The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-06-15
England's
Friendship
FOrAn1erica

The leading socialistic fusins tho
word in its broadcast meaning) newspa-
per in Great Britain. the London Claxl-
on, gives utterancs TO some very unex-
pected aud indispntably honest srnArk
on the friendly feeling entertained by
Englishmen for Americans snd hints
that the bonds by which tho two nar
lions are united csn never be scverea
without permanent injury TO both coun-
tries, says tho New York Journal. Some
extracts from The Clar1cn's editorial
comments have been pulled at radon
and are here presented fur what they
may be worth to the unpre5udiceo
American reader:
/ suppose everybody oan SEQ today,
even the British lingo journalist, that
tie real sentiment 1T the real people OF
England and America IL q sentiment o
respect and friendship. But this. fU
the bulk Of those who profess 30 know
all about everything, is new discovery.
Ten or a dozen years ago, at . time
when a great many frothy pressmen on
both sides Of the Atlantic were blithG-
inga about war between England and the
United States-I forget what che quar-
rel was, but possibly something aboue
seals-I insisted that the two peoples
were friends apd near relations a de-
clared that the first principle OF all d.
plomacy on both sides Of the Atlantio
should be that war between tho old and
new Englands was q thing not to b
Thought of or discussed. Some other
way must be found, any way but that
Some threea or four years ago ! read
in a book published by Harper Bros. o.
New York an introduction, written by
an eminent American author, contains
ing dis~paraging and unfriendly remarks
about England and complimentary TO-
marks about France. ! am . lazy man,
with q natural gift for minding my
own business, but / had held for years
that the utterance OF any words Likely
to decrease the growing friendship BE-
tween England and America was =
crime.
I wrote to Messrs. Harper and expos
tulated. 1 told them that no matter
what might have been done by q few
mutton headed statesmen or unprinet-
pled financiers or said BY the fussy inn
possibles Of the press in either country
the bulk Of the British people were
proud Of America, were friendly 70
! America and should OCCASION aE1su
would stand by America. / protested
. against the foolish sputtering OF goose
quills and declared that the new entente
> between America and France was only
n o-A-L.-. --1 -.-J ard IN c,xor{o W
T Have not the British people showr
q their friendship with America It tn'
first moment when the display was call
ed for? Has not the French Irritation
n come to nothing-except i'll wishes ant
black presages from France? Will an.
one deny that England is proud Of IN
American display at Manila? DO "
X not all feel that il the Americans wcr
n in a tight corner John Bull would wan
10 to take his coat of and go to their SIDE
8, Some Of my friends thought the Alne'
r. leans were not ready. Some Thoughts "a
N Spanish sailors and ships would be "a
good for them. Some said the SPANS
e. torpedo boats would do great thing
ae Some said the discipline in tho Amer
O. can army and navy was bad. MOST {
I'd them were astonished by my enthusiae'
i'd about American ~seamanship.
nc Admiral Dewey went into . strsn1
I'd harbor in the dark, risking the tire I
in the forts and the danger Of torpednq
W He was met by a heavy fire from shi1
tn and batteries; he sailed his fagsh1
among exploding mines, and ~ . -
re hours. without a ship damaged or
lat American killed, he destroyed ten Spa
he ish warships, silenced the forts -
Zip piped all hands to dinner. This Is q
eet of the most dashing, most daring -
set clever naval actions l have read OF.
1t has been said that this war con
md have been prevented. Perhaps, thoul
the I do not see how. Neither can l re&1
ich the war. The bloodshed will be e
ced than would have followed the conti
ex- ucd attempts of Spain to crush the RI
ind plo of Cuba. 1t is better to have q nc
lell and to have done with it than to all<
set slow murder to go ON for years.
The fact ia, America has been, II ~
ely thing. too peaceable and quiet. y,
since her wars with England she :
the held aloof from all European and A
red attic complications. She has maintain
but a small army and fleet, and matte
like France and Spain are prone to n
,oat take this confident calm and rest
strength for weakness They will bel
di- 10 understand now that Uncle Jol
on than's quiet cannot be disturbed "
the impunity. There's nothing h mat
lips with Uncle Jonathan. He's all r1B
rae As for the much debated Anglo Am
lean alliance, l have always regarde<
rs inevitable.
And another thing. LOOK o :
isclf American literature. Look ut the DO
at Washington Irving. Whitman, =
sing reau, EmersdG, Longfellow, Low
the Oliver Wendell Holmes. Whitfier, N
nen- Twain. Note their freshness, their vi
~ Of ity. their msniiness. They aro
nilip books of a young. vigorous and esI'
Ich q people. What gentlemen are En'ex
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