1t, She
has 2S3 vessels of war. including troop
ships and royal yachts. $1,000 officers and
seaincn a coast guard of 5000, royal una
rines. 10000: other services, SOCIAL
told. over $4,000 men ready for service.
Come dawn to the army. What have we
got TO brag of-30. 900 men on the active
listi This enormous force is backed up by.
100 600 uniformed militia. mostly boys just
able to carry n gun. But call all OF them
| erldfaFu nd xrn n "a rnlv 4 IN G00
men ready for war. or course. there viii