The sun., 1900-12-31
THE NEWS OF ENGLAND
Englishmen Divided as to Our Friend
ship For Britain.
EX-M. P. ARRAIGNS AMERICA
English Shipbuiiders May Establish
American Branches When the Mic
aragua Canal Is Standardization
Thinks He Has a World Beater.

London, Dec. 30.--Reviews of the year
and century fill the weeklies and daily
papers. In the latter and broader field
the writers find greater satisfaction that
Americas part in England's history fig
ures prominently Sir Edwin Arnold
signalizes the new century with sonnet.
Greeting Columbia, England says:
/ send thee motherly kiss and benison, love me or
love me not
Hap what may hap my pride and prayers wateh
thy bright course begun.
Thou dost uphold the lessons learned from me and
speak my Shakespeares speech-God go
with thee.
Columbia answers:
If thy foes too much dare think shall be no
more kept asundcr
Than two great clouds in heaven that hold the
thunder
That Sir Edwin Arnold's views are not
unanimously shared can be judged from
letter of Mr.. .Cunninghame-Gr Graham,
former member Of parliament who in
July, 1893, wrote series of articles most
insulting to Americans i'll The Westmin-
ster Gazette, which is given a place of
| honor in The Saturday Review. 1t is the
most bitter arraignment of Anglo-Ameri-
can friendship that has appeared for
many day. The writer derides the
after dinner speeches of Senator Depew,
Lord Salisbury and others and declares
this friendship has resulted only in kicks
for Great Britain in the cases of the Ven
| ezuela, San Juan, Alabama and Bering
awards. He says:
Fierce Arraignment.
eve went on patting ourselves upon
our diaphragms, making certain that all
those kicks were but symptoms of the af-
fection and love the Americans bore us.
In return for our moral help which we
gave them in their brave punching OF
their brother Spaniards they gave us
nothing of a kindred sort when we start
ed in to thrash our brother Beers. Last
ly. on top of all our condescensions, like
cold bath upon drunkard, come the
clauses of the senate in the Hay-Paunce
fote treaty, to which we are commanded
to assent to kick No. 20, and | suppose
Lord Salisbury is going to turn his ample
shoulders to receive it and assure thu
kickers of his distinguished consideration
,, and thank them for the energy witt
! which it is bestowed. 1t seems impossi
: bic, so the experts tell us. that the cana
could he defended, even though fortified
!, in case of war. But then the liar, damn
ed liar and expert, is a comparison almoS
proverbial in this commercial age.
looks as if we had voluntarily by on
I mean and senseless conduct in the Span
: ish-Yankee war placed ourselves in tn
< position of man who, having lost th
u world, imagined he had gained his sou
Y but on consideration found his prize wa
!, y mere hypothesis"
In connection with the proposed Mic;
e ragua canal ii is said that when the Uni
ed States definitely decides to build. on
of the greatest shipbuilding concerns
England will simultaneously open in on
y of the gulf ports an immense shipyar,
y Several steel manufacturers are also sal
I to be considering the advisability Of G
4 tablshing American plants.
p VIII Invade America.
~ The Manufacturers Record, speakir
Il in behalf of English trade, says:
q 'FThe men who have dominated Il
j. metallurgical interests Of the world fl
Is so many years, whose trade ramiticatiol
a extend to every civilized country, are n
a, the men to yield to Americas supremat
"A without sharing in it by becoming fa
n tor in Americas production. To the
n giants of industry it is not very materi
III whether the source of production is En-
of land, or Pennsylvania, or Alabama. ~
= people of America should welcome the
il. coming of this capital, not only for
" material benefits but for that close ki
10 ship into which the United States al
~ Great Britain would be drawn"
Mr.. George w. Watson's desertion
the Iendersons and his employment
the Dennys, who have never built saili
II yachts of any description, to constrr
II. Sir Thomas Lipton's second Americ;
no cup challenger has created much d
ne cussion and hitherto has not been {
n. planned. 1t is learned, however, that \
III Watson was influenced by the benefits
-on the Dennys' testing tank, which he fl
ad tried with the yacht Lysistrata. Aft
III this he utilized the tank for series
H. experiments to determine the best b
~ shape for Shamrock ii before he sign
All the contract with Sir Thomas Upton.
~. is convinced he has discovered a Ii
re much better than anything he has e'
hle designed. The testing tank is in real
Ill Il pond 200 feet long, 20 feet broad ant
feet deep. Over it is railroad will
car drawn by stationary engine. !
model is attached to the carriage and
~ speed got from every model, for ey'
IL ounce Of power is automatically record
a, There are arrangements also for test
~ ~, ut all keel angles. The apparatus is $
-, ~ here to be the only one of its kind in
en ~ world. BY its means Mr.. Watson
- - tried dozen models The Importance
%aa III these experiments can be judged fl
NY NY his admission that it was due to a ia
~. ~, Of the hull that VaIkyrie and Shamr
'eis - failed. 1t is believed that the new b
!, - will stand driving hard without draw
- big quarter wave behind. Hence
crecy is so carefully observed.