Evening journal., 1898-07-28
DREAD OF EUROPE.
Autipathy to This Country Is Not
Confined TO France.
The Probable Policy OF spain In tho
Present Whr-EnRiand IN said 20
30 Unpopular on tho
Continent.


The lawlessness of the French gov
ernmcnt is reflected in the press. The
unanimity OF objurgation against Eng
land for her attitude toward Spain ana
the United States is now the marked
feature of the French press. The Libre
Parole presents TO the world French
opinion in miniature, when it stigma
tizes England as the hypOcritieal ac-
complice Of the United States. "Their
alliance is" il declares, "an ignominy;
but it is just as we'll, perhaps, that they
should work together, for the day upon
which they VIII be called 10 account by
international justice 49, the day when
the British leech will be forced TO dis
gorge, and Europe resolves to no long
er tolerate the disgrace of allowing the
law 10 be laid down by such assasshs
and malefactors as John Bull andBroth-
er Jonathan-then IL Will have reason
for congratulntion that they will be
able TO invoke no excuse for mercy.
They have been brothers in infamy,
and history VIII sooner or later chas-
tise them altogether" This language
gives pointed, IL undiplomatLc, express
sion TO continental nntipathies that are
by no means confined TO France. In.
Germany, Austria, Russia and Italy
peoples and governments are antipa-
thetic to the principles Represented by
the stars and stripes. A dispatch from
the Washington correspondent of the
London Times that appeared on April
% has attracted wide attention, be-
cause. after describing an interview
with the president. the distinguished
correspondent says that Mr.. Mckinley
turns n somewhat "deaf ear TO the
warnings of the European continents
DO not let the American public make
any mistake about the facts. If Eng
land is unpopular on the continent Il
/ is partly because she is strong, and
partly because she is not only free. but
the friend bf freedom I'm other lands.
America IS disliked among the despot-
| isms for tho same reasons. Continental
powers know that the organized armed
strength of the United States at tho
end of this war, let il end when II may,
will make America match for The
j great powers, whether In the Pacific OF
In the Atlantic. Foreigners perceive
that the rescue OF Cuba from Spanish
brutality will Introduce the United
States fnto. tho qfpcle Of tho great Eu
ropean powers. To Der win fhll the dis
position Of tho Philippine islands. AM
perhaps Of Morocco sweet morsel
hankored aftor by Germany, by Japai
and by France. With the direct entrl
Of the United States into tho terTitoria
interests Of the wide worh her role n
the dramn OF tho next century wiil be
leadtng ono
Furthermoro. the policy OF Spq4n ma.
be TO mako df the wor d suocession O
7 slow campo4gns, and thus to render tn
r capture On Cuba but ono Incident In
long struggle. European nations, othc
than Great Britain. regard the ap
pFonch 60 the shores OF Spain of Tn
great wqtern influence with feeling
Of abhorrence, dismay and surprise
They are beginning to sec that Will
for Spain there nre two ways Qua Of th
trouble thnt bcscte her. for the Unite
: States there Is but Que Whatever ia
cost, and whatever the sacrifice, th
q American republic cannot stay her han
until Spain has been driven out OF he
colonial empire in cast and west. AND
lastly, they know that whatever suffer
ing may DO caused 70 the Spaniards
and whatever steps arc taken by tn
e United States to insure victory, am
I however, needless the war may hnv
been. America VIZ command the 1rn
, friendship 81 England. / have tnkeI
i, pains TO discover the qualifications o
tho persons responsible for TIE princi
pal attacks on America THAI have ap
peared in the London press. 80 far q
Q they have come under my notice il
s each cnse learn that tho writer ha
g visited neither Spain nor the states
y Alien influences have inspired utter
anccs which no writer of true Englis
blood could have penned. With rcgar
to the working men and the middl
:. Glasses there Is nothing to report. Tn
q keenest interest Is taken. Newspaper
3 are published several times a day, in
, cludlng Sundays, but not single dali
paper Of influence Is found 20 break ia
consensus OF anxious solicitude for th
speedy success OF American arms
$ London Cor. Harper's Weekly.
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