The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-22
The Enrri,hman in America.

To rur Rprrog or TIE srs-!s. Ian T,ukit5s
man have been In this country over Jeav and car
eAudidly say that from the very beginning hav.
found the Americans with whom have come II
contact socially. charming.
IL certainly would be By no means fair - them
to consider all New Workers Americans; TO-
believe am nsAt In ssyiae thst OF all the large
cl-le5 IN tue world Mex York Is bv Ear the uooit
cosmopolitan.
think itsat.tal error to srar criticism nc'ion,
and individuals, Tor, as We all know comp nsons
are odious" One natlon Is Just as good as anothet.
and not one Is perfect.
In my opinion II Is bad taste 20 rIn down sni
condemn wholesale the inhabitants Of any on.
2snlrulAr country. and rtrtcularIy 80 when !,
happens % DC the countr- "a which olt ; earning
ones living.
am truly sorry to see that any OF my oountrv
men should have written In the way they aave done.
and can only hope that In ths very near future
their feelings toR ard the Americans may veer
round In the opposite direction.
BRooELfS, Jan. 81. Az EEcIIsHMU
To THE EDITOR OF Tuz Sux--sv, It Always
Amuses an Engshman TO be called allen IN
this country-especlaly by men who are them
selves aliens-and very vcrdant ones. too. This
counlD. was all practically settled by Engllshneu
so they next 10 the Indians were the original In
hablianis here. and the English Government vas
driven out practically 20 EngllShmen or ther
descendants. 4 H. !
NEW YoRK. Jan. II.
nshmAu and graduate OF an American university.
VINO having spent many years In this country Is
under so great sense OF Indebtedness Tor inuurn
cradle kndnrsses received ar the hAuts OF Amen
cans that despair OF ever repayng them. nav
have word In The very dScredltabie controversy
regarding Engllshuien7
have met Tnglshncu and Americans In ever
quarter OF the habltable globe from chlna to Soui1
Afrra- from Mexico 70 New zealand. have seen 1
them Fighting shoulder to shoulder In samoa II d."
fence o; their mutual rights and Interests. treauur
one another as friends and brothers.
Here IL Pennsylvania I; IS common TO hear 10
remark well. there are 10 blanky foreign miners
In this place; They're mostly English and Weiss
and this from Anc ncans
In spite OF the vAponRgs and petty blckcrtpy'
OF alleged men Of both nstlonaliucs. there ure ue
nations whose personal aud national rharartcrs
lncllnailons. ambitions and drsuries are mo"
closely allied and interviewer with the bet,ermep'
OF mankind and the advancement OF civilization.
and there never have been.
II can be only With feelings Of rrpugnsnoe and
disgust that the true american ard the true Ers
llshman view ths Acrimo ous aud uuprohta5r
controversy In your columns.
FItILApELPHIA. Jan - rs. DR. BCBOH WHY"
To THE ED1ToH or Inv suN-sh: 7 an En-
frshman and God knows n any country has reason
70 hate Great Britain II is Ireland yet IN che Enc
Gld Isle itself one never hears even from ft~ MOI
extreme Nationalist such rampant Animoslir ~
gome Of youF correspondents express.
am an IrishrAn aud ! am proud OF It, sst ne1
comes THE pride thai belong to the Brlush Empire
which recalls old Rome but & IS G~cfrr m
being mighiler and more extensive tran nc Roman
Empire ever was.
Amerco.1s do not Ike Great Britain aud nor
without cause: but from my knowt dgc OF tnein
unhcslialingy say that were Great BHisln In ans
real danger tomorrow. the Unlied States Vplli
be the 0rst and probably the only one "a stand b.
her. FOR ,lood 10 thicker than water.
As 70 hoistng British nag let me tel how Gree
Britain behaved on one Fourth OF July SeverA
United states warships happened tn be In Corr
hRrbOr and at about the same time tour British
wRnhips When The Fourth came the American
ships. as matter Of course, dressed ship 70 ceie
brAte the day. His Mai'sty's ships did the Sane
sye. and al u o'clock noon boosted the stan a1d
Stripes 70 a salute Of iwenty-oue guns.
HTlush ships actually celebrating the de'es' Of
their predecessors AMI BIdol
BRooKL IN, Jan. 70.
To rHx EDITOR OF TIT suS-Sfr those amer
cans one OF your r rnsh correspondents calls ny
phtnAted sborllols- superior 70 the people h'
len In England. The Inhabitants OF this city hs''
always bern CLEANER, brighter, better dressed
mor- industrious more energetic. more moral AM
better educated tnan those Of London We should
sead some appreciated sbortiOns- 20 the Englsh
metropolis for lis education and improvement.
The ATTACK is unwArranted. since your CORE
tpondeni selrcts only part OF EnglAnd's criucs
20 be hs target. she has few friends among
Americans OF order uneage a. among those OF Irish
descent. KnglsnmCn should attach n,Ilo
Ing 20 TOE portl al speeches made al certain ban
auets, where much s said about the mythoogicsl
Anglo Saxon, woo Is supposed 10 have run poor
old Atlas out OF his lob OF carrying the word upoa
bis shoulders, outside New York. which Is AlEay,
nbe mi ana tolerant there seems 70 be little warmth
OF feeling Tor England. * A1EEicAS.
NV YORK, Jan. II.