Evening journal., 1897-01-29
TEMPS ON ARBITRATION.
The Views Of Frances Leading
Conservative Journal.
"ENeIIsHMAN'5 GIFTS DANGEROUS

AAc " fitci tolAtt Out Tins There Arst
Always ge Instructive Ho.tniiy sc.
tween the Two English speahmg Ma
tions- Thinks Il VIII Not BE Ratified.
PARIS, Jan. 29.-Ihc Temps pubiishe.
the following article in reference go Chi
/ proposed treaty of arbitration bctweer
England and the United States:
The last few weeks OF Mr. Clcvcland's
/ presidency sccm as though they were To b,
marked by lively differences of opinion
as much among the Parties themselves ~
between the federal government and con
! grcss although the famous Cameron mo
tion relative Co Tie immediate recognition
Of Cubas Independence has missed fir,
in a Mysterious fashion.
Subjects for conflict are not lacking
/ The Anglo-American arbitration treaty
that magnmm opus intended to assure rcr
petual peace between the two great Eng
lish sEcnking nations-tcgins hy creating
hostile discussion among the citizens OF
the now world S great republic.
! An expiring administration Is somewhat
lacking in authority TO be sure of securing
assent TO such am nmportant measure
President Cleveland at the close OF hi
second presidential torn. finds himself be
tween two stools--hy what has made Che
merit and later will make the impcrsha
hlc honor of his administration IL the
victorious Republicans are not ovcrsolicit
GUS TO bostow on am adversary about 10
disappear the lustcr OF q great act of racin
cation. progress and international fra
ternity, thc great majority of the Demo.
Gratis, particularly i'm tho senate. too Cor.
daily hate the first magstratc-to whom
they attrbltc the defeat Cf the party last
AQf.nrft lt
TO assume the responsibility. which In
certain contingencies might he rather
heavy.
On the other hand Secretary of State
Olney, who is naturally before the foreign
ahairs committe the accredited advocate
of treaty of which, together with the
English cmna -sadOr, Sir Julian paunco-
fote. he is tie vcritablc author, does not
enjoy much popularity i'm the senate. This
eminent lawyer, this cOnsummata dialecti-
clan. has found means 60 irrcparably
wound the self esteem Of that great body
by exposing without the slightest consid
Grafton, the criminal pucriiry oi the dip
lomatic e-travnginCas of its committo, on
foreign affairs ard fy s9oating with
naughty irony of the intellectual qualities
of its members.
Perhaps these reasons, of q purely per
I -lldl ilANtfiNf MNNlu NNN Nlilii~tlNfr NNllit
to create iusurmouutablc obstacles % the
speedy ratification of the treaty If thcre did
not also exist motives of a more general
order to explain, il not precisely 10 justify,
the evident reluctance of the senate
First we must consider the strength OF
the anti English feeling. which has It's
stronghold in tho higher assembly nnd,
despite its compromising solidarity with
the chnuvinism of the iinrocs, cannot b,
entirely coriOundcd with this brutal cur.
rent Of opinion
Charge Us with Being Hostile to England.
There is in the American mind feeling
of distrust and instructive hostility against
England This state of mind may be-ox.
planned in many ways-the history OF the
, republics origin, the memories of 1915
and particularly the more recent ones OF
the war of secession and the avowcd sym.
pathyof England for the southern Confcd.
, eracy. Che constant flow Of Irish amia1.l-
ton, with its legitimate rcsontmenr and
undying grievances; the contrast between
an old monarchical and arstocratic society
and young democracy, finally that curl
GUS natural law, so often proved In virtue
of which the nearer one is related the more
one is disposed 90 hate one another and
which has made the enmity OF brother.
prOverbal.
All this together comes to the result that
one must take care in the United States
not to expose himself TO the suspicion of
being am anglomaniac. In politics. Vory
naturally, 10 kills its man. and 10 Is curl
Gus, after first hurs " moral enthusiasm
i'm favor of the arbitration treatv, t0 SEE
how mary even Of those who were loudesi
in their praise OF this highly humanitarian
work draw back VITA some anxiety and
j try to put q good deal of water into tbs
vino OF thoir praise I'm the New York
press this sudden change is very apparent.
, IT viii suffice to cite the casC of Tho Irib
unc which seems very desrous t0 cffac,
the recollection OF it's early optimism
Tt would however. be an exaggora;ior
TO say thar the reaction is general. No
Great social forces continue o. bee devoted
TO tho cause of international harmony and
the peace of the world. The pulpit in par
ticular, still so powerful in the United
States, resounds with tho accents of The
D warniest appreciation. The religious press
which on the other side Of the Atlantic
and especially the organs OF the Protestant
churches. enjoys an influence the breadth
OF which we i'm Europe do not even sus
: pect has declared itself warmly for tn,
treaty.
/, II one adds TO all this the discussion
raised concerning the y Nicaragua canal by
Mr.. Morgan, senator for Alabama anC
the new impulsiOn given % the heiustinctiv,
anglophobia of certain of his colleagues by
the mere suspicion of an English intrigu,
putting the great republic Of Contra
America in opposition with the greater
true or pretended interests of the Unite,
States, we shall soon see that the ratiiicl
, tion of the Anglo-Americgn arbitration
! treaty is not so closa at hand as the mem
7 bers of the peace societies imagine
+ Discarded Lovers Double Crime.
7 HARTFORD CITY, Ind. Jan 90 -Josepl
r Boxell, q merchant at Dundee seven mile
north of this city, shot Ora Brotherton
z daughter Of the oldest merchant in the vil
4 lage. In the temple the bullet passing on
+, M the back Of her head Boxcll then sho
q himself i'm the head. dying instantly Box
all was 25 years old and his victim rs tn
two had been lovers. but Miss Rrothertol
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