The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-12-01

says. In those countries aud BY the
very people for whom they have done
most. For instance. Engllshmen are
vehomently detested In the Transvaal,
which has been changed by them from
a spaNely populated desert into one
OF the richest countries In the world.
Il Is the same In numberless ont-of-
way regions. As for the continent.
what, he asks. would the Riviera and all
the French and German summer and
health resorts be n II were not for the
constant shower OF British gold that
falls upon them?
For all that" he continues, these
people. who derive so much from us.
and who need as so sorely, have no
kindly feeling toward us. They may
like individual visitors among the Eng
llsh. but they hate the English visitors
as a whole with a tierceness which Is
as blind as It Ia unreasoning. They
know that 10 refuse the English must
mean ruin 10 themselves. and yet they
would gladly slam theiI doors In the
face Of the Anglo-saxon and tell him
In forcible language 10 seek another
and warmer resting place"
In concluding his article. however,
the writer abandons the benefits that
cannot be forgiven" theory and pro-
oeeds TO tell exactly why the feelings
OF which he complains do exist:
They people OF other nationalitles.
when they enter foreign countries. en-
deavor to adapt themselves 10 the new
environments. The English. on the
other hand. have a way OF marching
through Europe with the national fiag
flying In the van and the drums beat
ing Rule Britannia. Just as n they
were a new chartered company pushing
on 10 conquer the barbarlans
Where they elect to remain for a
time there they settle down with the
air Of eonquerors. The majority OF
them cannot converse intelllglhly In
the language OF the country. bu, they
are not at all embarrassed by that. The
result Is that. before many English
travellers have come his way. the and
lord has begun TO learn English as a
part OF his stock In trade. Ia paying
extra for blllngual servants and has
doubled all his notices and advertise
ments into English.
The English. moreover. have a way
Of finding fault with the local customs
the breakfast. the dinner hour. the
early retiring movement-lnd they
grumble at them until the landlord. In
frenzy OF competition. alters all Of
them 10 suit the English taste The
irrepressible Anglo-Saxon. too. brings
with him his sports and amusements
He establishes a cricket club and or
ganlzes matches at which one set Of
visitors plays against another and the
residents have to be content with the
part Of the supernumerary crowd
With the consent OF the authorities he
marks out golf links aud the guilelesl
native wandering leiGurely over N,
ground, finds himself shouted az In IN.
known tongues and hit violently in tn,
small OF the back before he has On
idea what the shouts are all about.
"The fact Is that wherever We e
we have a way Of treating the natives
as II they were the foreigners; We reyo
lutlonize their customs TO suit our owl
convenience: We introduce our gamel
and amusements and make them pre-
dominant in the gayety OF the place
and II We oondeseend to know the Ian
guage at all. Il Is not from any abidinl
sense Of the beauty OF the same or thl
duty OF learning Il. but simply In ordei
that We may be able to communicate
our wishes the more easily to the In
ferior raee-jusi as We do among th'
Matabele.
THE most curious part Of Il all 4
that the natives to a certain extent &C
quIesce in this attitude. and their owl
aequleseence gals them the more. TIL
foreign temperament runs naturally 4
extremes. and there seems to be M
medium between oriental servility ant
brutal insolence on their part whel
the occasion for the latter occurs !
Is as II a mills,ream long pent up ha'
at last burst It's bounds"