The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-30
DO THEY LOVE US?
nRTTISH WRITER'S DISCUSS END
or CENTURY.
MUCH ROT ABOUT AMERICA.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD WRITES rs A
SONNET.

Mr.. raham, knows
~ an American Hntcr. uoasts u
WARMLY british Mnnufacturers
Have Their Eyes on THIS Country
However, aud Are Already Con-
siderlnE L"catiyg Plants on This
side - Immense ship Nard MAY
Come 60 GULF Port.
London. Dec. 2a.-Revlews Of the year
ana century an the wcekncs ana daily
papers. la the latter aud broader field
the Wri,ors nnd great satisfaction that
Americas part IN Englsna's history ng-
ures prominently SIR Edwin Arnold
sienailzcs the new century with son.
net Greeting Columbia. England says.
Il send thee mothcrly kiss and bonison,
love me or love me not.
Hap what may hap, my pride and
prayers watch thy bright course begun.
Thou dost uphold the lessons learned
from me and speak my Shakespeare
spoech-God SO with thee"
Columbia answers:
'lf thy foes too much dare / think We
shall be u" more kept nsuuder.
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.. Cunainghan-Grah "a
former member OF PARLIAMENT. who IN
July. lsas. wrote series of articles most
insulting 60 Americans in the westmlns-
ter Gazettel which is given a place Of
honor "a the Saturday Rcvlew Il il tho
most bitter srraignmrnt OF Anglo-Amerl.
can friendship that has appeared for
many a day. The writer deriGes tho af.
ter-dinnor speeches Of Senator pepew,
Lord Salisbury. and others aud declares
this friendship has resulted only In kicks
for Great Britain. iu the cuees OF the Ven.
czueian. san Juan. Alabama aud Behrlne
awards. He says.
I'VE went On pattiuE ourselves upon
our dlaphragms. making cennin that an
those kicks were but symptoms of the
Affection ana love the Americans bore
us. In return for our moral help. which
We gave them iu their brave punching of
their brother Spaniards, they gave us
nothing OF a kindred sort when we start
ed Ia to thrash our brogssur Beers Last
/ ~, on top Of all our condesoensluus like
"A cold bath upou a drunkard come the
clauses of the Senate in the Hay Paunee.
fote treaty, 90 which We are commanded
20 assent to kick number two. and / sup.
pose Lord Salisbury - going 20 turn his
ample shoulders 90 receive It and assure
the kickers of his distinguished consider
alton. and thank them for the energy with
which IL IS bestowed" /"
In connection with the proposed Nicara.
guam canal. Il Is said that when the Unit
ea States definitely decide % build, one
~ the greatest shipbuiidinK concerns in
England viii simultaneously open. on one
o. the Gulf ports. an immense ship yard
Several steel manufacturers are also said
to be considering the odViHabllty Of ea'
tabiishing Amefieau piauls
The Manufacturer Record speaking ia
b. haif Of English trade Says.
THE men who have dominated The me.
tallurgical interests of the world for 80
many years whose trade ramincations cx.
tend to every civilized country are 40
the men 20 Yield 70 Americas supremacy
without sharing in IL by becoming a factoi
ln Americas production. To these giauts
OF industry il is not very material whetl'
er the source OF production b. England
or Pennsylvania or Alabama. The peo
pie % America should welcome the In
coming OF this capital. not only for !U
material benefits. but for that close kin.
ship into which the United States an.
Great Britain would be drawn"