The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-03-23
FAVORED NATION
British Review" Says
It's Uuited States.
Americans Can Do Thi,gs Others
cannot-Hence the
Wall.

The following article from the Brit
ISL Review has been forwarded TO this
paper for publication:
The great nations of the civilized
world are the British. the French, the
German. the Italian. the Austrian, the
Russian. the Dutch: the japanese are
still on their promotion. and the Span
iards. Turks and Chinese may for the
moment be left out of the category.
There is only one great nation TO add
10 these-the American-and we have
only 10 consider for q little TO see in
what q peculiar relation the American
people stand toward all others. AM
orleans as individuals and the United
States as a Government are the spoilt
children of civilization. The express
sion is not used in any hostile sense.
Spelling is often very good for chill
dren: ii brings them out. and gives
them an ease in society and a power OF
self-asertion which naturally diff
dent boy or girl viii never attain if
treated on more Spartan principles.
But isn't the fact itself certain enough
There is no difidence in the American,
certainly. But there is tacit sort of
conspiracy among other nations 70
give him license which none of them
would allow 10 any OF the other ma
tons. In conversation. in society. the
American man and woman may Ques-
ton even our dearest beliefs. overlook
our most rooted prejudices. outrage our
most sacred conventions. set al naught
our etiquette. Nobody IS angry-when
Americans do this. The gTumblers in
France and Germany who abuse John
Bull for his bad taste and his ill-be-
hsvior when travelling are silent when
Uncle Sam does much worse. II is not
merely that they think he knows no
better: they begin 10 doubt if he may
not be in the right. At any rate, he
doesn't matter The Americans are
privileged
The American Government has q
similar license We have only TO re-
member the way our own Government
treats the United States TO realize this.
But if Great Britain is supposed 10
have motherly regard. and therefore
specially friendly disposition toward
our so-ealled Anglo-SaXon kinsfoik-
most of whom are not Anglo-Saxons
the tendency 10 give the United
States position apart is TO be seen
just as much in its relations with other
governments. The obvious reason is
that America has proclaimed her alb
stenuon from foreign policy and
that foreign countries do not come
into collision with her in their own
foreign affairs But the fact remains
that both Great Britain and EuroDe
generally stand things from the
United States Government that wou1d
provoke 3 serious rupture as between
any Of the European nations them
selves Take the Kelley dispute with
Austria. for instance. In 1885 President
Cleveland nominated TO the Embassy
al Rome 2 Mr.. Kelley. whom King
HuDbert declined TO receive because
ne had been notorious for an attack
upon Victor Emmanuel. Mr.. Bavard
then Secretary of State. transferred
Dir. Kelley 10 Vienna. But Count Kal.
noky also had objections. Mr.. KeiIev's
wife was Je8ess. and Jews are moi
appreciated in Austria. Coi-nt KslnoL1
accordingly asked that Ar. Kelley bc
/ -C--A SOA-CN mere SASS- W n3I QSnDGlSl
Mr.. Bayard lectured the Austrian Gov.
eminent as if it were fourth-foru
schoolboy. Mr.. Kelley was an Ar.eri
can citizen. and as such good enough
for anybody; and the United STATE;
believed in religious liberty. and 4
Jews were good enough for Pres'dent
I Cleveland they were fifty times trf
god for an emperor. If Lord SALISBURY
had said these things il is 1ifhcuIt IL
imagine the results. But Austria tool
it quite calmly from America II or.p
meant that for some time there wa:
no American Minister in Vienna.
Take another instance. which show,
the United States Government coins
thing which has Only just GALE
down on ourselves the eensure of Ii.
whole continent We have mad or
Jameson raid. but the United Safe.
has had its Jameson raid and netod,
has said q word about it. In what re
spect. except the absence Of any publ,
outery, does the action of Mr.. Steven.