Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-23

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" s OF International policy neither tN'3
Coz her country dares to act in delibc-- 5
an -a its neighbours. The comfy D;
notions ~e-rrcs that 10 Power should follow a
course =, directly or indirectly, to tho
l1-ecc1- o. q -cG1,Ty with when it is at peace.
AZ Che sal9 ti.nc. Uo seem to be shaping towards
sc-u1sawl-el may oring US into awkward conflict
F-ta ..- 72u'o-s,nunent, dnot with thegovern-
ing p1 .. countries. with whom we hod
penn e-l IS .ca.ions In another column
ITO pm. eE.cac,- from speech made in tho
-r-l-n senate the other day by Mr. Don
cameron, who represents Pennsylvania. The
rs. t Ar. Cam3ro9s contention was that
-9 English policy on the all-absorbing
monetary question is directly antagonistic
10 American interests, and that the United
states must Grow OF the influence of English
'-.'s 5l8 -al-s TO maintain the steady march
o a1c prosper " There have not been wanting,
g, .A,- i-11' c1s Of growing irritation with this
e'.',c forts cg-in-the-maugeratti tudetowards
-Gle...2 that is coCvulsing two continents, and
Ia'lI con- missing the future of the poorer
s--,1s m Europe. This feeling has been voiced
ll 4n1r,- By Senator Lodge, whose proposal
10 vr,-ey smut out British goods from the
C1,-7i States until we should assent to q
taa.cie convention, though extreme and
31-rl, Indicates the trend of sentiment on tho
other side Of the Atlantic. Mr. Cameron Is
much miider, and makes war rather on those
Who acciuatise English ideas in America than
ca this country but the sentiment has the same
origin in both cases.
Senator Lodge is not silver man in theusual
sense, being opposed ont aud-out to free coinage
in the United States under existing conditions,
and, therefore, us views, though tinged With
strong feeling may attract more attention here
than these Of the pronounced silverites. Mr.
Lodge is very bitter about the failure Of tha
Brussels conference Of last year, where the atti!
kudeojthe Er.e 81 official delegates was ' scarceiq
lessthaa discoUrteous tothe UuitedStates. and
he believes that nine-tonths Of tho American
na5rle regard i, in that light a feeling Of this
kioi IS not 20 be lightly ignored. We have
frequent Diplomatic differences with the United
States; but, as o rule, there IS seldom asso-
GATED with these any sense Of GRimus Between
tho peoples Of tho two countries, and such
seuabbleS pass over and are forgotten. But now
wo arS encouraging tho growth Of q feeling
that on a question which affects the prosperity
g. millions Of individual Americans this
country is inclined to entertain views unfriendly
90 the States We know, Of course, that the
u1frieadlinoss is accidental, and that our none
tsry policy is controlled by purely selfish con-
s.i,rations-so purely selfish that We do not
mind seeing India suffering from our action
much moro thon America does. The Americans
are sufficiently old-faShioned to believe that
t is the part o; friend to show himself friendly
and when this country turns o deaf ear to the
plant of half the world, including all the New
World, they, not unnaturally, take itunkindly. It
IS not FOR rs 20 say whether the feeling of irri.
tstica is wholly justified or not; it exists, and
that IS tho main point, Moreover, it is taking
shape that may entail very awkward conse-
Qaancos On rs. The recent proposal to com
Mexican dollars in San Francisco was a bid
towards giving rs an object lesson by ousting
rs from cur commanding position in Eastern
SySte.