The Irish standard., 1899-03-04
CHANGE IN BRITISH SENTIMENT.

HSSoIOulS 10 oil occasional cores
pondent Of the St. Paul Globe in London
change is occurring in the British mind
toward the United States. With all the
professions OF friendship and love for
Americans and the talk of an Anglo
American alliance for the spread OF liberty
and civilization to the uttermost bounds
Of the earth, nothing has yet come out
of them to benefit John Bull financially,
and hence the change in sentiment toward
Uncle Sam. We shall let the cores
pondent Of the Globe tell the story in his
own words, which are as follows:
After all the slush and splattcr Of "our
kinsnlen across the sea" and the anglo
American understanding" and "our
friends, the Americans" and all that sort
Of stuff, the wall is going up now that
we are not paying for all these sweet
nothings as the English people expected.
We are not fighting Russia, we are not
opening our ports to English goods, we
are not making silly concessions to
Canada, and we exported more stuff last
year than any country of the world. We
threaten England in all her markets,
while keeping our own market to our
selves, and we threaten her in prestige
and power. We are today groaning
under the handicap of sentiment in
foreign politics, but tomorrow the hard
headed sense OF the people will throw
off this handicap and we will start afresh.
We won't have Johnnie Hay always in
his present position. We can soon
change things, and what is more, we
probably will.
England has been playing clever
game with us, that is, clcverly conceived,
but the thing don't work. 1t is all very
we'll for Johnnie Hay to talk about the
two nations going together, but the OK
and the ass don't make good pair. 1t
is not in the nature of things for Eng
land and America to work together. They
may try it, but woe be to the American
statesmen who make the experiment, even
in the interest of the heather. One Of
these two powers is destined to triumph
over the other, and the more America
does to morally pledge the integrity Of
Canada as British colony the more she
will have to regret.
am an expansionist Of what is con-
sidercd in England the worst type, be-
cause I believe in watching for chance
to take in the civilization Of Canada, and
do not believe in any sentitnentalism
which makes us responsible for the gov
crnmcnt Of 100000 heather thousands
Of miles away. Such craftsmanship as
is controlled by sentiment is as remote
from the best American craftsmanship as
cast is from west We have a negro
problem in our own South that grows
worse, instead OF better, and. if we are
looking for questions OF this sort to settle,
we won't have to look far.
referred in former letter to re-
mark Of Lord Salisbury expressing salts
faction at the Germans getting outposts
in China, as this would give them just
so much more to take care OF and be
more for England to take, in case Of
war with Germany. England looks upon
our show in the Philippines in the same
light. but is going to be bitterly dis.
appointed at our evident desire to remain
at peace with Russia. England gave II:
bad counsel over the Philippines, and viii
give bad counscl-bad for America
every time.
l cannot close this letter without ref
crcncc to the wonderful suggestion o
exchanging the Philippines for the Brit
ish West Indies. One is inclined to ex
claim: Great Scott! Take the Philip
pines for nothing. or anything, if you'll
only take thcm," but as for England Civ
ing UP her West Indian islands at thi!
or any other stage of the game. it sounds
too much like that simple proposition te
lick Russia and own China. The sugges
ton to make the exchange OF islands
is supposed by many to emanate from