The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-12
THE CANADIAN VIEW.
From the Toronto Globe.


Many Canadlana feel that we have
not been very well treated by the Unit
ed states in the past. TO give "a list of
our grievances at this moment would
prove an Improbable task, but they may
| briefly be summarized as a resentment
at our desiring to lead a separate life
under our own institutions and tiag, and
a disposition to punish us for our in
dependence 10y refusing us any CONNER
cial advantage that legislative enactment
can touch. Added to governmental activi-
ty there has been manifested II plying
ana patronizing air quite removed from
the indifference of the by-gone period
when Canada was an unconsidered fringe
towards an unknown north,
All this cannot be forgotten i'm an i'm
stant, and Uncle Sans determination to
eviCt Spain from a misgoverncd colony
cannot make Canadians wholly forget
that he has been somewhat grudging of
the right of a self-gOvcrning colony to
remain of her own fee will in touch with
her mother country. Consequently there
is an undeniable critical element in the
scrutiny which Is turned upon the
American conduct of the war. Prior to
the outbreak of this war the United
states had, by careful effort, succeeded in
cultivating in Canadians strong deep
rooted resentment against themselves.
Some years go the sentiments enter
tainod bv the main body of Canadians
towards the United States were friendly
and admiring; "A succession of un-
friendly acts has bred a settled convic-
ton that the great republic is not a
generous-spirited nation, and a decided
dislike to the American policy and the
American goVernmcnt-hOt. however, to
| the individual AmeriCan-has been one
| Of the developments of the past few
years in Canadian character. 1t is inn
| possible to lay this aside in a moment
| Men cannot uddenly get rid of a
| frame of mind induced by ungenerous
treatment.
But blood is thicker than water. The
| Americans have at last done a generous
act, and Canadians have noted it. One
| advantage of our position is that it
| leads us 10 understand our cousins fair
| ly we'll and Canadians, as a rule, have
a just and sane estimate of the cause
| of the Americans leap into the Cuban
arena. The idea prevalent in continental
Europe that intervention is the specious
pretence which Cloaks crafty aggran-
dizement would be secuted in any rep
resentative assemblage here. The dis
| turbing influence exercised by the reCk-
1 '
calculating partisanship Of some dema-
gogues is recognized; the roughness of
| American diplomatic methods Is familiar
here; but we know perfectly we'll that the
| real impulse which caused the war the
| impulse upon which the reckless. the sor-
| did and the demagogic elements played,
| was disinterested pity.
| Canadians are a unit in wishing God
| speed to a war SO prompted. Not en-
gagged ourselves. we make no profession
| of experiencing the acute emotions of joy
| or sorrow which must be experienced
| by the Americans in victory or disas-
| ter. We are fairly critical onloOkCrs
and can chuCkle when much-bclaIl-
| ed torpedo boat breaks down, or q POM
| pOusly described bombardmcnt turns out
| to have been a commonplace shelling of
| a short battery. But when serious events
are on the boards our hearts are with the
| men who speak our tongue. When Dew
! ey swept in darkness through a mine
strewn channel and with his cannon
smote down Spanish control of the mis-
| governed Philippines. our people were
Chccred at his victory. Should the Ore
gon be bCsCt by the Spanish squadron our
hopes will be for her safety, and all must
wish the emancipation Of cuba from
Spanish NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. We may be
critical Of details, we may spare some
sympathy for the little man in the fight
if he bears himself pluckly. but in the
| main issue We are with the United States