New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-13
AMERICANS OF ALIEN RACE.
THEIR ATTITUDE IF CALLED UPON III
FIGHT AGAINST THEIR NATIVE LAND.
ro,,ru AMERICAN SYMPATHY FOR SPAIN AMI
PROBABILITY OF A GENERAL Ell
ROPf,AN VAR

Standards r. s!dent in the United States III e'''
event Of a conflict between the latter anu '''''
n ,thcr country and likewise discussed the S!'
q Of the expulsion OF alters in times ot WAT ID
we'll as in those Of peace. To-day " may "e VI
Interest to briefly consider what 'he Pi"'AD'|
attitude Of the Spaniards estahhshe" unu'
the shadow of the Stars and stripes "ih o'
shou,d hostilitjes now so imminent al IeHsth pe
i.augur1ted.
Tn. onesticn s all the more tri.e IN view vi
the fact that Spain is not the only Eur'Peh
Power that is imbued with sentiments oi hi-"''
toward tie United States, that war with So','e
other nation of the Old World is NOT peyoho '''e
hounds of possibility. and that a idrse pe''''
age of the population OF this country Is ei'"''
foreign born or the children or else '"e e''
children Of immigrants. mus the'e are ~ 100
,ho, three millions Of Germans Of European
birth settled here. while there are III 'e''' :"
~ three times that number whose parents or
GRANDPARENTS we're citizens of one or announcer "a
the sovereign States comprised in the co''ieu-
.raiion known b. the name 81 the herman
rm,,;ro If called upon to assist in the ne'' me-
- t,o,r aaon,ed country against any SIanish'
ENGLISH or non-Tcu;on foe. these German" Dol
- crr,,n descended citizens might lie reheu
,oo, IN fulfl their duty 20 the American iids
r.i,, nc much valor and patriotism as IN 'he
civil VA But it remains to lie seen what ti'e'i
ot.i.udc wo,;J lie if summoned ~ the Cn''e"
c.a,es 70 hear arms against Germany ltsel
u is mn, a pleasant question for native
American IA consider nGr one that Is altoSctne'
ooiors toward those German fellow citizens
r. bis who have contributed so much TO the
doveloprn.rt and prosperity Of this country, ana
u,o etond ure-cu,ir.cnt amorg most Amer
loan citizens Of foreign origin or ancestry d.
yeaso, Of their responsibility, their obedience
IA ,te laws their thrift ard by their INCL
iectual caracties And yet it is one that can
mt but recur to the mind whenever one readS
IN the American and foreign newspapers OF the
ani,nosty manifested by the Kaiser ana MS
Government toward the United states, an AMI
mostly which just at present takes the form OF
pronounced sympathy for Spain and the eX-
clusion of American produce and manufactures
from German markets Moreover, IT is rendered
timely by the astonishing monster petition
which has lust been sent to the Reichstas III
Drlin ~ the Germantown ard German de-
scend,d population in Australia who urge upon
the Imperial Parliament to increase Inc Ter
man Navy in order ITO prevent Great bri'a'h
from remaining the strongest and predominant
power in the Southern seas" The most ex-
traordnary part Of this petition is as follows:
Apart from the fact that we are the first
Power of the world ii is unworthy that in the
hour Of danger the protection of Germans should
be relega ed to a rival; If 1t becomes the prin-
ciJle Of Gernany's policy to rely on the good
services Of another Power to protect our inter
ests we must forego any serious opposition to
that Power in her efforts at commerce and col
onzation."
Yet the sgners CT the petition are Australian
citizens possess the franchise, enjoy all the
benefits and advantages that are afforded by
the British Colcnia. Government and have I'M
Ill now been regarded as part and parcel OF the |
Aus:raas.an Empire. and as a very important |
cl ment in its development and prosperity. BY |
their petition they show, however. that If they |
ore in" the colony they not "of' it, and |
that neither the freedom the manifold privi- |
IoG es which they have received in the antipodes
have put end to their sentiments OF al |
legiance to their mother country and to its |
Government. In fact, II demons rates that. no |
matter how long they their parents may |
have left the Fatherland they still remain !
Germans in heart, as they in race, whenever !
rIy issue arises between the land Of their |
pr. gin and the land Of their adoption
AUsTRALrAs AHALOGY WITH AMERICA |
Australia presents many points Of analogy |
with America. Il is. as far as the Aryan race is !
concerned, a relatively new country from which
are absent most Of those prejudices and obsta-
c'cs, anachronic relics Of medieval ages that
terd to hamper progress and enlightenment in
TIE OLD World. There. too as in America we
ma Urea dth Of view, an animation and an
amount # r,scurceful activity that are almost
unknown in Europe while the conditions of life
are very similar The fulfilled "colonial' be-