The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-04
IN DISGUST AND ALARM
No Sympathy for the United
States in Europe.
A DISLIKE OF AMERICA
Hideous Examples OF Worse TIA ~
glish Hypocrisy-rhe Seizure Of
the Philippines Wa the Fin
ishing Touch.

a
writing from Rome. under date Of Nov.
81. says: The answer to the question.
What does the old world thlnk of the
new world?' has never been made with
greater emphasis than i'm the Eternal
City. The oldest old world regards the
newest new world with feelings of an
ger, disgust and alarm almost too great
for words. The sentiment OF indigna-
| ton differs I'm intensity. But 1t is uni
versal. There is no sympathy for the
United States. either among whites or
blacks In fact, dislike of the Ameri-
can seizure OF the Philippines and a
conviction that the humane enthusiasm
which made the war possible was a
mere mask Of can't. assumed In order TO
facilitate conquest, are almost the only
sentiments shared In common by the
rival camps OF the quirinal and OF the
vatican.
with the kings men. the sentiment
is comparatively mild. They do not be-
live in the least in the disinterestedness
OF the American war OF liberation. The
American declarations are almost uni
versally derided as hideous examples Of
a worse than English hypocrisy. Uncle
Sam. they say. determined in all things
to surpass John Bull. has outdone him
even I'm pharisalsm and cant.
I'VE told you So they exclaim.
n is hat the unctious rectitude of
the Anglo-Saxon always ends In. He
always begins by calling heaven TO
witness to his unselhsh desire to help
his ~neighbors, but he always ends by
stealing his spoon
ut Is unpleasant for the Anglo-Saxon
to hear this on every side. but since,
the peace negotiations have developed
a demand for the complete cession OF
tn Philippines. Americans Will do well
to recognize that some such statement
as the above presents the current opin-
ion OF almost every one in Europe who
ing on abroad. The immense majority
OF Europeans are, Of course. absolutely
ignorant OF what has happened. In
tent on their daily toll. they neither
know nor care hat occurs in other
hemispheres. But the Europeans who
read newspapers. who form what may
be described as the public opinion of
the old world. are practically Of one
mind on the matter. Outside Of Eng
land have met no non
American who did not dis
like the expansion OF America,
nor do l think in the whole of our tour
through Europe ! have met a European
who did not receive my protestations as
10 the genuine sincerity with which the
American people entered into the war
with more or less ~incredulity.
" 1t is all very WELL they say. i'm CT
feet. to dissemble your love. but why
did you kick me down stairs. IL was all
very well to proclaim your disinterest-
edness. but why did you seize the Phil
%ippines?'
Mere national brigandage. marked
~ odious pharisaism' is a phrase that
thoroughly represents the judgment Of
the old world on the recent develop
ments OF the new. From which IL may
be learned once more the old truth,
that in a mans judgment of his neigh
bors' motives we see the mirror of mis-
own character. For the most part they
express no surprise. They expected
nothing better from these English Of
the new world. They are true to their
ancestry. But there Is i'm every coun-
try a minority Of thoughtful men who,
having for all their lives been the
stanchest friends Of the American conf
monwealth. are now COMPOUNDED and
utterly put to shame at what is uni
versally regarded as the apostasy of
the United States. the abandonment of
their national policy n the adoption
OF the world policy Of conquest.
when I listened. as l have been lis
tening for months past. to the alter
nate taunts n lamentations of the
foes and friends of America, the bab
of voices seemed at least to merge into
one scornful chorus Of welcome 10
Uncle Sam.
Hell from beneath In moved for
to meet thee at thy coming: II stir
reth up the dead for thee. even all the
chief ones of the earth: Ii hath raised
up from their thrones all the kings Of
~ .a~a All 49, fAna ahall onAnE
and say unto thee. art thou also he
come as weak as we? Art thou become
like unto us? How art thou fallen from
heaven, q Lucifer. son OF the morn
ing
"You may urge. protest and rage as
you please. the old world has made p
it's min on the subject and nothing
that can be said or done in the United
States will alter It's Judgment.
The American government has come
out of Its ring fence. IL has thrown its
hat into the arena OF the world. II J:
launched on a career OF conquest which
will be all the more predatory becausC
IL is masked by hum~anitarianism. The
commonwealth. they hold. has sue
cumbed to the malady which has sc
long plagued the old world. A bright
hope for the human race was extin'
, guished when the n non-military
power. which eschewed all schemes oi
aggression anu aHneNhtion' enioileo ~
self among the common herd of con
uuering states. So men talk every
where in Europe. Whether they regart
the American ideal with sympathy 81
with contempt. they all agree in he
lieving that II has been abandoned an'
ma forever. Thu annexation OF tn
/, Philippine Islands may seem but
small thing. but Il II decisive.
I'm n course OF my tour. ! am nov
compelled to admit found proof exist
ing OF a disposition on the part OF tn
!. powers TO intervene on behalf of spain
which might have been very seriou
had 10 not been checked in the bu
by the knowledge that England woul
have nothing to do with a.. When
was In Paris I was positively told tina
e no proposal had ever been made To In
tervene. and therefore England Ia
never had the occasion or opportunit
10 nut her foot down on the anti