The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-21

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1t would detract from her game of
bluff all round, and, besides. to admit
| that anything can be greater in the
| universe than everything British would
| be quite foreign to the British mind.
But she knows it just the same, and
| wants us to do what will help main
tain her prestige.
| Then there is Canada. 1t seems to
| many thinking men in both Canada
| and the United States, that in time
| Canada will naturally prefer to join the
Union than remain under a foreign
flag, as the British flag will in time
become to any American people Cana
| da would not need the protection of
! England If she became part of the
| United States. The same may be said
| of all England's possessions near the
| North American continent Of course,
this is all an old story, but it cannot
| be reLeated too often as time goes
! on.
BY her game OF grab" until she
thinks she has or is in a fair way of
getting enough, England has antagon-
| lied all Europe, and by her insolent
bluffs, called putting her foot down."
she has made Europe cordially hate
her. OF course, she says with great
| superiority, that they are all Jealous
| of her." Be that as it may, 1T does not
| alter the facts; nor viii Europe, es-
pecially Russia, stand Englands AFRO
gance much longer. There Is no reason
why they should, and every reason
why they shouldn't.
England looks upon everybody who
does not speak her togue as "infe-
rior." The English1nan comes UP to
Paris from the Riviera in winter in
duck trousers and calls all the French
men he sees foreigners" In the rail-
way carriage on the continent, the
Englishman runs the whole show, and
| anybody who doesn't like it-well,
needn't I do not mean this literally
of all Englishmen, but it Is enough a
rule to be characteristic. If a thing is
British the Almighty can be congrat-
| ulated on having been so fortunate as
to have it added to the realm of
things. The Englishman cannot stand
criticism any more than he can stand
being outstripped in the worlds prog
ress.
The English mind habitually dwells
upon its own Importance and superior
ity, and in this light we Americans are
stupid, indeed, if we hesitate, should
we be allowed to follow along in the
game England wants us to help her
play, or play for her.
MONKEYING WITH BUZZ-SAW.
The thing which did more than any,
thing else to start up this cry about
American friendship was the unani-
nous vote of congress sustaining Pres
ident Cleveland's message about Vene-
| zuela. Then England learned she was
monkeying with buZZ-saw. She
! feared war with the United States, and
1t was because she had been working
for weeks getting her ships ready that
she was enabled to make that quick
demonstration against Germany when
the emperor sent his telegram to Presi-
dent Kruger. Those rapid maneuvers
of the English vessels were at the time
a marvel, but I am not wrong when
I relate the truth as above. England
feared war with us, and for a few
weeks she feared it more than she will
ever admit. But her ruling powers
were quick as thought to jump at the
emperor's message and turn the whole
stock of English hatred against Ger
many, where it has remained until now,
when Russia opposes her in China.
English opinion is swayed by the up
per classes at will, and the burdens of
taxation count for nothing whatever, if
it is explained or even suggested that
any given policy Is necessary for the
greatness of England. Witness the
recent naval estimates, made with an
eye on Russia
When England withdrew from her
attempted bullying of Venezuela, real
izing how near she had been to a war
with us, these great heavy newspapers
began at once giving advice and de-
vising means" It would, Of course. be
too bad if they could not be allowed
to come up with their little lot" and
they did. The dear old fossiliferous
London Times had one of the most sig
nfficant editorials In Its history dealing
with the disastrous consequences to
England by merely stopping her food
supply from America, let alone the
damage to her trade and her people
generally.
And the Anglo-American under
standing" business has been going
along rnerrily ever since Imagine how
powerful are the forces at work here
when Lord Salisbury, who has tried
to bel1ttle America all his official life.
is whipped into line. And there is
Joseph Chamberlain and his recent
birmingham speech still fresh in our
minds, with all the windy gushes in
the English press that followed it
There were only a few public men
who dared to suggest that Chamber
lain was parading England's isolation
| before Europe.
The English mind at large thinks
today that England and the Unttad
| States have formally made some kind
| OF treaty, and 1t is called here the
'Anglo-American understanding" You
hear about it in buses, cabs. railway
carriages in society even, and, in fact
wherever you go, provided you do not
| go too close to those who want The
public here to think just this way.
The opinion Of the upper classes is
| the opinion Of the masses, and by the
| upper classes l mean the few who are
| on the highest perch. These select
| few, while they cannot completely
| grasp the great spirit behind Amer
| lean institutions, know well that no
understanding of amy kind different
from treaties Of long standing exists
nor can such be made without coming
| before our federal senate.
ANGLO-AMERICAN TALK.