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business when his whole social prestige
in England today depends upon his
furthering England's policy. Any show
Of independence is social suicide

furthering Eng1and's policy. Any show
Of independence is social suicide.
The whole policy Of England in this
Anglo-American movement Is revealed
in the few words Of Mr.. Steads cir
common action for common ends
throughout the English speaking
world" It means maintaining the In
tegrity Of Canada as British colony,
even though Canada should vote to
join the Union; the joint action of
America in protecting British inter-
ests" In other parts Of the world, and
the help Of America in antagoniZing
Russia, Germany and France. 1t
means that America Is to change her
position of good will toward all ma
tions, and incur the hatred Of those
that are now friendly toward her.
There is no getting away from the
selfish motives of England in this
movement; they stick out all over her
every action and her every excuse for
1T. Her people are at present so blind
to everything except British inter-
ests' that they could not possibly
have any other motive than selfish
one 1t needs only trouble between the
United States and England to kick the
British lion out Of America and utterly
paralyze British trade, leaving the
American Union with wide oceans be-
tween her and monarchies and sure
prospect of the bulk Of the trade of
the world. England knows this. 1t is
as plain as daylight.
Apropos Of the Imperial policy Of
America, and the taking of distant
Islands for coaling stations, is a re-
mark Of Lord Salisbury in relation to
the German activity in the East. Lord
Salisbury said Let the Germans get
a few more coaling stations; they will
only be so many more points to be
protected and so many more for us to
take" Lord Salisbury evidently knows
what it costs to guard possessions far
remote in time Of strife.
Another remark of Lord Salisbury to
a friend, which comes to me as straight
as can be. is this: "The Germans get
ting valuable territory for the death
Of two or three missionaries gives a
value to the foreign missionary which
had never quite struck me before"
THINK M'KINLEY EASY.
1t is evident that Lord Salisbury Is
delighted at the prospect Of America
acquiring distant possessions to bother
her at critical times. and 1t Is certain
that England believes such acquisitions
will be strong arguments in favor of
the alliance she Graves. Everything
seems to have conspired to make Eng
land think that now is her chance with
Of q
walks of life here outside of royalty
express the hope that a man of Mr..
Cleveland's sentiments will not get the
reins Of our government. They Ike
President Mckinley because they think
he can be Influenced to fall IN line with
their ideas
Here is a letter to the Paris Herald
from an Englishman who evidently
has views Of his own:
"Are not Americans putting themselves into
a contempt.ble position in reference to this
Anglo-American alliance? We laughed at
the French about the Russians. The Ameri-
cans are almost as hysterical over the Eng
lish. In being so they are forgetting all
danger from English aggression. The fact
is that all this talk about the Ango-Saxon
race is despicable. We would despise a man
who went about saying that he was the
greatest man earth, because by doing so
he would be deprec,ating his neighbors. We
despise a man like Mr.. Chamberlain, there
fore, who to suit his political ends, cultivates
race hatred, and we despise race who ag-
grandizes itself at the expense of others.
The whole attitude of this Anglo-Saxon al
lance, is, in fact intentionally disgusting.
What we should attempt to arrive at
among nations Is to try and embody the vir-
tues of other nations into ours and by study
ing out faults attempt to turn them into
virtues. AS long as we devote ourselves to
!auding ourselves as Anglo-Saxon, which is
doubtful, for We do not know what it means
SO long are we implying the inferiority OF
other races, which means we are cultivating
our own self-satisfaction and by cult'vating
self-conceit we are impeding the development
Of our own civilization"
An EngliShman Who Abhors NstioraI ar
Individual Self-Conceit.''
Lausanne, Aug. 8. 1898.
Lord Salisbury happened to be in
Paris the day the foregoing letter was
published, and If he read what his rei-
low countryman says of US there is no
doubt 1T was with some satisfaction.
Lord Salisbury only seems to be in
somewhat agreeable humor toward
America just now because Of the pres
sure which has been brought to bear
upon him, as 1 have already pointed
out in these letters. His old antag-
onistic spirit remains, however. and
could. But the power of Salisbury
grows less and less each year, both In
his influence at home and abroad. No
body denies Lord Salisbury's profound
knowledge of international law, but
many disagree in his application of it.
and on all sides you see evidences that
because Salisbury says so 1t does not
follow that it must be done. Russia.
for example, smiles at Salisbury's
bluffs, and it will take the American
people long time to believe that any,
thing of a friendly nature coming from
him has not colored Individual con-
cealed somewhere inside.
ALL SELF-INTEREST.
1t Is sheer nonsense for anybody
| to believe that sentiment prevails in
| the relations between nations. Self-in-
| terest is the one ruling passion Of all
nations, and should be So In her ad-
| vances toward us England would have
us believe that her only aim is to COM
bine for the philanthropic purpose Of
civiliZing the rest of the world, or anv
other pretty sentiment she might hap
pen to think Of to suggest as the ex-
cuse for 1t, and the funniest part of 1t
is that it does not occur to the British
public that possibly America has am
billions of her own which she will pre-
fer to carry out without British as
sistance.
The whole British press is delighted
at the prospect of Col. Hay becoming
secretary Of state, for 1t is anticipated
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