The sun., 1897-04-27
A Sensible Englishman Among Us.

The signs multiply that Englishmen, who
desire to become acquainted with the dom.
inant opinions and controlling feelings of
the American people, are beginning to seek
more authentic sources Of information than
Mr.. GoDxINs Evening Post. or the New
York correspondence of the London Times.
The editor of the National Reriec, for
instance, has made several visits to the
United States, in order to gain knowledge
at first hand, and now we find the Spectator
printing in a recent number an interesting
letter from Mr.. r. NJ. STUART-WoRrLEY,
evidently well-educated and sagacious
Englishman, who has resided, 1t seems, for
some years in the city Of New York.
The letter, to which we refer, was called
forth by the rash assertion made in the
Spectator not long ago to the effect that, If
Great Britain by siding openly with Crete
and Greece should expose herself to hos
tile combination of all the other European
powers, "she could appeal to America for
an aid, which under such circumstances
would not be refused" 1t is pointed out
by Mr.. STUART WoRTLEY that for this op-
timistic belief there is absolutely no foun-
dation. That American sympathies have
been strongly with the Cretans is not de-
MED, but the Spectator is informed that
this Is simply because we hold that all
nations struggling against despotism are
entitled to American sympathy, IL not
aid. The author of the letter goes on
to say that, amid all the demonstra-
tions of our good will toward Crete
and Greece, "any reader of American
newspapers would have observed that
THE NEW York Sun Certainly the
ablest daily paper in this country, and,
taking it all around, probably the most
representative of American sentiments),
has held fast to its great and dominant
principle, namely, hatred of England" The
Spectator Is cautioned not to be deluded
by the soothing utterances of Mr.. BAYARp,
for the fact Is that ito imagine that the
feelings of the people of this country at
large are In any way friendly to England lie
to commit grave mistake, although ono
into which the ordinary Englishman is
very prone to fall"
No such mistake is made by Mr.. STUART
WoRTLEY, who not only has had good op-
portunities of observation, but has kept his
eyes wide open, and has not suffered his
perceptions to be blunted by prejudlces, or
interests or wishes. He recognizes many
reasons for the dislike entertained by the
American people for the English, considered
as nation. Aside from the presence In
our population of large Irish element, a
circumstance upon which altogether too
much stress Is sometimes laid, Mr.. STUART
WoRTLEY reminds his countrymen of the
fact that mot only Is England the only
European power with which the United
States have ever been at war (the war for
independence and the war of 1912, but
also Great Britain showed its SYM
pathy with the South in the civil war in
more pronounced manner than did any
other European nation, and the disasters
which were inflicted upon the American
marine by the Alabama, although more
than compensated for by the Geneva award,
have never been forgiven by the North"
As to the South, the Spectators correspond
cnt suggests that the present attitude of
that section toward Great Britain furnishes
u new illustration OF the old proverb,
"Lend your money and lose your friend"
Touching this point, 1t Is recalled that from
no part of the Union were resolutions of
Endorsement of Mr.. CLEvELAND's Vene-
Euela message more numerous than from
the South; from no part of the country
esns moro offSrs to raise men and furnish