Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-18
BOOMING EXPANSION
New York Having a Warm Spell on
That Subject.
AMERICAN POLICY In EUROPE
How 1t is Discussed, Particularly
in England.
w A Mt B r Y A n A g A n
w ANT BR Y A N AG Al n
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


NEW YORK CITY, July II. 1899.
Gotham has been having a lukewarm
spell on expansion. Recently it has walked
up. l have ben repeatedly told that the
overwhelming sentiment was for this pol
icy, but that it occasionally slept. The evil
dence of it's awakening as related to me
was disclosed in newspaper circles. The
papers which were steadiest and most con-
start in their support received an impetus
for which they themselves did not under
take to account. They had continued their
course through periods of apparent public
Indifference. Without any marked change
on the surface what seemed to be a sponta-
neouS support came to them. They all felt
it, though none of them traced its origin
Conversely l heard it said that one of the
journals which has been the most ugly in
its opposition, and which is not noted for
IT'S Americanism. also felt the movement
This journal Is said to have the most stead
fast constituency In the United States. Nat
urally that constituency is q bigoted and
prejudiced one. 1t accepts gospel from its
favorite organ just bilious people take
vinegar as a beverage. This papers boast
is that it never fiuctuates and makes no
concession to its readers. They can either
follow il or leave 1t. Now. Judging from
the common talk. some of them have taken
the unheard-of course of leaving It. 1t is
the gossip that this journal has suffered
materially both in its limited circuiat ZION
and in its ADVERTISING. ns+ronape wiz, is :,
more sensitive test of tho unnon,,Isrit,. ~
its course The newspaper story is that its
rivals found they were getting the patron
age of the oracle of noIitiraI wisdom u.itb
out solicitation on their mart HnweI,tr RI
patronage is of a limited kind and would
not account for the general and universal
support which the expansion newspapers
are receiving. They differ in datails as -
the future after the authority of tho IrniteG
States is established in IT, phili,.
But they are one in dema1dine tbat i ~.
established And the nuhiic resnnnds ~
that demand by buying the newen9nars
which voice it,
'i>'"ssed IN Europe.
A New Yorker, who has just returned
from the peace conference at The IIap1r,
nv ,,-o,- of 7 c,,,l,, IA : =, ~,
- 80. wv nv ''i''' nv "A iiiti
i's'ii poliSE III the Tar east was more DIS
cussed privately than the propositions which
came before the conference He added that
in Iondn, I,o found q ,oi,ad fooli,c RI,
nawgnanere tbar - LII Ell 20 f;, We
utteranCes, and they reflected the policy of
siie soNeftih'eht. ct John Bun was Begin
The T-nitad So. - .''9 it,u =" I'D We
Fhi!ippines because If meant stahiIitv for
his own commercial interests there But
ne was wondering how long it would be I'M
VI ny eii'ei pi sing AIIiericans "ouu reaCh
oue ior ms 'ldue: EhsIShiIeh seheralIF
~ ~ t,Lt - . VI INC itlteu "tsttt9
r., 5Pti9 70 'IieIi POsiti'h III All
sitoti 10 - 'i LII uiiiJuI'Igs III potL
&c .: DI' my IoPeu 'ht iahheeS' IL
t siieS ILLsl,leu On ioiowihe their nag by
80. rs up - III l!ie oIleHt' "ouiu al
l,l1 ieaHe tI,gL .lie me anu us TRIBUTARY
coiIliiltite nat IS the pohderous EnSlsh
Nay Vi , pu't I IL; put guess the point Is
c i ne Erltlsh merchants are not sure
theE are going TO keep their commerce in
l.
non.
VI recent years the German competition
mas bothered them That is In part the Sc
cret OF tnelr antasonlsm TO Germany IL Is
struggle Tor commercial supremacy. Tie
Englsh We're glad to have Uncle Sam as
partner out there, so long as they did not
SuHtr from the partnership winch might be
Jointly directed against the commercial ag
greSslons or the Ciermans- But when Uncle
sam ceases 10 De sleeping partner and
wants snare OF the pronts ana perhaps
the Whole business, the British commercial
interests We" the prospects with mingled
emouon. nevertheless, they send greetings
OF good WILL
Potency of Commercial Interests.
,r1 49, -, -, nv, -,
man VIM H'u peeh dt Inc i1dsue'
altnough mfnseit peneVer In universal
peace, did not bring back an encouraging
report. but he did swell with pride at the
considarotto,, Witch ,.,as shor,,,, ~, Irnita7
".t'i winch was 'iio"i the Chii'ei
states. he thougnt that the commercial
tban aItrnistic and bI,rnontta IT, iaao ~
bringing about disarmament. The trouble
was That these commercial interests con-
Iiioleu, anu ou' Oh tliese colillicts gre" Ter
aminan+ nrnfa.s"rs and states,,an 80 saT
diers who composed the conference are of
one mind on this point But they haven't
vet found a way to reconcile the rivalry of
commercial interests When thev do thew
will be further along toward universal
peace or at least the arbitration of dis
putes between nations This l was told
was what made the atmosphere of the
peace conference so murky. If some means
could be found of blowing AWAY the clouds
then all countries might have their share
of sunshine
When so much is heard about American
enterprise 1t is a little unpleasant to re-
cord criticisms of American capitaI and
American capitalists An echo is travelling