New-York tribune., 1896-11-28
roPCTS winch MAKE TOR PT1f

rORcCS UHTCH MAKE TOR PEACE.
4 remark attributed 10 Mr. Parker. the United
States Consul General AZ Birmingham. Eng
land though bv 10 means novel l. 10 lc com
mcndcd AS n concise and convincing restate-
mont Of an agreeable and important fact which
cannot he too often repeated or too constantly
kept in mind. England hc said. does not
expect ever TO have war with the United
.Statcs upon any subject or liovocaiion.
That NAV be accepted as entirely true. as may
also the converse Of II. There Is no eXprc'a-
ton in either England the United States that
nj any time or for any cause fhes" Nv" frat'r-
nal branches Of a common stock will be- NJ
violent cnmiiy with each other. II some over
.yci,ablc PATRIOTS in both lands thought other
wise year ago. bccaiisc OF the N'h'zucm III
fair. the amicable adjustment Of that dispute
since arrived al should convinc" them of fhcir
mistake Mr.. Parker made the remark quoted
with especial reference 10 Cuba. II may well
be set against those Chauvinist uttcrhnc"s on
the Continent to the effect that II spain should
make war against the United States on ar-
count Of that unhappy island. she would be- sup
ported in II by all Europe There Is no reason
able fear that Spain will do such n thing. But
IL she should, there is still less reason 10 sup
pose she would he actively backed by all Em-
rope. or by any other European Power. That
England would join In or even passively sym
pathiZc with such an undertaking Is simply In
conceivable.
The fact is. there has been considerable
change on both sides of the Atlantic from the
state of affairs described by Lowell In his es
say "On q Certain Condcsccnsion in Foreign
crs," change which that clcar-sighted essay
list himself promptly recognized. Americans
are neither so bumptous nor so supinc and Eu-
ropcans. appreciatng that fact, regard them
accordingly. Americans do not now talk about
clicking all crcation,' and Europeans no
longer ask "WhO reads an American book? p
This Republic Is no longer IN experiment. II
has become an established fact, politically So
cay intellectually. industrally and Is nc
knowledgcd as such by every Power on the
globe. On the other hand Americans. much
as they sympathzc with the progress Of lib
cral institutions and popular government every
where, do not reckon every monarchy ncces-
sarily "effctc," every sovereign n tyrant, every
subject n slave. With the vast extension Of in
tcrnational travel and commerce which has been
effected in the last quarter century, and which
has been promoted and is being maintained by
the wonderful improvements made In means of
communication there has core u commeI-
surate broadening Of sympathles, mutual enlight-
enmcnt and better appreciation. the one world
| of the other. Naturally. this change has been
most marked between this country and Eng
| land. because of identity Of blood and speech.
| but 1t has taken place also between this cOun-
| try and every other civilized nation. until now
| II Is not too much to say that Americans do
| not expect ever TO have war with any Euro
| pean nation, and do not believe any European
nation expects ever TO have war with them.
| We may go n step further than that. and say
| that the chances Of war occurring between any
| Of the great enlightened Powers Of the world
have become exceedingly remote. That may
seem to some hazardously optimistic Judgment
in view Of tie great and increasing preparations
for war which are everywhere to be- observed
Yet 1t Is justified by the very fact which seems
to discredit It, Lethal forces are becoming sc
| tremendous that men dare not WELD them
| The cost. the slaughter. the destruction OF n
Napoleonic campaign were beggarly compared
| with that Of the Franco German war Of