Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-16

ONION Feb 5-Feeling in England toward the
| United States has gone through many phases
IL since the outbreak of the war At bottom IL mas
s1uavs been friendly but there been periods OF
irritation. the beginning the English wahleu oniS
our svmpathy and our understanding of the cause for
which they were fighting. They wanted us 10 kho"
thew had a moral issue" Later, when the outioON
was darkest and the seemed going badly I0r
Them there a general desire FOR our aetua
participation belgerent They fuly e&p'teu an
looked confidently to coming in AFTER the SlA"s
of the Lusitana. They sharply disappointed
when we did not come in.
Il is rather difficult to simply and in few
words the attitude of the average Engshman TOWARD
Americans For one thing Americans in England nave
never been regarded foreigners FrenonmAn
Russian German Italian Swiss, Dutch. have always
been grouped as foreigners" The average before-the
war Englishman knew only colonias' foreigners ano
Americans. We have always had a special nlchs
Americans who have lived here long time say the
English cherish of knshp for us thau
we do for them Certainly it is true that they ooKeo
toward us as toward a member of the family to come
70 their assistance early days of the war Inc
acutest form of this expectation can best De
nv an account actual happening nice old laoV
in Norfolk said one night at seems so odd ABOUT
America. Canada has sent men, ard Australia ana
New south Wales and South Africa and India have all
como to the defense of the mother country Now, why
has not America into the war with u.s.? THIS
incident is quoted not typical but as showing the
extreme view it also shows the unconscious
expectation and the unconscious attitude OF great num-
hers of British people toward the United States
Long ago the British gave up any thought OF our
coming into the 1t clear to them that
the United would participate unless forced
in nv Germany, and that of it's accord it would
not become one of the allies simply out OF sympathy
for the aims which they were lighting On this
nont there is lack of lack of understanding
between mass of people in England and the
mass of people in the United States Here in England
the average man not understand why the United
States closely and cordially and acVey N
and of he
might be put this way, the composite views of the
average Englishman:
eff YOU look at it, the bottom ground of misunder-
standing is a moral We believe absolutely thu.
we are lighting dragon and by the dragon mean
the whole system of ideas and government which in
duces 10000, 900 people tto bow down TO machine
mainly mtarst in character. and which keeps its
hold on its subjects by promising them the flesh and
blood of other nations. During that machine
has extended its grip over 15O.OOo,ooO people
TO make peace now would leave the world
off THAI. it before the Can you conceive Of
any limitation OF ornaments if the Kaiser, Hindenburg,
Eauin & Co controlled Mittel- Europe and Turkey?
Who would dare to disarm? We've got go on till
that machine is dscredted people of Mittel-
Europe and they awake and say, Enough of blind
obedience authority and the machine. We going
to run the country for ourselves Then the world will
be free and government the people, people,
by the people will for the first time extend all
Europe.
But we are within nine twelve months OF the
greatest liberation mankind that world
seen since the French Revolution. and going
to make peace until certainty. is difficult
to say when will a certainty. a certainty
vet but II will be before the end of the year
machine proposing peace now because it is afraid
not Of Germany being broken but OF prestige of
its military machine being broken down by the
realize that the machine and kaiser baureaucracy and
army not only cannot give them victory but cannot