Arizona republican., 1903-09-27
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SEPT. 27, 1905
For an Englisnman's Enlightenment.

An intelligent ard patriotic English man who signs himself James Knowles writes from Tempe a long letter to The Republican in expression of his dis satisfaction with an editorial which appeared recently in these columns on the subject of Joseph Chamberlain and his new tariff propaganda We regret that MT. Knowles communication hap pens to be toe lengthy for publication at this time. Although he does not state his specific grievance against The Republican until after he has devoted many pages to showing that Ameri- cans generally are unfrie1dly to Eng he comes to the real text of his letter in this fashion:
 ''I also found to my great chagrin that though l had spent somewhere be- tween five and six years in South Africa; that though I had partaken in the famous Jameson raid and had spent weeks in the Pretoria jail on it's be- half: that though I had spent over l year and a half in the country during the recent war, it counted as filthy rags in the eyes of a true-born Ameri- car who had read the papers and knew it all. They could tell me more in five minutes of untrammeled speech than I could learn in five years sojourn at the seat of war anu of late l have spent much of my time in uncon- cealed wonderment as to their source of information.
 "As a journalist, you, kind sir, may know. Only day or so ago a leader in your interesting columns was being discussed by a couple of men in my hearing The subject of your pen it appears was no other than the luck less and much Elaligned English states man, known at home as a Right Hon. orable Adviser of the King. but fami- liar to the American public as Joe Chamberlain" It appears that in your merciless dissection of this English statesman you acquainted your read ing constituency with the fact that the sole aim of Joe in his bill for tariff re- vision was to stultify and injure the United States; and the manner in which the two gentlemen aforesaid were handling Joseph would, am sure. have given him bad night had any body been cruel enought to put him next
 Who told you all about MT. Cham berlain? Who, in Gods name, laid bare his heart to you, Mir Editor, told you his thoughts and exposed his inmost soul to your all-searching eye? And who, on the other hand, teaches you and many in your vocation that you are justified in presenting to a guilt ble and ignorant public such pictures of England as you issue from time to time for their edifica tion?"
 It appears. after all, that MT. Knowles main complaint against The Republican is that it did not state a. fact in saying that MT. Chamberlain's revised programme of retaliatory tar ifs is aimed chiefly against the United States and Germany. MT Knowles letter is taken up mainly with an in dictment of the American people for their unfriendliness to England during the Boer war, and for their impotence in pretending to know anything Of English politics In lofty and admir- ably satirical manner he disposes Of The Republican by saying:
 ''The statement that Chamberlain is planning a special attack on the Unit cd States is nonsense. and is certainly not conducive to a friendly American feeling toward the most important per sonage in British affairs. The state ntnt that Chamberlain or any one else fears the advance of either Germany or the United States is the disclosure of secret which prior to this publica- tion has been In the sole possession of 
 Chamberlain has, I am confident, the unfaltering faith of the English peo- pie. and in good time if he be spared he will accomplish the task to him all lotted, and the world is yet to realize the Imperial Federation of the Great British empire, with England as the head"
 Not daring to be facetious with MT. Knowles-for we wish not to make this notice complicated or difficult to under stand-we shall not tell him that we got our information concerning MT. Chamberlain through telepathy. Our correspondent is pained to learn that Americans are so familiar with Brit ish affairs. This familiarity is due to the fact that Americans are newspaper readers, and it is the business of first class American newspapers to- keep fairly well informed of events through out the world. MT. Knowles is a typi- cal Englishman, and he betrays his in- suiar narrowness in failing to take note of the accuracy of American informa- tion concerning European affairs. As a matter of cold fact, the average American newspaper reader is better informed as to the trend of political affairs in England than is the average Englishman himself. This is because