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The London CAronicle publishes to-day .
cnpyrirht article, dated London. June 30.
written by its special commissioners, Henry
rorman. and treating o; New America and lite
Army and Navy. Extracts from 1t are given
herewith,
: The vision OF q new heaven and . new earth
a. atin unfulnllsd. but there 10 q new America.
The second American Revolution has occurred.
and lis consequences may be ms great 80 those OF
THE drnt. Ihavo waited till the end Of my visit
before putting my impressions on paper. for IL
- easy 10 be mistaken about popular sentiment
ID this country. The American people are as
= sensitive 70 emotional or intellectual stimulus az
aphotographic film is to light. but they are also,
70 q remarkable degree, q people OF second
thoughts. Their nerves are quick. but their con-
vfctionS arc slow. The apparent change was so
great and 20 unexpected that at nrst could
not bring myself to believe in its reality or is
endurance. Unless all signs fail. however. orA
fail to interpret them. the old America, the
America obedient TO tho traditions OF the found
ers Of the republic, 10 passing away. and q new
America. an America standing armed. alert
and exigont in the arena of the world-strugglo
~ - tAAthk lbo pAnSce
The change is threefold: .
/. The United States 10 about 70 take ts
place among tho great armed powers OF tho
world.
II. By the seizuro and retention Of territory
not only not contiguous to tho borders OF the ro-
public, but remote from them. the United States
becomes q colonizing nation, and enters tho
Held Of international ~rivalries.
III. The growth of good will and mutual I'M
Restraining between Great Britain and the
United States and the settlement of all pending
disputes between Canada and America, now
virtually assured, constitute o working union OF
the EnRlish-speakinG people against the rest OF
tho world for common ends, whether any formal
agreement is reached or not.
Viewed in the light of the events It may con-
ceivably bring forth. this trio of changes may
be described without exaggeration as tho event
or tho century. There is little to say about 1t
that has not already been said. but az o subject
for comment 1t has this advantage, that there 10
little mystery about It. One great element OF
uncertainty Of course romRins-the final direc-
ton taken by American public opinion. but with
that exception one may speak as q witness and
not as u prophet.
First, then, with regard to the future Army
and Navy of the United States. The war has
taught this country a severe lesson. A few
weeks before the outbreak of hostilities / road
IN q leading New York paper a carefully dc.
tailed estimate, based upon returns from every
state in the Union, showing that an army OF
10000, 900 men could be promptly raised. This
ludicrous notion undoubtedly corresponded to
tho popular view of the country's capabilities.
ANYBODY who remembers certain statements
made during the Venezuelan dispute will not
think this remark extravaganza. 1t was
known that the patriotism Of the people
was equal to the supply of any number
Of volunteers, the resources of tho coun-
try were known to be limitlesS-tho com.
hination of innumerable men with limitless
resources Is all that Is required for q vast army.
Such was the reasoning. Blu nobody is misled
by 1t to-day. The President has called out 200.-
200 men, and they have responded with extraor-
binary promptitude. But in o few days two
months will have elapsed and the whole force 10
yet far from ready to take the field. Fifteen
thousand men-nearly all regulars-hRvo gone
with Gen. Shafter to Santiago q few thousand
are to DO sent 70 reinforce him ~ quickly as pos
able; about 1000 have gone to Manila; 10000
are wanted for Porto Rico and are not avail.
able, whilo the main army Of Cuban invasion
will hardly be ready, I should suppose. for an
other month yet.
Two weeks hence, Gen. Alger has assured me.
every man will be equipped. down to two suits
OF uniform for tho tropics; the "hardships"
they have suffered are not such as a soldier
should talk much about; 80. 900 tons of rationa
have been provided for them; fifty transports
have been chartered and fitted out; besides all
this. the War Department has laid 1900 sub
marine mines. set up forty searchlights, and
armed a large number of forts-often building
them first. After admitting every reasonable
criticism, 1t is a triumph of organization.
doubt IL so much. from so little. has ever been
accomplished 30 expeditiously and SO unevent
fully before.
And look ct the display of American patriot
ism. When the volunteers were by
the President they walked on the scene as II
they had been waiting in the wings. They
were subjected to @ physical examination al
searching as that of a life insurance company
Aman was rejected for two or three filled teeth
They came from all ranks of life. Young law
yers, doctors, bankers, well-paid clerks ar
marching by thousands In the ranks. The frs
surgeon to be killed at Guantanamo left a New
York practice of $4,000 q year to volunteer
AS ! was standing on the steps OF the Arlington
Hotel one evening, a tall, thin man, carrying
large suitcase. walked out and got on tn
street car for the railway station. on hi
way to Tampa. 1t was John Jacob Aston. tn
possessor of a hundred millions of dollars
Theodore Roosevelt's rough riders contain
number OF the smartest young men In New Yorl
society. A Harvard classmate of mine, q risinu
young lawyer. is working like q laborer at tn
brooklyn Navy Yard, not knowing when b
may be ordered to Cuba or Manila. He 10
naval reserve man and sent in his application
for any post "from the stoke hole upward.
Al same is true of women. When / called I
say good-by to Mrs. John Addison Porter. tn
rife Of the Secretary to the President, who's
charming hospitality had enjoyed. she had gon
TO Tampa to ship as q nurse on the Red eros
steamer for the coast Of Cuba. And all this. be
remembered. is for q war In which tho couI
Try 10 not in the remotest danger, and whe
the ultimate summons Of patriotism
unspoken. Finally, consider tho referenc
10 the war loan. A Now York syndicate offere
% take half of It at a premium. which woul
have given the Government q clear profit
$1,000 600. But the loan was wisely offered