Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-23
HE IS LESS OPPOSED TO IMPERIAL.
ISM THAN HE WAS.
THINKS 1T MAY BE NECESSARY
NOTHING ELSE To DO WITH COLO
MES RUT TO KEEP THEM.
Looks as II We "would Have to Paint
Our White Elephant brown and
Teach Him to work--Sen-
timent in England and
France.

LONDON, June 22.-Dr. Chauncey NJ.
Depew has partly recanted his opposition
to imperialism, as the result of the latest
war developments and of three weeks in
Europe. During his sojourn he has had
unusual opportunities Of learning the SEN
timent OF politicians and Of the public. He
will return to New York by the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse on Friday. Request
ed by the correspondent of the Associated
Press to summarize his views of French
and English opinion on war questions, DR..
Depew said:
1.-The sentiment in France is about what
1t would be in the United States IL En-
gland and France were fighting. and every
paper in the United States were daily
abusing the French. denouncing the in
justice of their going to war. picturing
them as race OF robbers, shopkeepers
and pigs. and declaring that England was
poor and was the under dog and holding
up France as actuated by nothing but d
pure brute desire to steal England's prop
erty~
That's what all the papers but three are
doing In France. When We also consider
that France and Spain are both of the
Latin race and Of the same religion. and
that Frenchmen have hundreds of millions
Invested In Spain. We need not be surprised
that the feeling there Is practically unani-
nous against US. I think only one man
prevents. this feeling taking acute form.
That is NJ. Hanotaux, the minister Of for
eign affairs. But for him, the French
chamber of deputies might have taken ac-
ton. openly siding with Spain.
There Is no doubt that. had Manila
been Spanish victory. there would have
been an illumination of Paris. II was on
account of this sentiment that endeavored
to give the causes of the war when the
Temps and Matin asked for interviews. I
was told 1t was a revelation to the French
and led to material modification Of French
opinion. They had not heard our side be-
fore"
When the talk turned on England. the
interviewer suggested that the sympathies
Of the British aristocracy were largely with
the Spanish. DR.. Depew said he had not
found them SO. 'T have met with many Of
them during my visit" he said, land found
them all enthusiastically with us. The
women are all with us. That Is the best
test. The majority of the people do not
Want mere understanding; they want a
hard and fast alliance. II Continental Eur
ope intervened on the side of Spain, Great
Britain would go as far as We were willing
to make an alliance.
Their idea of the policy of imperialism
Is that It could be worked very successfully
between the two nations. They are unani-
| mousIy in favor Of our keeping the Philip
pines, and make no distinction between our
making Cuba republic or keeping 1t our
selves. The result, they say. would be the
same
Asked II his opinion on imperial policy
had changed, DIR. Depew replied
There are difficulties in my position
which did not exist when took 1t up. New
conditions are arising all the while with
the progression Of the war which make it
difficult to keep out or get out OF this col
onizing business. We must take into view
the temper Of our people. who would GER
tainly never give any colonies back to
Spain. Transferring them or any Of them
to a European power would lead to Eu-
ropean war in sixty days. 1t looks as
though We would have to paint our white
elephant brown and teach him to work."