The evening times., 1900-03-03
AWAITING AmERICA'S ACTION.
The French People Fave Faith in
the United states.


PARIS, Feb. 16.-Frenchmen understand
perfectly well the state CT mind that the
Transvaal war has resulted in creating In
the United States. They appreciate how
strong and legitimate are racial bonds. and
realize the force OF the Anglo-saxon ele-
ment in the great sister republic. They
may be dreamers. sometimes but they are
much less ignorant Of foreign matters than
is occasionally supposed. and have the
characteristic OF being more just to Others
than to themselves. They are given to
criticise and sometimes to condemn them
selves. with as much ardor as inspires 9TH
ers in hiding their faults and yaunting
their virtues
It is an absolute truth. and as such
should be known In the United States. that
public opinion In France has experienced
keen satisfaction at witnessing the precise
measurement taken by the American peo-
pie Of the consequences Of Mr.. Chamber
lain's Imperialism, and Of the Unsuitable
appetites Of the cosmopolitan fnanciers
and stock exchange pirates of two worlds
consequences that affect the peace. pros
perity, and rational Development Of mighty
races, or Of weak ones striving TO live their
own lives in independence.
Besides the Anglo-Sa Saxon element in the
different States Of the American Union.
there are Irish, Germans, Scandinayians
Siavs. Latins Spanish, Italians. and
French, all loyal always to the new and
great land OF their adoption. To their new
country they brought Inherent character
istics persistent traditions. original men
tai predictions. iuefaceable memories OF
their old national griefs. and also. some
Of them, hopes that are never Obiterated
in a really strong race. because such con-
stitute distinctive national marks.
Row could IL be possible that from such
4 blending Of different elements. ground
together, as IL we're. in the mortar OF the
Union any other residue could result Jnan
a fusion OF force, justice. honesty. and
veritable grandeur How could such con-
crete nation approve an lnIquitous war
undertaken for the sole purpose OF pro
tectiDg the stockholders Of the Chartered
Companies and turning over South Africa
20 a band OF shameless metdlersy
Yet the French Republic has faith in
the Republic OF the United States; and the
French people who. in the darkness Of the
present hour. seek always 10 illustrate
their way by the lights Of history. rejoice
when they consider the various elements
composing the population OF the Union,
for they recall the lesson taught b. histo-
ry, that those nations alone nave played
the greatest part which had for their peo-
pie an agglomerated human family. found
Ing a new race Of the many branches root
ed in other soils.
Was it not this that produced the grand
eur Of France. in its fusion Of the Celtic,
Greek. Roman. and Germanic peoples
Was 20 not the Greeks OF PhOcia who car
rieJ 90 the Mediterranean literal OF Gaul
their commercial activity and their spirit
Tor maritime adventures, Did not the
Romans leave on Celtic soil deposit which
scarcely a century later gave II poets, his
t0riaus. and emperors2 Still later. was II
not The Franks OF the Middle Ages who es-
tablished amCng the Gauls that feudal or
EauZaiiOn which for centuries infused or
der into the chaos OF the great invasious2
And later still. when new nations we're
forming and rising alive from fallen en-
pires. like flowers sproutirg from ruins.
the France Of the sixteenth century trans
pGrled the Renaissance from Italy CEN
tury later she went 10 seek among the TO
mauCes Of the Cid the first g.o-ioLs man
Hesitation of her classic theatre; the
France of the eighteenth cen ury bor-
rowcd from England the doctrines CT self
government, and the France OF the be
ginning Of the nineteenth century from
Germsuy's Schiller and Goethe imbibed
the hrst action Of the romantic move
mCEL
Unhappy the people OF a single race,
/ who possess only a single races de-
fects and qualities The future Is foJ
those who. by a happy combination OF
[ various elements. are created to win.
This is the case with the United States
( OF America soul is formed in that
country which Is already great and viii
/ become far greater sfill II il knows how,
1 II &c wishes. and IL il dares 70 put aside
/ all that vhieh sterilizes noble and gener-