Waterbury Democrat., 1902-04-23
NOT GOOD AMERICANS
John Hays Hammond Makes Notable Speech In London.
AEGLOMANIACS ROUGHLY HANDLED.
"A We'll Meaning but Discredited Glass; Says the Famous Engf- neer-PIea For Generous Treat
 ment of Boers by British.

| neer-PIea For Generous Treaf- ment of Boers by British.
 LONDON, April 23.-"I must advise you not to pay too much attention to l the extravagant expressions of friend ship of certain well meaning but dis credited class called in America Anglo maniacs.' That was the keynote of a l speech made by John Hays Hammond, l the American engineer, last night be- l fore notable gathering, including Lord Grey and others interested in Anglo American and South African matters, at a dinner given in honor of Mir. Ham mond's return to England. With pun I gent sentences MT. Hammond explain ed to his English audience the depth of and reason for American sympathy with the Boers, and, as "a candid though a genuine friend of Anglo-Sax- on friendship" he impressed his hear CTS with Great Britain's total lack of effort to counteract the pro-Boer senti- ment in the United States. With equal 1 frankneSs MT. Hammond urged that Great Britain be generous in her de- mands. Your American friends" he declared, most earnestly hope that i'll arranging terms of peace wise hberali- 1 ty will be shown to the Boers."
 l Such a statement coming from one who in the same speech referred to his Imprisonment at Pretoria on account of his anti-Boer tendencies produced a rather striking effect. The American Anglophobes came in for equal criti- cism with the Anglomaniacs in Mir. ] TT 7pe5 ~.f classes" said Mr. Hammond, "are the fotsam and jetsam of the American l population. The citizens who com 1 pose the important body of our popu- lation are the opponents of American ism in it's highest form. They are the ] true Americans, whether of British, German or whatever ancestry. It is a trite but nevertheless an almost ire sistibie argument that our nations should stand together because blood is thicker than water. In default of oth- CT reasons this sentiment on many memorable occasions has prevailed and saved the day.
 But we must be prepared hencefor- ward to urge our claims for conjoint action respecting important interna- Gonal issues upon. not a racial but moral basis-namely, that our claim is just one-for I believe that to both nations justice is the cornerstone of i their international structure"
 To this conservative and unbiased section of the American community
 Mir. Hammond averred that England has not condescended to explain" To this lack of condescension MT. 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- rived from the political emissaries of the Boers and the writings and speech es of the British pro-Boers, under which circumstances, he said, it was not surprising that the .'corrupt Trans vaal oligarchy, masquerading under the name of the little sister republic. had secured the aid and sympathy of America. However much we British and Americans differ from the Boers politically, we are compelled to ad- mire the plucky fight made by the un- fortunate and deluded Boers now un- der armS''