The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-18

| States, ana OF the Willingness OIL tIelf
people, revealed, as the Listok afffrms,
| in the Spanish war, to use them for the
| forcible expansion of the trade and ter
ritory. The statesmen of Europe, them
selves devoted to the enrichment of
their states through transmarine ac-
QUESTIONS, do not know exactly what
course America will pursue in her new
greatness, and, beside recognizing clear
ly that she is stronger than any single
state of the continent, doubt IN their
hears whether, if all who speak English
stood together, it would be possible for
any coalition, even If it covered all 9TH
er civilized states, to raise up any suffl-
cient obstacles to American designs.
They cannot conceive that such a mass
of power can be used for any but selfish
ends, and are, therefore, genuinely
alarmed. France cannot forget the ter
rible blow recently given to Latin
people Of whom she thinks herself pro-
tectress; Germany sees the pathway to
the great colonies of which she dreams
blocked by the Monroe doctrine; Italy Is
always raging at the treatment of her
Neapolitan emigrants; the Vatican,
which counts among the powers, is flu
rious at the overthrow Of Spain, and
Russia, most seriously breads, as the
Listok admits, interference with her
great plans for controlling China and
seating herself forever on the shore or
the north Pacitlc. Those plans, which
are really able, and which will convert
the vast Asiatic dominions of the ear,
now only burden on the empire. into
the most valuable possessions, have
taken as strong hold of the governing
classes of Europe as their old dream of
inherting Turkey, and they watch
both America and England, as potential
obstacles in the far east. with a Jealousy
and spite which renders it difficult to
obtain hearing in St. Petersburg for
the wisest plan Of compromise
The I-istok, as Americans will see,
actually speaks of a combination of Eu-
rope--that Is, of the continent, for our
interest Is identical with that Of Amer
lea TO resist them In China alone and
every new assertion by Washington of
its right to protect it's interests every
where deepens the latent hostility.
There is a note Of positive anger, as well
as surprise, that the Union should ven
lNic w thieateli q I'ul Cl'Saii poNSi my
turkey IN order 70 ENFORCE Pecuhiary
opllgation, ana menace Is addressed
to her which, If England Joined in II
would be of the gravest kind, but which,
as England does not Join In IT, only be-
trays the bitterest annoyance, 1T Is
mishiS illpropaple' says we A-is'oM,
that the thing VIII go so far as naval
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ior there are powers ~
Hulope' VIII russia u! Wy Nal' VIZ
WIZ lose no tithe IN reminding the oh'-
.eu states that tne EUROPEAN cohcefe
nus IN the past mace sacrlnce on iar VOC
etehslVe scaie IN me settlement Oh tl'e
question: Oh Tree passage throusn the
straits 10 tnlnK % ailoWing tne unlteu
states now 10 nullly at'a stroke asree-
inents Wnlcn nave COST SO niuch pioou al
working out lnRt menace mas at
ieast 'he merit OF denniteness' HoWeV-
er much turkey may wrong the unitea
states American snlps are not TO pass
.he STRUTS III oruer 10 exact reuress
rom oohstalitlhople' uliuer pehaitS oL
pelhg ploWh by RUSSIAN German ana
austrian shlps out OF the water
me disturbance Oh tne european gov
erlineil'S 10 ihcreaseu py TWO causes Oh
"nich Americans are naturaily only
pattiaHy aware, one is tne heWhess OIL
the american intrusion INTO Woriu-
wlue pohtics' european Statesmen
might one would 'hlhk, nave loreseeh
that state with World-Wlde interests
Woulu nave Worldwide actloh' put IL
Is u'lilcuit 70 get ria OF prepoSsessloh'
ana 'hey were prepossesseu WltH tne no
tioh that as america protessea lndliler-
ehce TO everything OUTSIDE tne western |
hemisphere she would under all CIR
cumstances ieaVe the eastern one alone
WIN words, says Dlsraeh' we gov
cru nlen ana certainty words GO some
tlrnes seem TO nave an the force OF re-
allties' Ihat Illusion mas neeh uispelleu'
a new Wofld power insists on recosnl-
toi, ana just 10 Degln with, without |
nuch EFFORT strikes an ancient european
monarchy 70 lts knees. 10 men emped-
ueu IN tradltlons that event Is most as
'urpihs'
Inc continental governments nave
many arrangements among themselves