The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-30
Anglo American Harmony

wv WRITER'S who command respect are giving 50
M much attention To scoring the ldiocI OF anti
British feeling in America that somc OF it
must continue To- exist IN tins nation, although now
il can live in the bright light of The events of the
u.t four years is very difficult ia understand \
Feeling of antagoui,m that dates back TO the Amcri
can Revolution must be- fairly thrcadbarc by this
time. \ feeling of autagoniSm against Engilshmcn
that can live before the knowledge we all hav" of
English hcroism and the admiration and respect
held in England and by ali iInyliShmcn for America
is first ridiculous and then utterl' unworthy.
Writing IN the Review of Reviews for Novcm.
her Lord ,haruwood says of the meaning col the
American Alliance 10 England;
III seems 10 he hard for an American 10
understand the light in which Englishmen have
from the first regarded the American Rcvolu.
ton. lie expects of the EngliShmau q point of
view directly opposite 10 his own.a and he finds
something else which puzzles him. lie is proud
aud perhaps even today a little rescitful when
he thinks about the Revolution he naturally
expects lor did till lately expect the English
man 10 feel hmiliatcd aud either r%cScnttul cor
pcnitCnt about II hut that in,crutahlc and,
presume, annoying beng feels nothing of the
kind. lie utterly declines TO be angry or apol-
ogetic.
If he things Of the American Revolution
nj all. he thinks of II quite happily. II hr ~ Il
historian. hc WI See in the story of the lcvo-
luton only one very gloomy feature. the tat"
Of the Loyalist>, and is in other respects content
with that event. often enthusiastic about il. If
ne is not a historian he does not know about the
Loyalists. but he does know that. in y period Of
political corruption. an obscure. mrcpresenta-
tive and unpopular sci of English politicians
handled American affairs in II way against
which the only memorable English statesmen
of the day protested paSSionatcly hc thinks The
action of the tolouiStS was probably right ard
anyhow very English, and he has always heard
aud believed that il led up TO the existing Brit.
ish empire and the existing British system OF
government. Any prejudice which may ever
have existed in England against America has
arisen from wholly different and much more
recent causes, bat is in fact so uncommon and
50 trausitory as not 10 be worth discussing.
''In short, while England as a country has
never been widely popular in America, America
has been wiGely popular in England. The causes
of all this could easily be explained hut il is
the result that matters
And Albert Shaw, in n cable 10 the Review OF
Reviews, dated October -. says
1t is not true that the British people are
seeking amy selfish benefits from n war which
has cost them such terrible sacrifice of the lives
OF their young men. Their sons are as dear TO
them rs az, our own. Their desire is 10 live and
work tremendously with the American people
for the best interests of mankind and il has no
back ground of dangerous imperialism. Moth
ing has more strongly impressed MS than the
essential rcSonablcncSS AT this time, of British
leaders of thought and action.