The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19
FUTURE OF THE NATIONS.
b. sB. Fl. ETCHER ROBINSON.

lacks self -respect. AS she prospers She
pretends to despise trade. In other
words, she. too is a snob.
These are serious charges that our
Hungarian friend has made. Let the fair
sex ask themselves IL they be true
The splendid isolation of which Eng
land has made so proud a boast has
ceased to be possible. Her navy Is no
longer the only navy upon the seas. She
could not land troops in Europe. for8they
would be swamped by the immense ma
tional levies 1t would be well for her. no 4
says. to seek an alliance with conti-
mental power,
The stumbling block to such an alli-s
ance is British Imperialism. which
aro,lses the jealousles Of European ma -sS
tiorls. Will we decide to continue Brit
ish prosperity by alliances or will we
/ opposc an unbroken front to the world \
by drawing together our colonies Int 3
splerdid whole? That Is the burning
question Of the British day. IN Emil
Reicll's opinion. tla y. N, 81
In America the Hungarian will get into
serious trouble, He is more severe with
our cousins than with other nations, He
II
la,,the god OF America Is a belief n theS
future OF America
Europe Is considered to be a group OF
| petty nations ready to expire peto the
Vigorous onslaught of American energy,
| The Yankee looks upon the old countries
very much ms we ikuropeans LOOK upo'h
\ the minor States of the Balkan Fenlr-j
| sula. ,i5,
/ On the subject OF the American woman
he writcs with ferocious candor. She de-
slres to be considered Intelligent ana en-
! ergetic. The men regard her without re-5
yolG In a sort OF passive resistance Con
versationally she overwhelms her sup.
merged spouse, and, OH the whole, he ts}
| rather proud of It, Yet. sad to relate,
Amar,ca does not not produce any real-
ly great women, There has set appear
ed no George Eliot George Sand. or
(. Nine. de Stael in the United States q
A America
The breakdown or American maternity,
Is one of the most painful ana serious
4 OF that nations problems Ae SNAKES =
4 mcnn choly head over facts and figures.
1 rhe American man has. he thinks. de
\ veloped too rapidly, He is patient put
/ not FOR a lons time. as has been Witti'y
4 remarked. He Is sersationrr ridden 70 a !!
extreme and his individuality Is NOT Wen
developed. (, y,
i lies tNe fdT, W. NNtN''isr
| class mower. with China awakening from
her slumbers. the United States WI
stand in magnificent position looking y;
] mast and West The Panama Canal VIII
become the centre of the world, Yet y
is doubtful II America will in that :, day
be given free band by Europe son,a
| the States face a confederacy o' 8.anl,'Is
hundred million European people ' Ihatl
is another world problem which DR. Emil
Reich has propopnded Russia heGsYn'
i siders overrated. She has been bug.
bear to Europe, II she can ACQUIRE AZ
.Iics-free port She Will be content e EEL
tie down and develop her huge territories, ,.S
/ Her soldiers are courageous N war; nYt
i her officers HAYS no indtyiduai inteius
gence. Time after time she has essn
\ defeated, and when victorious " has pesn
,i,ly after enormous losses OF life
She is not rich, she has no middle
class. Jews and foreigners aesins az her
traders Her religion is retrasressiys
4, snd. onnresslye. In word, the authnr
has no great fear Il her fos another han.i
drsd years,