Evening star., 1915-05-10
Abuse of Americans.

Sydney, March TO-
THE mail arrived from America. via
Tutuila, yesterday. twenty-four hours
late, and to add to the misery letters
were held up by the censor. These de-
lays and deficient postages are exas-
perating. but the joy overfiows when
you find letter stuck to the envelope
inside and you tear it when opening it.
Il send you sheet describing mail
conditions. / received an envelope from
New York on which the recipient was
fined 26 cents. Attached were three
one-cent stamps when / posted it. l
mad some American stamps and gave
them to the purser to put on letters in
san Francisco. as the delays in the
local office are uncertain. | get strange
reports about my letters being opened,
and some, | know, have gone astray.
1T is difficult to say whether the hos
tile feeling toward America Is growing.
l have begun to cease worrying about
all the abuse America gets. There is
one paper in Australia (the Sydney
SUM that Is pro-American; most all
the others are anti-American-very
Papers here allow false Impressions
about America $ attitude to get grip
on the public and won't correct it.
Two morning papers have been pub
lished since the American mail came in.
The Herald contains notice that
thirty Germans were allowed to volun-
teer for the German navy in Honolulu
previously thirty Britishers had left
there for England.
II have been looking through Ameri-
can papers and there is lot of stuff
that l would like to see the Australian
papers publish in order to put Amer
lca's true position before the public.
There is not line of matter fron an
American standpoinD re the war. but
! see some theatrical producer named
Barnum gets half column to describe
his performance, etc. Jim Corbett ar
rived yesterday and gets a column in
various papers.
Il send you copy of the Sydney
Telegraph. mainly on account of an ar
ttcle on page Z, copied from the Lon
don Spectator of January 20. 1t is an
eye-opener TO me l thought 1t was
Australian envy which caused the hos
tile feeling which exists toward Amer
ica. Some people said IL was the result
of German agents at work; but / see
by this article that ii was from Eng
land that Australia acquired her feel
ing of dislike for America. l have
never seen a better example than this
article depicts of man going about
with a chip on his shoulder
This is regrettable. because at one
time a large proportion of the Austria
iian people were friendly disposed to-
ward America, as was evidenced by
the welcome extended by the Austria
lians to the American fleet. At the
same time there has always been an
IsI
been hostile TO America through all
ages. II you have met Englishmen
resident in England or elsewhere. you
must know this Even American
writer tells me this mail that the Ger
mans become American citizens shortly
after their arrival. but many of the
English decline to take out naturaliza- :
tfon papers.
This article in the Spectator clearly
says that the Washington government
need not think that England is any
more compliant now than in peace
time"
Wrong Impression Prevails.
Sydney. Australia. April g.
Your remarks in letter by the So
noma are a repetition of what is to be
found in nearly all my American cor
respondence. They are not so much
annoyed at Australian (Englishl hos
tility toward America as they are an
noyed at the misunderstanding that cx-
lists concerning Americas attitude to
the allies The public is very bitter.
Much OF this is caused by the tone of
the newspapers. and. il may be strange
10 voiI IL is really caused by what the
papers leave out II they would only
copy some extracts from American pa
pers the public would know the true
position taken up by America.
Il NAV say that Americans here are
snrry Al such wrong Impression