The age-herald., 1898-06-23
CHAUNCEY NOT
 SO POSITIVE DoeSNot Oppose Colonial System As He Formerly Did. HAS STUDIED THE QUESTION Majority of the English People Want Hard and Fast Alliance With the United States
 New Difficulties in Our
 Position.
HAS STUDIED THE QUESTION

London, June 22.-Dr. Chauncey M. De- pew has partly recanted his opposition to imperialism as a result of the latest war developments. During his three weeks so- journ in Europe he had unusual opportuni- ty of ascertaining the feeling abroad.
 Requested by the correspondents of the Associated Press to summarize his views of French and English opinion on war ques- tions. pr. Depew said:
 The sentiment in France is about what 1t would be in the United States if Eng land and France were fighting and every paper in the United States were daily abusing the French, denouncing the injus- tice Of their going to war, picturing them as a race of robbers, shopkeepers and pigs, declarng that England was poor and was the under dog and holding up France as actuated by nothing but pure brute who desires to steal Englands property.
 Both of Latin Race
 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 unanimous against us. l think only one man pre- vents this feeling taking a concrete form. That Is M. Hanotaux, the minister of for eign affairs. But for him, the French chamber of deputies might have taken ac- tion openly siding in with Spain. There is no doubt that had Manila been a Span- iSh vii haap lumnation of Paris. It was on account of this sentiment that I endeavored to give the causes of the war when the Temps and Matin asked for interviews. l was told it was a revelation to the French and led to material modification of French opin- ion. They had not heard of our side be- fore.
 When the talk turned on England the interviewer suggested that the sympathies of the British aristocracy were largely with the Spaniards. Dr. Depew said he had not found them I have met with many of them during my visit he said, and found them all entirely with us. The women are all with us. That is the best test
 Hard and Fast Alliance
 ''The majority of the people do not want a mere understanding; they want hard and fast alliance. If Continental Europe intervened on the side of Spain, an alli- ance would be formed as far as we were willing to make an alliance.
 "Their idea of the policy of imperialism is that 1t could be worked very successfully between the two nations. They are unanimously in favor of our keep ing the Philippines. and make no distnc- ton between our making Cuba a republic or keeping it ourselves"
 Asked if his opinion of. imperial policy had changed, Dr. Depew replied:
 "There are difficulties in our position which did not exist when I took it up. New conditions are arising all the while while the progress of the war which makes it difficult to keep out or get off this col onization business. We must take into view the temper of our people who would certainly never give any colonies back to spain. Transferring them to any European power would lead to a European war in sixty days. It looks as though we would have to paint our white elephant brown and teach him to work.