The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-01-01
TWO ENGLISH WRITERS ON
AMERICA.
sHAOoWED BY HATE
Sir Edwin Gushes in Poetry Gun
ningham-G Graham Roasts
in Prose.

London, Dec. 29-Reviews OF the
year and century fill the weekly and
daily papers. In the latter and
broader field, the writers find greater
satisfaction that Americas part in
England's history figures prominently.
Sir Edwin Arnold signalizes the
new century with a sonnet. Greeting
Columbia, England says:
IT send thee a motherly kiss and
benizon, love me or love me not.
Hap what may hap, my pride and
prayers watch thy bright course
begun.
Thou dost uphold the lessons learned
from me and speakest my Shake
speare S speech,
God go with thee"
Columbia answers:
eff thy foes too much dare, I think
we shall be no more kept asunder.
Than two great clouds in heaven
that hold the thunder"
That Sir Edwin Arnold's views are
not unanimously shared car be ,guaged
from the letter of Cunningham-Gr
ham, former member of parliament,
who, in July, 1888, wrote a series Of
articles most insulting to the Ameri-
cans, in the Westminster Gazette,
which is given the place of honor in
the Saturday Review. 1t is the most
bitter arraignment of the Anglo
American friendship that has appeared
for many days.
The writer cites the after dinner
speeches Of Senator Depew, Lord
Salisbury and others and declares this
friendship has resulted only i'll kicks
for Great Britain in the cases OF the
Venezuela, San Juan, Alabama and
Behring awards.
He says: ''We went on patting
ourselves upon our diaphrams, max
ing certain that all these kicks were
but symptoms Of affection and love
the Americans bore us. In return for
our moral help, which we gave them
in their brave Furnishing of their
brother Spaniards, they gave us moth
ing of a kindred sort when we started
in to thrash our brother Beers. Last
ly, on top of all our condescensions,
like a cold bath upon a drunkard,
come the clauses of the senate in the
y-Pauncefote treaty, to which we
are commanded to assent to kick mum
Der 20, and I suppose LORD Salisbury
is going to turn his ample shoulders
to receive it and assure the kickers of
his distinguished consideration and
thank them for the energy with which
it is bestowed.
st seems impossible, so experts tell
us, that the canal could be defended,
even though fortified, in case of war,
but then, a liar, a damned liar and an
expert is a comparison almost pro-
verbal in this commercial age. 1t
looks as if we had voluntarily, by our
mean and senseless conduct in the
| Spanish Yankee war, placed ourselves
III the position of a "a having lost
the world imagined he had gained his
soul, but, on consideration, found his
prize was a mere hypothesis.
In connection with the proposed
Nicaraguan canal it is said that when
the United States definitely decides to
build, one of the greatest shlp-build-
ing concerns in England will stimuli.
%taneously open on n Of the gull
ports an immense ship yard.
Several steel manufacturers are
also said to be considering the advisa,
bility of establishing American plants.
FLOUR GOES UP.
Chicago, Dec. 29-May wheat rose
2 cents and Minneapolis reports said
the millers had advanced -four IL
cents 81.