The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-05-07
CLASSIFIED SYMPATHY

CLASSIFIED SYMPATHY.
There is no subject under popu
lar consideration at present which
is more generally interesting thar
the sentiment of brotherhood and
sympathy between England and
this country brought about by our
war with Spain and the threat OF
an European coalition against us,
based on Jealous distrust Of the
policy which the old world con
tinental people call Anglo Saxon
expansion, and their opposition
to the Monroe Doctrine. OF
course the friendship expressed
by France, Germany, Italy and
Austria for Spain was influenced
by other motives as well;-in
France by the dread of Spanish
ruin and consequent loss of money
to her great French creditors: in
Germany by the well known
hatred of the Kaiser to all repub-
lican forms of government, and in
Austria by ties Of blood between
the reiguing house and that of
Spain; but it may safely be as
5umed that, after all, the CONTROL e.
ing motives we're the two FIRST
enumerated Tu This strait She uu-
fielding friend hip of England Aa5 /
undoubtedly saved us from ON
phostions Of tremendous signid- (
canoe and it will be many years,
if not forever, before the people
Of America forget to hold tin
grateful appreciation.
In this connection classified
ton of British feeling, published
elsewhere, is of peculiar intere est.
1t is the result of Investigations
carefully made by competent and
reliable authority, and shows sew
7ral remarkable and hardly com I
orshensi5lo things "a these the u
wo most remarkable are the al L'
eyed irish and Jewish hostility c
The United Ststes arc more jew e
sh than England, and it might D
almost be said more Irish than
Ireland. Two causes might be Il
viz: In the case of the u
Jews the injury to their CONNER
'ial and financial interests; and in
hat of the Irish their religious
But it is not claimed d
hat the English Jews are par6ea. te
ar creditors Of Spain, an more ii
yer that country h,s-5yer been M
he ImplaeaBfe enemy and perse-
ut0r IT Jhe Hebrew race. A dis
osltlon, smacking plainly Of A u
,. Aism, has been manifest from ~
ne beginning to foment dissen- n,
ion in this country and England al
n religious grounds. 1t must not be
e forgotten, in attributing sym II
athy to this motive, that there "a
re probably almost as many ri,
atnolcs in the United States as OF
lere are in all Spain; and that DO
leir strength Is sufficient to exer- IN
Sc almost any degree of influence a..
public policy as
There has been no ground what th,
'er, since the inception Of the th'
spute, for the suspicion that the ,n'
atholics of this country have in a 1r,
" case allowed their community ore
religious sympathy with Spain enc
influence their patriotic devo- +cor
N. Rather the contrary. IT =
ly well have been that some sltr
re opposed to the war before it Lol
Is declared, in which sentiment live
" simply shared with many =
the best thinking citizens of all 81 = .
eds. ~ ~
Now that the step has been in a
zen it is safe to say that not dec;
5holic voice would be raised resi-
inst the prosecution of the con ~ y
t to its inevitable conclusion, has
h the hope that the submission hear
spain may be as speedy as pos Chi
e. long
that
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