The Portland daily press., 1899-05-08
HARRY BROWN.
Talks to Inc Press. About London ana
Compares England with America.

Mr.. Harry Brown who. for half q CEN
tury, was q conspicuous and familiar
figure In the social circles OF Portland
and without wsose name. . roll.of Amsri-
car artists would be Incomplete, Is stop
ping on State street in this city. Mr..
Brown arrived here few days since from
London, where he hns spent the greater
part of the last six years. He went there
In 1892 and in the meantime has paid one
visit only to his American home, ana
that was about two years ago
Speaking yesterday to a reporter OF the
PRESS, Mr. Brown said that 1t afford
ed him and his daughter the greatest
pleasure to get back once more to his
native city, and though for the six years
just passed he had seen but little Of Port
land. yet he doubted II there were many
people now living who had really seen so
much of the city as he had. for all told he
had spent over half century here.
1t might be observed right here that
our old artist friend 10 looking remark
ably we'll; seems TO b hale and hearty
and carries the burdens Of many years
most gracefully. !.
He talked entertainingly about Eng
land and his London home, and being
asked the sentiment of English people
towards their American cousins, Mr..
Brown replied:
"The sentiment In London and the
sentiment1of the great majority of the
British people that l have met breathes
the very highest regard for America and
the American people. They think we are
the most go-ahead set Of fellows they
know of. because nearly oil the improve
ments which are of such inestimsble
value to the industrial world are first
made In America.
"The people of England showed their
warm sympathy and kindly feeling for us
during the war with Spain. All through
that war every English paper that read,
save one or.two, spoke In the highest
terms of our navy and It's triumphs
remem Der that the Daily News had an
article Just before the fight got hottest.
expressing the utmost faith In tho abili-
ty of our navy to maintain its high
standard and its former prestige, and II it
did so II would be a great thing for Eng
land as well as America, for it would
show the world that the English race was
by no means deterit rating. When the bat
tie Of Manila was won by Dewey and his
naval heroes, hats went off In London and
the people over there thought 1t was one
of the greatest and most brilliant
achievements ever recorded in the annals
of naval warfare.
Another evidence Of good feeling
which 1 think worthy of note, lis the
large number of American flags which are
displayed in London. Take Regent street,
for instance, the principal shopping
street, any day there you can see at least
half dozen American flags flying and
they are not small ones byEa great deal,
but large, noble flags, and thera is moth
ing that does an American more good rs
he walks through that street than to look
up and get square look at the Stars
and Stripes"
MIR. Brown was then asked what he
thought about British-American alli-
ance, and he replied:
uhinh oho A"hehsh PooPAo A"'SA A'
more than we do on this side Of the wat
er. At least your hear more talk over
there about 1t. aud they believe the two
countries united in an offensive defen
sive alliance could stand or the whole
world. My opinion is that II the era of
good feeling continues, 1t will be just as
good as formal treaty of alliance and
on the whole better to have things just