The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-01
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Ena1nnd and the rnIted states.

HI
The reports from Europe TO the ef-
feet that the statesmen Of the otd (
World are trying TO promote enmltE
between England and the United
States may very wisely be received
with some caution There probably Is
here and there a European diplomat
:, IA - quietly Iaborlng along that Hne'
but II Is not at all likely that any gen
eraI effort is being made In iac[
there Is nothing Ia the relations be-
tween England and the United states
to suggest the necessity of any thlng
like a concerted movement of the kind
TIE two nations are friendly-nothing
rnore-and the same is true Of the re-
Iations between the United Stats and
the other great Powers As a broad
general rule II may be said that El-
rapean Statesmen are looking out for
the interests OF their own countries
and they are. not concerned in promot-
ing hostility between other nations
except in those special cases wherein
their own countTy's interest NAV be
specially in-elTed-
The most OF these reports seem to
orisinate IN Vienna, and for several
years past there have been frequent
intimations Of Austrian hostility to the
United States on commercial and IN
6ustriaI grounds Austria is tagging
il the race upon both lines, and for
some reason there seems TO be dis
position in that country to blame the
United States for il But 1t would Puz-
zle any Austrian statesman TO show
how his country would be benefited BY
the growth of antagonism between
Great Britain and the United States
Such antagonism would deUract moth
ing from our vast natural resources,
o.. the mechanical skill and tremendous
energy of our people. Neither would
II make Austria any more productive
or progressive.
The truth is thai there is even row
far more industrial and commercial
rivalry between the United States and
Great Britain than there is between
the United states and Austria. Both
OF the great Anglo-Saxon states are
progressive, ard are making strong,
intelligent efforts to advance their Own
interests 10 the fullest extent Our
own country is forging ahead and for
very obvious reasons Still there Is a
race and a rivalry But it is almost
absurd TO speak of Austria and the
United States as being engage II a
struggle for supremacy. We might
with about as much propriety speak
Ct a race between a greyhound and :
tortoise.
What Austria needs more than any
thing else is to wake up She can en-
Tsloy her time TO much better adEan-
tage in developing her own resources
than IN endeaVoring 20 stir Up strife
between other friendly countries. But
II Is not likely that Austrian states
manship is exerting itself very vigor-
ously in any matter relating To the
worlds industrial progress. The states
men Of this heterogeneous empire have
always delighted IN political intrigue
rather tkan il schemes Of progressive
Development.
Whatever some individuals may de-
sire in the way Of a rupture Of friendIy
relations between Great Britain and
America. We can be sure that thzsf
TWO nations viii come very near set
ting their own affairs in their ovgr
way; and also that no hostile clash
between them would contribute much
70 the prosI.efIty OF any other coun-
IZ Il thTe - q nation in Europe
thai has no hope for the future save
in either an armed struggle OF a COM
TnerciaI war between the United state.
and Great Britain, it might as wed
abandon all hope and fade into moth
ingness at once But there Is reaIl,
very little basis for these reports
They probably rest upon the utter
Rnces Of very few individuals