The Irish standard., 1898-03-26
WHAT ENGLlSHMEN SAY.

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alliance. In the theaters the Anglo
maniacs cheer God Save the Queen" as
| heartily, and little mere so, than the
Star Spangled Banner" The prohibit
| ish Papers of the city are filled with in
| telveWs favoring an alliance with Eng
| land. Their London correspondents ca
| bic column upon column OF interviews
| with prominent Englishmen who speak
! in the friendlisst manner of Americans,
and the English correspondents in New
/ York send across to London lengthy dis
| patches announcing the everlasting
friendship CT Uncle Sam to John Bull
If the New York papers represented real
American sentiment we would be
alarmed for the safety of the republic
and dread it's relapse into a British
province. But the fact is that the New
York papers. with a few exceptions, are
net the opponents Of American sentiment
an" are not recognized as good authority
Gu anv question affecting he interests
Of the United States outside the metrl D.
Oils.
The people Of England are deceived
by the reports sent across the Atlantic
Of the gushing affection entertained for
them iii this country. The Anglo-Saxon
element may love the mother country"
to distraction, but they form numcri-
cally small fraction of the 75,OO000O
inhabitants who live under the stars and
stripes. The English seem to think
from the reports emanatiug from New
York that the American people are quite
anxious to back UP the British empire
against any country in Europe. That is
why the London correspondent Ct the
New York Tribune sends the following
Icy special cable:
"Enslishmen are highly srlti:iel by
the evidences of American friendship
and cordially. 1t gives them Il new
sensation TO hear that Cod Save the
Queen is sung by audiences in Ameri-
can theaters and that influential Amer
leans advocate al alliance with England.
The truth is recognized that the chict
junction OF the prest Mt rea of coed feeling
is 10 create an atmosphere for a COM
munity CT interests in the near future
The fact that a formal defensive alliance
does net for moment enter into the
immediate problems of diplomacy does
not Eut any restraint upon the salts
faction which is felt here, that American
| opinion is settling strongly in the direc-
| ton CT cordial cooperation and Intimate
association with England for the promo
! ticn of the highest interests of Anglo
Saxon t,viiZatiun.'
The same correspondent transmits the
views of leading l3ritishers on the sub
| iert. Sir Charles Dixie says that he
gladly recognizes the recent general ad-
mission in the United States of the idea
/ tity of interest between the. United King
dom and the lnite, States in regard to
trad" facilities in China and many other
portions of the globe" He derived his
information from the lying dispatches
CT III" muSWnmp correspondents of New
York. and, is labHring under an crron-
eous impression.
James Bryce, the noted writer on the
American constitution. has been also
made to believe that the American peo-
PIE are aching for Il union with England
He says: IL have always believed that
beneath the sometimes troubled surface
there was deep and strong current of
sympathy for each other. as we'll as a
sense OF essential unity in the two great
| and FREQ lHu,rliS.l,
sides OF the Atlantic" lie favors CO.
operation between the two nations. in
the belief that your interests in the
world at large are substantially the same
as our own.
Mr.. Anthony Hope, who was recently
in this country, declares that he "grcats
every step by which England and Amer
lea draw nearer to each other witt, real
and sincere joy" and adds that "whcn-
ever either OF us holds out a hand 1
hope the ether will clasp it,"
Vincent Peel says: THAT the Two ma
tons bound together in an offensive and
defensive alliance would lie Il match for
any combination Of hostile powers there
an alliance is in itself security for the
maintenance OF the peace Of the world"
Tho Duke of Sutherland thinks that
the great majority Of people In this
country desire a close alliance with the
American people, and that such an al
lance would be Of the greatest possible
benefit to the two nations"
Nobody questions that an alliance be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States would be Of the greatest possible
benefit to the former at the present time
but how would the United States derive
any advantage from the coalition? Brit
ain is menaced by European powers and
desires the aid of the United States to
help her in her difficulty. Are the