New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-02
Our Hated Foe
By Arthur Gleason

!
There is one lie worth tapping on the head
and that is that the English are unfriendly
TO the United States. Neither the common
people nor the officials are unfriendly Ire.
quest any one who challenges this ststemsr,
10 name his man. have had three yesrs o.
contact with some thousands Of British, from
the Premier 10 my newsdealer, and I ask "a
know.
Who Is unfriendly to Americsl IsNr
Lloyd George? On the contrary, he ia .
hearty admirer Of Americans and their in.
stitutions. Is the Foreign Ofce group, past
or present? Is Lord Robert Cecil Viseoun,
! Grey, Mr.. Bslfour, Lord Eustscs Percy.
Hubert Montgomery, Godfrey Butler? Pre-.
cisely the opposite is true.
. Is Or. Fisher, the Minister 81 Educstion'
Are the we'll known men In charge Of GOV.
eminent administration? Is Sir Arthur Lee,
with his American wife? Is SeebOhm Rosn.
+ tree. contributor 70 "The Survey?
/ Are the great representative newspaper
unfriendly? Lord Northclife is notoriou,Iy
pro American. He has long impressed msu
rather more favorable to American msthsa
than to British methods. "The Manehele
| Guardian" the most powerful provincial Or
gan in Great Britain, is almost lyrieslly
| friendly. "The Westminster Gazette" Scar.
diners Daily News" and "The Chronicle are
pro-American. The two most influential
weeklies, "The Nation" and "The Spectator
are close students Of American affairs. "Ths
Nation" regards America as the hope Of
]
New Witness" are invariably friendly, ey.n
when sorely tried.
The largest Nonconformst church in Brit.
ain has recently selected its minister from
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Nonconformis.
papers, like "The British Weekly. and The
Christian Commonwealth" have expressed an
undiluted friendliness toward the United
States for many years.
! Unwearfed Good Will ~
When we turn to the more pronounced rad
icals, the evidence is equally convincing,
Trevelyan, Ponsonby, Philip Snowden, Mav
Macarthur, Ramsay Macdonald, Henry New.
inson, George Lansbury, Bertrand Russell
and H. ". Brailsford are unwearied in Their
insistence on good will between the two De.
mocracies.
The radical press-"The Labour Leader"
"The Herald" "The Woman's Dreadnought"
"The Woman Worker" and a dozen more
are constant in their references 70 the dem
ocratic movement in our country.
Is it the Church Of England that distrusn
US? Who has shown it? Did Canon Farar
in sharing his pulpit with Phillips Brooks'
n L.. - Nav NaFx
visit? Are Dean Weldon, Scott Holland and
Boyd Carpenter the guilty men?
The famous writer's line up in unwaverng
formation-H. G. Wells, Arnold Bennett, May
Sinclair, Laurence Binyon and as many more
as the anthologist has space to insert
One pauses in wonder TO ask where lies the
basis for our rather widespread belief that
England looks with cold aloofness on the
American commonwealth. Will the doubter
name the man or the paper that speaks Of
writes in any terms but those Of kindness OK
Americans, America and American institu-
tons?
It is possible TO dump the total British III
will in one small sack. It is found in Leo
Maxse and his National Review" The
Saturday Review" and Cwynne's Morning
Post" These organs, of small influence, rep
resent that portion of Britain that is visible
dying. They represent the determined hater
of democracy in every form. They hate Ems
/ lish labor worse than they hate Amcsc.
Their opposition is tribute to the comma
| elements which our democracy shares vita
the portion of England which is becoming IN
creasingy victorious.
Is it not time to give up our outworn be.
lief that England is our hereditary enemy and
Jealous rival and arrogant critic?