The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-04-24
NOT GOOD AMERICANS
John Hays Hammond Makes
Notable Speech IN London.
iNCLOMANlACS ROUGHLY HANDLED
"A Well Meaning hut Discrcdited
Glass" Says the Famous Engi-
ncer-PIen For Generous Treat
ment OF Beers by British.


ment OF Beers by British.
LONDON April 23.--'I must advise
you not to pay too much attention to
the eXtravagant expressions of friend
ship of certain well meaning but dis
edited class called in America Anglo
lniacs.'" That was the keynote of
aech made by John Hays Hammond,
American engineer, fast night be-
. a notable gathering, including Lord
oy and others Interested in Anglo
lCrican and South African matters,
Il dinner given i'm honor of Mr.. Ham
Hond's return to England. With pun
gent sentences Mr. Hammond explain
ed to his English audience the depth
Of and reason for American sympathy
with the Beers. and, as "a candid
though a genuine friend of Anglo-SaX-
pn friendship" he impressed his hear
trs with Great Brtain's total lack Of
effort to counteract the proBoer senti-
nent in the United States With equal
trankness Mr.. Hammond urged that
Great Britain be generous in her de-
mauds Your American friends" he
declared, "most earnestly hope that in
arranging terms of peace wise liberali-
~ will be shown to the Boers.'
Such Il statement coming from one
who in the same speech referred to his
Imprisonment at Pretoria on account of
,is ant-Boer tendencies produced
rather striking effect. The American
Anelophobes came in for equal criti-
,lsm with the Anglomaniacs in Mr..
Hammonds remarks. Both of these
,lasses," said Mr.. Hammond. ARE the
sotsam and jetsam of the American
population The citizens who COM
pose the important body of our popu-
alton are the eXpOnents of American
SIN in its highest form. They are the
rue Americans, whether of British,
German or whatever ancestry. 1t is
rite but nevertheless an almost ire
dstible argument that our nations
,hould stand together because blood is
thicker than water. IN default of 9TH
sr reasons this sentiment on many
memorable occasions has prevailed and
Iaved the day.
But we must be prepared hencefor-
ward to urge our claims for conjoint
HtliOh ttbptCtlhS ihtSiho-
ional issues upon not a racial but a
moral bass-namely, that our claim is
just One-for l believe that to both
aations justice is the cornerstone Of
heir international structure"
To this conservative and unbiased
;Jction of the American community
+. Hammond averred that England
AS not condescended to explain"
70 this lack of cOndescension Mr..
Hammond attributed the general pro-
Boer sentiment" which he found upon
his return to the United States in 1900.
The speaker pointed out that American
Impressions of the BOer war were de-
ived from the political emissaries Of
he Beers and the writings and speech
IS of the British pro-Boers, under
which circumstances, he said, it was
lot surprising that the corrupt Trans
raal oligarchy, masqueradng under
he name of the little sister republic
lad secured the aid and sympathy of
America. However much we British
md Americans differ from the Beers
politically, we are compelled to ad-
nire the plucky fight made by the un-
fortunate and deluded Beers now un-
Ter arms