Evening star., 1920-02-05
j. S.-bR|T|SH UNITY
GRAVELY MENACED
Antagonistic Influences in
Both Countries Hazard Con-
cord and Understanding.
ny EDWARD PRICE BELL.
OabieEram 10 The Star and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, 192OJ

DaiIy News. Copyright, 192O.b
LONDON, February 3.--Every COM
petent American ambassador is aware
OF the unsatisfactory state of Anglo
American relations at rhiS moment.
The good relations between Britain
ana America are attacked on both
sides of the Atlantic. Certain Journal
lists here. initiating certain journalists
IN America. miss no opportunity to
poison the public mind. Baron Beaver
brooks Daily Express and Horatio
Bottomley's weekly John Bull are ac-
tive in this line.
The Express declares that America
is "scuttlinc away from her financial
responsibilities to the world" and
adds, She apparently intends to
squeeze Europe to the limit of her
ablhty. John Bull is even more SLAM
derous, averrinC that America delay
ed entering the war until she saw
which side was going to win" which
perhaps is as crazy d lie as has ever
been uttered on either side. Having
regard for the high standard of in
tellisence and honor almost uni
versally maintained by the news
papers of this country toward Amer
lea one diSlikes even 10 refer to these
examples OF scurrility. However, they
are here and are having; their harm
iul effect on Anglo American good
fellowship.
w nat DfSturbS Britishers-
But what really disturbs Britishers
about America is the anti-BrItish
campaign in the United States This
anxiety grows with every fresh mail
from New York. for scores of Eng
lishmcn get letters from English and
american relatives or friends in every
part OF the republic TIL Sc letters
contain clippings from newspapers,
Weeklies. magazines and especially
from the Roman Catholic newspapers
of the United States. No one can
read these clippings and no one does
read them without feeling that they
hode i'll to Anglo-A American peace.
One of London'S foremost editors
and a lifelong friend of America. said
to me today:
We want to believe that America
is friendly to US as we are to her. l
think | am right in saying that we do
believe this. But frankly, We are
not sure of it, and we become less
sure all the time. We know that the
Sim Feiners in the United States are
against us, and will be against us no
batter what we do for or with Ulster,
as she is we cannot give Ireland inde-
pendence even if we were ready to
run the risk of our own destruction
by doing so. We cannot abandon Ul-
Ster with her request for nothing but
to remain under our flag and give
Catholic Ireland carte blanche. No
nation on earth would do such
thing.
Sinn Feiner Enemies.
I'VE know that the Sim Feiners in
America are our enemies and will re-
main such. We know that q greater
or lesser number of Americans. re-
membering British American troubles
in the past and sympathizing with
either Sim Fel.iSm or GermaniSm,
would be happy to strike blow at
England These things we know. What
l. ftry
the elements named when they pool
their strength. Will some of our real
American friends tell US? They must
remember that We cannot gamble with
the fate of our empire and its peoples.
We cannot take too great a risk. If
our. foes in the United States are
growing in numbers; if there is even
a chance that they may prevail we
must give up hope of Anglo-Amerlcan
solidarity and seek security In other
DIRECTIONS" -...-
Many Americans here are conscious
of the peril to America in the exist
ing situation Our nation is rich and
not impregnable against the world.
We are the one great outstanding
creditor nation. Our money Is alb
normally appreciated, while most of
the other currencies are abnoImally
deprecated UnScrupulous foreign
critics, anxious to concentrate the
hatred of the world against Am erica
anu pOSoiOAy On anu <AiiSiA
can war of plunder. represent our
high-priced dollar as the symbol of
Americas purpose to squeeze or rob
the world-a world which, as these
critics affirm, shed it's blood and
poured out it's wealth no more for
its own than for Americas liberty.
Surest Friend. Britain, Is Claim.
Our surest friend is Britain, though
not all Britons are our friends
There are few non-English speaking
nations in either hemisphere that
really understand or like us or would
be sorry to see US Inundated. Brit
ain naturally-naturally because of
spiritual and cultural Influences; nat
ural because of material interest
turns toward America. II the sur
face of American politics as seen
from Great Britain should look so
sinister as to cause this nation ir-
revocably to lose faith in American
friendship one hardly need say it
would go in quest of friendships else
where"