The Washington times., 1920-06-14
EDITOR CALLS
j. S. TRAITOR
America No Longer Friend OF
England, Says Horatio Bot
tdmIey, Of London Bull.
By HORATIO BOTTOMLEY,

BY HORATIO BOITOMLSI'
Editor Of JOHN Bull. a London News-
paper soith Too and HaY-Ma-
lion Circulation, and Member OF
PoriianSnt.
LONDON, June 14.-At the earn
est solicitation of certain English
mon in high places, have refrained
for some time past from pursuing
the subject Of the unsatisfactory sit
\ uation existing between Britain and
America
But events have been marching
rapidly since last I wrote on the sub
Ject of British relations with Amer
ica, and they have been preceding
In . direction In no sense favorable.
am quite ready to concede that the
anti British and pro-Sinn Fein innu-
ences In America are largely exploit
ed for political purposes-that II
there were no Presidential election
looming In the distance we English
might hear less OF the mean men who
would deny us our share Of the credit,
and more of tho worthy few who
would concede to us the acknowledg'
ment of the sacrifices we made in
winning the war.
FEW sTALwARTs LIKE SIMS.
Americans, 1 know, are not all DAN
iels and Wilson's. There are a few
stalwart fellows like Admiral Sims.
who have been standing upfor the old
navy and the old country with a
90 xka
best British stock. I know. too, that
N you can forget the hyphenate and
the mixed breeds, there remains the
fine flower of America which hung it's
head shame-faced until the States en-
tered the war.
Gladly do I remember these things,
and willingly do 1 acknowledge the
many tributes of appreciation and
sympathy received from "the other
side" when last I had my say about
official America: its betrayal Of the
cause of peace; its denial OF its
share in the grave responsibilities
which President Wilson arrogantly
forced upon us.
And say. deliberately, that just
as Ireland has for all practical pur-
poses ceased to be a portion of the
United Kingdom, SO America is no
longer in any sense England's ally
or. in the true meaning of the word.
friend. Every mail brings me COM
plants from Englishmen in the
States as to the intolerable insults
and annoyances with which they have
to contend.
Here is one taken at random:
Life in Chicago for the English Is
made moro bitter than ever it was
during tho early years of the war;
now 1t Is anti-British who are pro-
Sim Feiners." q,
J SCORES DE VALERA.
And can you very much wonder at
II when De Valera--the Jewish gen.
tleman Of Portuguese descent posing
as President of the Republic" Of Ire
1and-is feted and feasted throughout
the States, has the honor of the free
dom of tho principal cities conferred
upon him, and is allowed to appeal in
the American press for funds?
And what an appeal! Upon two oc-
casions / have called the attention OF
the British prime minister to it. and
In each case have been told that, while
the British government is fully aware
of the fact, it does not propose to
make any representations to the
President respecting it.
l do not think the British public
can really be aware OF what Is going
the subtle and sinister advertisement
by means of which this shrewd new
st. Patrick is succeeding in extract
ing large sums of money from Ameri-
can sympathizers.
And on the top of this came the
contemptuous sneer at our navy just
brought to light in America
Listen to this dispatch: From the
4, beginning of the war I have been
lkreatly surprised at the failure of the
British admiralty to use Britain's
great naval superiority in an effective
way. In the presence of the subma-
rine emergency they are helpless to
the point of panic. Every plan we
suggest they reject for some reason
of prudence"
WILSON CENTER OF TROUBLE.
or course, most Of the trouble CEN
ters round the personality of Mr..
Wilson. 1t was obvious to my mind
when he was in Europe, and at earlier
stages Of the war itself. that he was
endowed with a mentality utterly out
OF concord with European ideas.
Those inane professional notes
and in one OF which, let 1t be remem-
bered. he expressed his inability to
discern any difference between the
aims and ideals of the various bellig-
than a self-evident, ill-informed and
masterful individuality, more suited
to the schoolroom than to the delib-
erations of statesmen.
And there can be no question that
the ridiculous fuss made during his
visit to Europe absolutely turned his
head. Then came the breakdown in
health, due to his inability to with
stand a strain which was as nothing
compared to that thrown upon the
shoulders OF Lloyd George and Gle
tnenceau - with the result that for
months past he has been hors-de-
combat.
We were informed by the Prime
Minister few weeks ago that the
Supreme Council had invited America
to accept a mandatory for Armenia.
] ridiculed the idea at the time and
predicted that the invitation would be
either declined or treated with con-
tempt.