The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-23
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To TIE EDITOR OF the sUN-Sirs Concern
ing the plain statements OF facts in Secretary
sherman's letter on tho determination Of the
seals. the London Daily Mail says: I'm the
interests Of humanity, the rumorod alliance
between Japan and Spain 10 desirable. Our
Yankee friends want a little blood-letting. and
this would best be done by any hands other
than those Of England"
This 10 probably a fair expression Of the feel
ing Of the covering power of Great Britain to-
ward the United States. Lord Salisbury and
the others who shape the foreign policy Of the
empire would like to see Spain make war on
this country to prevent the establishment of
FREQ institutions In Cuba. They would like to
coo the new Japanese navy made In England)
devastating our Pacific coast to prevent annex
alton OF Hawaii, perhaps with tho hope Of ulti-
mately having that key to the Pacific under
British protection. They would like TO SEQ
those two countries In alliance. engaged in
Yankee blood letting. and still, for some reason
best known to themselves, they arc not yet in q
position to do the blood letting themselves. why
mott They have the sh ps and the guns with
which to open the ball. The recent review at
Portsmouth, which brings to mind the invinci-
bic armada Of Spain. has demonstrated their
sea power. They evidently have sufficient i'll
will toward ue. That Is evident from tho tono
Of the whole British press since the publication
OF Mr.. Sherman's letter. To hear the whole dis
reputable truth gives them offence, and all the
more because II is the truth.
Why, then, does not our rood friend. Great
Britain, join Spain and japan in the work Of
Yankee blood letting that she Is so anxious to
have donef 1t certainly Is not because wo have
q navy equal to that Of England; It is not he.
cause our coast defences are completed, nor is II
because we have a large, efficient, and we'll.
disciplined army, for we have not. The Tory
rulers OF tho empire know full well how unpre.
pared we as a nation are for war. and yet they
are not willing to enter the hostile alliance
against US which they so long to sec
formed. They know, or at least some Of
them know. that the first shot from an
English cruiser against our flag would be tho
beginning OF the disinteRration Of the British
Empire. 1t would mean fighting all along tho
line, not alone the 1000 miles Of our northern
border, but in Afghanistan, in Burmah and
Siam, along the upper Nile. in Egypt. in South
Africa. and everywhere that British greed and
cupidity, have made an enemy. The London
full calamity"
II we are sti,l unprepsred for war. SO is Eng;
soldiers and sailors to man them. SO England
laeks meat and hreadstutis to yictpai England.
son. a stron hold which on the LIST OF January of
wellin'ormed member Of Parliament. had food
i aTss s stssun W.. ered a. Il I've the s"Ss ao S,sSa int
and freighls, would go up so that the price Of
days the east end q London would be starving;
In twenty the English peoDle. who were never
their hereditery " rulers 3 would mSsIIdsFib be- n nOhe sn,
What though hostile. fleets were let slip against
% What .FG shoa ss5m as they H bo istfal Hpd ala E=jnSu ,Ss S1si;
British line OF defence is along their enemy's
' Sn Sss,1 the IT. food supply in this country would
The Corn Trade Years Back. an English
authority, gives the net consumption of bread
iss4.e5 as U.s. e. s4 t 3.s77 s]u ,Er 1set or th men amount ra
T. o's2 o 90 1 npu,t s,, came from the United
o 600 quarters: 50 It appear, from English
stufs consumed in England Comes from the
United States, and from this country ami Rus:
f. sRsir '0f STssa: tS~f isaa %SF' B 'asH 0p peeis 'ics e.
thrpee-afths o. ali i' the wheat Tn and 7 ao opPS snd tre.
sevenths OF ali the meat imported into the
United Kingdom come from this country. In
s YSnh SoDd slo o'S.t ,hn g hwou nf b. best be done by
discern the actual origin and source Of the recent
Hawaii. n England wants to have the win Of
shs A nm gn,h, people pssIp e., thwartsd in ,hst regard.
bhN Nv uobot "iso bCiSNts IL "Dllu utsf DC
done BY any hands other than those of Eng
this country asks only that the ri-ht thing be-
done. That orr contention lie just is Obvious.
Even the Saturday Herit,r. in a recent article
on -Ihe Passing 81 he Fur Seal admits it.
little doubt that /, is true1 that the animals are
would be an obvious folly on the part Of Great
Britain. which alone stands in the way, TO
insist upon the observance OF the letter OF
The The award and wait until there are no seals
the sesIs are diminishing in numbers and
that they have, gone on Diminishing in spite OF
~tunately admI, OF little question, IN spite OF Sir
Charles Tupper's airy denial. Less than ten
mails on the islands of st. Paul and ST. Georre-
that is, tho two islands OF the Pribylov group
900. Certainly the rookerics and the hauling
grounds were packed SO closely that there was
e a],srfStri PSy Fo q s s@SHKn t ,Sn at MACE 1@S so tMo TO Se .iTs
age rSsplted in tn" enumeration OF u little over
Why should the Canadiens be allowed to OK.
terminate the seals. and why should II respectful
and straightforward attempt on the part of this
effort to stop this wicked and wasteful slaughter
OF the fur seal call forth talk about biood.ieiting
a dnn q h%nhinT Coz: hay his passports, as the Lon.
,s An a Se to o, simP'o Justice now and then on tho
GRAFTON of the Notwithstanding people which
would far snrpass the widest dreams OF the
COLONIAL f"tulerS, ana save 10 the world for
ages all that is hest in the civilization OF the
AnRlo-Saxon race. Perhaps the present rulers
fall 10 see or else dcspise such opportunities. Per-
hnps they are afflicted with that blind IN dness
which Is said TO come upon those whom the gods
wish TO destroy. In any event, they should not
clamor for tho letting OF Yankee blood, for the
Yankees themselves miSht he provoked TO play
the game and continue II until hat boastcd SEA
power. which our Capt. Mahan has done so
much to project upon the insular i'm ,gin ltion,
shall pass from British control as II long ago
passed from that of Spain and Holland.
HENRY b. ATHERroN.
NASHUA, n. H.. July 20.