Washington sentinel., 1901-03-02
ENGLAND.
England and Germany.
PsSfey LIoyf
ENGLAND.
Psfey Lhyd

Y Germany. The leading London new
! papers are not Aaltering an illustriOr
guest; they are merely EXPIRE essiDg th
sincere and uni'er al opinion OF IN
nation when they declare with one voic
| that no foreign sovereign has ever bee
! so popular in England as Kaiser WilllaT
I ii. is today.
, No one wall seriously maintain tina
the journey OF the German Emperor {,
be present at the deaihbed Of his grand
mother was dictated by politica
motives, yet today every one recognize
that that buried voyage, undertaken
solely from family affection, may an,
must have some p 'litical result. Evei
II one regards the Kaiser's appOintmen
as an English field marshal. and th,
besiowal OF the Garter upon his Sol
and heir, merely as the expression o
the thanks Of King for the sympathy o
an Emperor, i. is possible to find IN thu
speeches and addresses something NOR,
than courtIy compliments and the inter
change of family amenities In the
speeches which King Edward made or
the one occasion TO the Emperor
and on the other 10 the Crown Prince
there is note Of ls cling struck which il
more than that OF family griei and low,
there IS note OF sympathy and
union, not only between one roy j house
| aud another, but between land and land
between nation and uatIon. The con
ventiOnal rxpression Of sympathy for ar
occasion is extended TO embrace
friendly recognition OF the real meaning
Of friendship tor both parties; the wish
for peaceful progress toR ether in the
sphere Of policy can be easily trausl ted
TO mean a desire for mutual and united
efforts towards the advancement OF the
two nations King Edward spoke
frankly, MAY these two great nations"
he said, pass onward. hand in hand. tc
the great goal, which Is the establish
ment Of peace and the Advancement o
civilization"
This is not the first time that sucl
words have come from the mouth Of ar
Englisbman II is just sixteen yeaI
since Gladstone declared in almost thu
same words that he yielded to none il
his admiration for Germany. III SAIL
he. Germany becomss a colonizinf
power, will be she-Rrst 40 call dowa
Gods blessing upon her; Germany an I
England will be friends and allies Tor the
good Of mankind. / hail wiih Joy her
entry into this new sphere ofactivitv, an &
am honestly thankful that she win + 2
our companion and helper in the wor
of spreading the light Of civilization
less civilized countries" These re
markable words Of Gladstone's were
quoted IN the Reichstag, and the speakt z
OF them was heartily thanked by Bi =
marck, the same Bismarck whose nan
the Arg 'ophobes in Germany have pee
so ready to invoke when there was aiY
chance OF sowing dissension between tie
two countries
In the sixteen years that have pass ID
by the words and wishes OF these two
great men have been over and over
again forgotten. In England the peop e,
with britannia rules the waves" rir &
ing in their heads, looked on half ans ~
and half scurniul when their lan6cu en-
cousins suddenly took to the sea. Too ay
the people Of both countries have re iii.
zed that the immediate future OF bMh
countries can only be assured 10y 4 cir
mutual friendship; that it must be .ne
task Of their statesmen 10 carry 5ut
| the wishes Of the SovereIgns on b 9th
! sides; and the yappr0cheMeHf betw zen
| England aud Germany is not a 10
mentary impulse arising out OF uni lue
| occasion, but a great pollcy wi ich
finds its Justification in the assure nee
Of peace for the world, and " ich
| has Tor its object the lurthC nee
o civilization. Nothing o higher al lity
could be effected than this uuderst md.
ing. which cannot but tend to the
strengthening OF the Triple Ali mce
itself, SO Lord Salisbury has sa d. a
fortunate thing for the world at lar e.
Ia this best OF all possible world that
expedient has always been the most
successful which fills uD the gaps l. Il by
former generations. Il is some time since
an anti English'policy was likely o. fnd
favor with the German peOpe; but the
thunder Of the cannon in the Trar svaal
called into being an extraordina ex.
citcment in the German newsp. pefs,
indeed throughout the whole rltiou
Then the Kaiser paid a visit to Enl land
and manifested personally to Queen
Victoria in Windsor Castle his sym pat ly
with the English side When thi VI
tories Of Lord Roberts destroy, q al
hopes that the Beers would ppssrve
their independence the Kaiser 50 NJ his
congratulations TO London thus setting
directly in opposition to the openly
expressed sympathies ofthe great ir par
ofhis subjects. Finally. when the Angie
German Agreement IN Chinese n1tter
was settled, the door OF the Iriperia
Court was shut N the face OF ths ageC
Kruger who was com ng o uniI ID hii
] | tile OF woe
/ TODAY there are few Nho ID no
, gratefully recognize the effect 3f thi
policy OF the r mperor, as II regs rds IN
peculiar interests OF German Ri
} wise and determined efforts e., brin
about an Anglo German unders andin
= have not in the slightest degr ee biz
I dered him in his policy of doing a
= best for his people aud his cour Try, o.,
have they prevented him from mcreai
c ing the strength ofhis feet. 70 G ermail
j. intends to follow the line Of ac tioE s.
II has marked out for herself. she an na
a no more valuable asset than a irient
understanding with Englani o
- greater help in her wandering, over fs
g to the iurthest Fast and the ex rcmitr
Of the West than tn find the Ruler