The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30
HIS POETRY NOT POPULAR.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD WRITES A
SONNET TO COLUMBIA.
mousIy Shared I'm by Britons Is
Evidenced In Bitter Attacks on
American Idea of Reciprocatfen.

LONDON. Dec. 2e.-Reviews Of the year
and century fill the weekly and daily pa
pers. In the latter and broader neld tne
writers find greater satisfaction INT
Americas part in England's history ng-
ures prominently. Sir Edwin Arnold sig-
nalizes the new century with sonnet.
Greeting Columbia, England says:
II send thee motherly kiss and benson,
love me or love me not
Hap what may hap, my pride and prayers
watch thy bright course negun from
me, and speakest my shakespeares
speech.
God GO with thee"
Columbia answers
'If thy foes too much dare, l think we
shall be no more kept asunder
Than two great clouds in heaven that hold
tho thunder"
That Sir Edwin Arnold's views are not
unanimously shared can be judged from
letter of Cunningham Graham "a former
member Of parliament who, in July, lsNs,
wrote a series of articles most insulting
TO Americans in the Westminster Gazette),
which is given place Of honor In the
Saturday Review. 1t is the most bitter
arraignment of Anglo American friendship
that has appeared for many day. the
writer decries the after-dinner speeches OF
Senator Depew, Lord Salisbury and 9TH
ers, and declares that this friendship has
resulted only In kicks for Great Britain
in the cases of Venezuela, San Juan, Ala
bama and Boring sea awards. He says:
Symptoms of Affection.
I'VE went on patting ourselves upon our
diaphgrams making certain that all those
kicks were but symptoms of affection and
love the Americans bore us. In return Tor
moral help which we gave them in their
brave furnishing of their brother Spaniards
they gave US nothing OF a kindred sort
when we started in 10 thrash our brother
Beers. Lastly, on top OF all our condescen-
sions, like cold bath on drunkard,
comes the clause OF the senate in the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty by 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 as
sure the kIckers of his distinguished con-
sideration and thank them for the energy
with which 1t Is bestowed 1t seems inn
the canal could be defended even though
fortified, in case of war, but then the
liar and expert Is a comparison almost
proverbial in this commercial age.
TT looks as X we had voluntarily, by
our mean and senseless conduct In the
Spanish-Yankee war. placed ourselves in
the position of man who. having lost
the world. imagined he had gained his
soul, but, on consideration, found his prize
was mere hypothesis"
What Canal VIII Bring.
In connection with the Nicaraguan ca
nal 1t IL said that when the United States
definitely decides to build one of the
greatest concerns In England will stimuli
taneously open on one of the Gulf ports
an immense shipyard. Several steel man
ufacturers are also said to be considering
the ACCESSIBILITY of establishing American
plants. The Manufacturers Record.
speaking in behalf of English trade says:
THE men who have dominated the metal
interests of the world for so many years.
whose trade qualifications extend to every
civilized country. are not the men TO yield
to American supremacy without sharing
in II by becoming factor in Americas
production. To these giants of industry II
is not very material whether the source
of production is England or Pennsylvania.
or Alabama. The people OF America should
welcome the incoming of this capital. not
only for its material benefit, but for that
close kinship into which the United States
and Great Britain would be drawn"
George Watson's desertion of the Hem
dersons and hts employment by the Dem
nys. who have never built sailing yachts
of any description, to construct Sir
Thomas Liptons second America cup
challenger, has created much discussion.