Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-11

rant concerning America ana Amen
can Affairs. Thss country Is intensely
Ianti-Amorlcan. make the statement
adylseeiy / 60 further than Bishop
Potter DO not men that the American
Is met Ia any yisif'v unfricndiy spirit.
on the contrary he Is welcomed In the
shop" because he spends money free
/ Is: IN the 0fawlngroom because he Is
La curiosity. But deep down la the
ncart ol this inaulnr Kngueh cousin Of
ours there burns a very real dislike
for America and Americans.
TO analyze this Is dimcalt An Eng
I lishman Ha, an American by adoption
Is IN better position 90 Judge than
either the asngllshman rCridcnt at his
/ NE here. or the American visitor who
/ lodges ln bloomsbury The mQneyed
0xcresence 10 not given cnauce 90
know. The normal American being UNI
ohstrualVe, sometimes learns tho true
inside OF the Britlsher's Keeling for
america and Amoucars. he is SUM
elently well bred and broad gagged
10 realize that when the Grass yal-
gnrity OF the ohHlru3iyo american and
tho Grass lmlGance OF the average
| Englisnman come together. tho result
is noe hkeiy 20 bo a satisfactory BLEND.
An explosion ls almost inevitable. or
/ fetal Circles are tho least likely % feel
this lack Of sympathy.
We hear much oi The Increasing
Il froudllness of the two countries and 1
have no doubt that officially this is 90
i where q is commercial necessity and
hecauae of an Improved tone OF tle
American embassy, but socially 4 Is
MT So, and I am sorry 10 say there !.
some reason TO doubt the efficacy o.
certain luGuoncGH such as Rhodes
Relationships that were Intended as
/ means 20 the crd Of bringing the two
Countries closer along the lines Of
, arts science. literature, and hence so
cial Intercourse.
Discussion Of the Thaw case.
/, The Tbaw case Is much discussed. L
{ b OF peculiar interest because one o.
k ,mgiands American poereasea Is th'
3 sister Of the maa who murdered
2 White. Here In England only th'
( bald facts have appeared. We arr
l happily spared molt Of the specla
J. pleading .or the one side and th'
other that has been conducted by IN
American newspapers. We read ina
e Thaw killed white We knew rhaw
/ we knew Waite; and se know Eveiyl
. Florence Nesbit
Engllshmen do not understand hos
Thaw can y ssihiy escape ihe mul
J. derer's doom, Unless it he 20 take rel
uaa "a q padded cell Tor the REMAND
I Tor OF hts Gays. England has f0i
!, gotten an about the unwrltton law
y but Tnriishmen stand frmiy on "a
= written law England n8uAaily hanK
! a murderer. and does the JOB prompt
y lly England does not recognize IN
y power Of moroy 20 bay a moments =
= spite. England has no sympathy VII
4 the delays Ia the execution OF he
:. criminal lass. Hence the IhAW cas-
y Is much discussed On every circle iu'
y now~-not .ecauae 81 any real intere.
= I'm the case--inat % Ell Ovcr-Dut bI
n cause OF the peculiar possibility, gray
ally discussed. Of The slayer OF Wait
"a ever by any chance walking ihe atree'
ala iroa man, and thoy say
M How very American such o reau
IN would be-.
Y nut OH this show * seltrlghieou
M ness in one quartoF does not qulte CO.
N ceal very decided symptoms Of ner
IN business IN another.
RI "Asond "a pohtiuiY Ane NlVHt ~
~ moral city Ia the world sad inspe
so ltor Frost 10 me one day recently. Fro
b Is not a talkatlve man, but Frost know
IA more about the inner and the hlGhe
n. worst side OF London than any 9th
81 one man IN this metropolis Think ID
~ Tor ono moment that my friend Fro
III makes a conhdaut OF me- no air. J
M has no cOnhdant exert inspect
M Frost He places implicit trust In b
"a Scotland Yard subordlnates, but the
n. Is no leaking, no habbliug IN or o
ne Of clcsots or cups ON the part
40 Scotland Yard. as the newspaper ml
n seeking information worry Qulckly d
Mel covers
hel The threatened disclosures of Z
M. sordid and shameless ne Of New 70
lad --aa exposure hy che way that alreh
,W. ihas brought a number OF unwelcoi
lor men and women ol The "laahlonal
.ho FAST set oi America 90 use hotels {
queutcd hy shat idle unknown-h
md caused Gutter ln certain society
se clog' % London.
on, iondVu is not without 10 scand
At -lts uNspenkahie immofallticn~-lt
lne don rooha Min ihcn. hut loue
me newspapers in This reepct are a lIl
tnl more conservative than tnoso of N
r'Y rk, despite ihe Efforts OK "a