The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN
What He Said to Annoy
France.
ria Provoke an Outburst of
British Anger.

outspoken admOnition
the consequences be serious has raised
q veritable storm Of comment, but
when the matter is considered from lie
nroper viewpoint it will seem that some
such step was necessary in order to
avoid real danger. Unless the warn
ing came from a thoroughly response
BILE source il would have failed or It's
object. as the minds of Frenchmen
cannot be reached through foreign
newspapers. which practically are |
never read in France.
1t may seem strange that at the pres
ent juncture; Chamberlain should have
appeared in the role of an angel or
peace. and his message may be said TO |
have somewhat bellicose flavor, but the
fact remains that it makes for peace.
At the beginning of me Transyaal
crisis and up to the present moment
the French press, irritated bym emo
ries of the Fashoda incident and Eng |
lands attitude in the Dreyfus case, |
has been bitterly hostile in its tone
It's criticism upon Englands pol1cy |
and statesmen and the whole Engllsh
people left nothing unsaid which coulo
be conceived by mind infiamed by
the deepest and most sincere spirit OF
luminosity and hatred.
This did not provoke any comment
or feeling in England; in fact II was
rassed over and scarcely noticed But
there was a new phase OF this news
paper campaign against England. Paris
flooded France with a series or lam
poons on the Queen, the insulting op-
scenity of which absolutely prohlolts
description.
TOUCHED IN \ TENDER SPOT.
To Englishmen the Queen is sacred,
and il is impossible to exaggerate the
| deenness of this feeling, wherein dy-
| nastic loyalty, state patriotism, and
| nersonaI respect and affection are all
| blended. An Enghshman calls himself
| . subject of the Queen before he says
! he is a member of the British empire,
| The soldiers and sailors are soldiers
and sailors of the Queen, with the adea
of fighting for the Queen more strong
| ly developed than of fighting for fhen
| country.
prominent lrenchman, with a
| knowledge of England, wrote letter
to the Figaro ON Nov. 26 urging the as
ISOLATION of French editors to stop the
attacks on the Queen, saying: At
lacks on British policy and politicians
do not matter, but ne tauchez pas la
refine Glands off the Queen), AS for
the danger it is great. | dread it for,
nv country, we are going, if these in
COMPREHENSIVE tactics are not chang
ed. toward an Anglo-French war.
! And he is right. If Chamberlain
words end these attacks on the queen
they will prevent the growth OF feel
ing here such as would make the ma
ton not only ready, but eager for war.
The excuse that only a portion of the
French press is guilty is no excuse
The fact that these obscene sheets,
which, apart altogether from the man
ner the Queen appears therein, could
!, not possibly be transmitted by mail or
offered for sale in the United States on
account of the lewdness and blasphemy
of the illustrations and letter press
and are yet published and sold III
France without governmental or otnei
; hindrance, makes France as nation
responsible.
WORD USED CARELESSLY.
The speeches of Mr.. chamberlain
and Ambassador Choate made less I'M
, pression in England than in othe
; countries. Had it not been for Nh
, Chamberlain's rather careless use Q
; the word alliance the matter woul
, have created no sensation in Europ
|. beyond the fact that some additions
| Significance would have been attache
!, to the Colonial Secretary's utteranc
= by reason of his long consultation wit
the Kaiser few days previous.
. There is very definite politics
meaning attached to the term all
ance" in Europe, as witness the Ion
trepidation of the French nation befol
the Gar pronounced the fateful Wor
Chamberlain's loose and unjustlfle
use of it, as far as the United State
are concerned, caused, therefore, m'
mentary alarm in Paris, and perhaI
in st. Petersburg.
II NAV be said without fear of col
tradiction that his employment OF II
= term in regard TO Anglo-German rel
L tions was equally unauthorized. Eve
the Times protested against II III III
connection in no uncertain voice, al
it is evident on all sides that it is IN
% possible to turn popular antipathy
Germany in this country to fond a
lection at the sudden biooing of poll
ical expediency. 1t ism oticeable al
that Mr.. Choate's American audien
> on Thursday received his pro-Germt
overtures with tolerance rather ths
enthusiasm, and such, in truth, is al
the. English attitude toward simll
proposals.
APPROVED IN BERLIN.
BERLIN, Dec. 5.-Referring to Sc
rotary Chamberlain's speech at Leice
. ter. the Cologne Gazette Of this NOR
ing says: cat first blush the word
lance sounds strange, but Mr.. Char
- berlain's explanation that he used it
meaning friendly cooperation whe
tho tbraa countries were guarding col