New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-08


in line OF battle together. il will be as
they were at Manila, when the Ger
mans became troublesome As Captain
Stayton said:
when Admiral Chichester brought
his ships over to us and his guns
TO ask what they were there for. We
knew
What Mr.. Asquth said. and so many
other Englishmen have said that an
Anglo American war is unthinkable,
has | admit, its dangers it may be
. misunderstood. There are Americans
who think no GOOD can come out OF
| England. We hear again and again
from the Hearst papers when England
acquiesces In American foreign policy
toward Mexico, for example-or
yields a point in a controversy with
ourselves. that nothing could induce
her to fight us. The suggestion is that
she is afraid There are, | hope, few
! Americans and none of real influence
y no foster such doctrine as that. il
is born Of ignorance.
Whoever chooses TO read that mean
ing into what Mr.. Asquth says must
wilfully misinterpret it, When he de-
clares war unthinkabe he is speaking
for us as well as for his countrymen.
He believes and the English believe
that the deep seated and permanent
e, I,tti ah fnf
peace is also the deep seated and per-
manent resolution of the American peo-
I pie. 1t cannot be all on one side 1T
would have no meaning if II were. 1t
must be common to both. This move
ment for the celebration Of the Cen
tenary of Peace between the two coun-
tries Is not devised. says Mr.. Asquith,
for the purpose either of creating or
Of nourishing such a feeling 1t is de-
vised in order to recognize its exist
ence in the hearts of both peoples. 1t
is "the deep seated determination OF
our English speaking races on both
| sides of the Atlantic
When Mr.. Hearst came to England
| last year he announced himself as the
friend of England lie was inter
| viewed by The Evening Standard"
and that is what he was reported as
saying Was he unsupported? But
| there was no denial. Mr.. Hearst's
newspapers are so widely circulated in
America that the declaration was
thought important. 1t is not necessary
10 question the sincerity of il. But the
mood was unhappily evanescent and
the hostility of the Hearst papers 10
England seems undated.
There are always in both countries
few men who would make trouble for
both. if they could. But they are not
for all time. We all remember what
formidable figure was Mr. Patrick Ford,
with his gospel of dynamite preached
weekly in The Irish World" He died
last autumn. | asked two or three
friends in New York about the effect
Of his death. They all said: I'VE could
not have told YOU whether he was alive
or dead" ! asked the editor Of great
newspaper, friendly to the Irish,
whether Mr.. Fords departure attracted
much attention. we gave him short
paragraph in the news columns" he
said Mr.. Hearst and Mr.. Lodge need
not be dwclt on.
Here in England there are always
one or two writer's like Mr.. Filson
Young, who thinks New York society
unattractive and American women in
London mischievous, and holds it
doubtful whether American women or
American dollars have done the more
harm in London. And now there is
Mr. sydney Brooks, who, in an Ameri-
can monthly, sticks pins into the Amer
lean woman because of her attitude in
London society. But that is matter
Of which he is not in position to
Judge
What does concern US is the attitude
Of the English people as whole and
of their leaders. The people have al
ways been right and friendly: even
when. in 1915 the upper classes
went wrong. We can never forget the
Lancashire cotton spinrers. The lead
ers, with an exception or two, have
been right, and are right to-day. Need
we remember that Roebuck and Lord
Russell and Lord Palmerston Cat times)
we're against us, and that Mr. Glad
stone believed that Mr.. Jefferson Davis
had made q nation? Lord Russell and
Mr.. Gladstone offered their apologies
later. who else that counts has been
on the wrong side? Disraeli did us an
immense service. So did Queen Vic
torja. The late King was our friend.
The present King is our friend. Can
we forget hic tribute TO Mr. Reid, whom
he lamented as his personal friend and
the honored Ambassad dor Of friendly
peoplec Among the party chefs OF
tc-dav on either size | know not one
whose friendship 10 America is open
TO question.
10 the general state OF feeling IN
America Lord Bryce bore useful testl-
roony His six years experience as
Ambassador in Washington have con-
yinccd him that both countries-and he
included Csnada--bel:eved ii TO be for
the highest interest OF both TO avoid q
breach Of the peace Men Of all parties
In the United States were for peace
.r, y.oe a matter which rose in the