Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-18
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF THE WAR.

are frequently far-fetched and in many
instances ridiculous for the glasses
through which events are viewed are
apt to ditfcr in color, according to local
ity. Americans occasionally take moaf
ludicrous views Of SERIOUS European
situations, and our friends across The
water have not been guiltless VI dia.
playing qualities of dense ignorance
when directing their mighty intellecta
upon tho affairs of the United States.
During our Spanish imbroglio, bow.
ever, the correct and admirable tone OF
the English press comments has beon
particularly noticeable. The great
papers of London have shown com.
plete appreciation of the position OF
this country, and in addition have
breathed a spirit OF the most sinnere
the following editorial from n recent
issue of the London Spectator:
s'The Cnhan insurgents are Disguised
as they expected 10 make Santiago
their capital, their leaders have gone
back to the hills, and there are signs
Of extreme friction between them and
the invaders, who. provoked by their
ways, overwhelm them with contempt.
1t ia even said that Americans now
repent having interfered for such set
of savages. Much of this ia exaggerated,
the truth being, wo believe, in this
wise. The Creole peasantry of Cuba,
who havs suffered martyrdon, are juHt
Spanish Americanns, no better and no
worse; not fit to govern themselves yet,
but improbable. The actual insurgents
arc mostly half-castes, brave enough
for their own way OF fighting, hut i'm
patient OF discipline and labor, and
greatly deteriorated by ten years Of
savage fighting and privation 10 the
bush. To give them power would be
madness, and II may be necessary to
disarm them. Cuba can be governed
easily enough by steady justice strongly
enforced, but it must for many years be
Administered from above. The Ameri-
cans, in fact, must govern, whether they
like il or not. on the principles Of an
English Crown Colony. Their argu-
ment that such course is opposed to
republican principles is only oonven
| tionally true. Republican principles
do not prevent Republics from admin
istering territory in the occupation oi
their armies, and Cuba for some years
must be considered a grand military
environment. The momsnt the invaders
have to shoot insurgents in the inter.
ests of order, Washington will perceive
that truth, and. after its fashion, in.
vent legal basis for necessary inno
vation. 1t diu not leave Utah froe till
Utah submitted to American ideas.''
And in another editorial, referring
to an incident that may be pregnant
with importance to this country 10 the
event of serious foreign complications
growing out OF the war, the Spectator
says:
THE Daily Mail correspondent Al
Hong Kong gives some most interesting
gossip as to the positions occupied re
spectively by the American, German
and English naval commanders a
Manila. Admiral Dietriohs, the Ger
man, is reported to have interviewed
Captain Chichester. OF II. NJ. s. I'm
mortalite. IA to what he would do l
the Germans interfersd with the bonn
bardment Of Manila. Captain Chi
chester replied that only Adn,ira
Dewey and himself knew that. Nothing
could bs better, for ii clearly indicate
that our ships have had orders to &C
on the maxim sacred TO the British
ami American navies :"B Blood is thicke
than water" There is something YER,
naive in the German admiral imaginiuJ
that we should allow him to bully Adj
niral Dewey, though as far as thu
goes. there is no reason to think the
the American sailors would want an,
ones help If 1t came to fighting th
Germans.
There is refreshing assurance in thi
paragraph. Should serious compli
cations with foreign government
Threaten this country. in the settle
ment Of the perplexing problems sur
to follow in the train of the war, W
will know where to look for q sym
pathetic and powerful ally. Our Eng
lish brethren, judging from the ton
OF their press, are with u.s." beyon
a doubt.