The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-08-22
A CORRESPONDENT ABROAD.
American Men and Affairs Discussed at a
London Club.

iugs of your Theodore Roosevelt are
much admired. We look upon him as
one of the greatest writers on sports in
the world.
The American-Glad to hear you say
so. He is not only clever writer, but
a good fellow.
| An Englishman-But 1 have heard
| that he fights with every one.
The American-If you mean that he
is quarrelsome, that is not true. AS a
member of the police commission in
New York he had good many rows,
but he was always fighting for the right,
An Englishman-Such man is i'll a
decided minority i'll New York and
America, is he not?
daughter by all the Englishmen.)
The American-Undoubtedly, and in
that respect human nature is pretty
much the same the world over, even in
London and Great Britain.
An Englishman-You have such
dreadful newspapers in America. Do
you believe anything you see in them?
The Amerioan-We believe almost
everything Newspapers in America are
| fallible, as they are here, but the best
newspapers in our country are as accu-
rate as the best newspapers here. have
been in London five days and I have
noticed in your daily papers in that
time three corrections of errors, besides
several editorial plumbers, like locating
the American congress at New York,
which were not corrected
An Englishman-But we are told
that your reporters call to see a public
man, and the public man says he will
not talk-refuses to say woodland the
reporter goes off and writes a column
interview with him.
The American-No such reporter
could hold place SO hours in an Ameri-
can newspaper Office. The latest out
rage of this sort I have heard of was
when a newspaper correspondent was
introduced to Ibsen at the Grand hotel
in Christiania. Ibsen said, "Glad to
meet you, sir" and picked up his pa
pers and walked away. The reporter
prepared a column and half inter
view, which when published created
quite a sensation. That journalist was
not an American, but an Englishman.
An Englishman-But your papers
publish such gaudy headlines-dreadful
things they are.
The American-That reminds me.
Please tell me which of your London
dailies is now making greatest strides
in circulation?
Several Englishmen-Mr Harms
worth's Daily Mail.
. The American-Well, two Or three
years ago Mr.. Harmsworth spent sew
eral months i'll the United States study
ing our cheap newspapers. He returned
to London and started The Mail He
brought over number of journalists
from America and they are still on his
staff. He has introduced many Ameri-
can ideas, including the bold headlines
over his news, and American methods
of collecting the news to put headlines
on. AS you say, his paper is now grow
) ing faster than any other in London.
An Englishman-Are you Americans
really going to annex Hawaii?
r The American-Of course we are.
An Englishman-Then | suppose you
will want Cuba and the Bermudas, the
Bahamas, and everything in sight?
The American-Never fear We shall
not walk on your toes. We do not want
the Bermudas or the Bahamas. But il
Is strange thing that you English
prick up your ears at the first sugges
ton that the United States is going t
: annex an island. For many years yor
have been roaming around the world
gobbling up all the inhabited and unin
habited lands you could get your clutches
on, until you make your jubilee boast,
Of the extent of your possessions, ant
| just as soon as little dot of an islanC
down in the Pacific asks us to take he,
. i'll that she may be saved from Asiatit
domination You lift your hands in horror
at the greediness Of these Yankees.
An Englishman-W should have
good deal more sympathy with you i
you had concluded the treaty of arbitra
: ton with Great Britain. The feeling
: over here is that that would havt
! strengthened Great Britain before thu
world and would in time have strength
ened you.
The American-The people of TIL,
United States want a treaty of arbitra
9 ton with England, and as soon as Ger
tain political changes can be brough
l about we will make such treaty. Blu
= with or without a treaty you peopl
should recognize the right and the man
2 ltest destiny of the United States to as
sumo leadership among the western ma
; lions, to extend our political power ant
n perhaps our territory. Our efforts will
It be wholly confined to America. W
have no objection to your gobbling q
all you can get of Asia and Africa. bu
y you ought not to make faces at us if W
= go ahead on our side of the water
| An Englishman-It is too bad tina
o your diplomatists are so rude. You
Boring sea note was positively uncouth
{ Ii such note had been sent by one Eu
ropean government to another, it woul'
1 have strained their relations. Explana
lions would have been demanded an,
apologies But we don't quite hold yol
- Americans responsible for all you say
i The American-We are willing to b
d held responsible, however. The troubl