Some time back an American sincerely desirous of strengthening the cause of friendship between Great Britain and the United States wrote to a prominent Eng. lishman, drawing attention to anti-English' propaganda in the United States and the importance to Great Britain of taking measures to defeat it (observes the "Morning Post"). The Englishman replied that the accusations made against Great Britain were so absurdly exaggerated that no sensible man would pay, any attention to them, and that consequently contemptuous silence was England's best defence. The "Morning Post'? publishes the following extracts from the American's reply to this statement of As 1 have p yusly intimated, the existence of anti-British sentiment in i intense form ig largely due to the negli. gence of the British people in not pre senting a proper explanation or defence to the American people, but simply allowing judgement to be taken against them by default. T agree with you that sensible men ought not to be seriously impressed with the propaganda, bat, unfortunately, we do not always have "sensible men" in charge of many of our departments of government, and those men who are inclined to be sensible on this side are unable to secure reliable information with reference to the existing facts of the Ivish situation and othe: colonial questions of the British Empire, and at the same time the persons whom we have every reason to bel to be on your side of the antic decline to take any interest in the existing situation or to help to remove erroneous opinions existing, Irish Propacanpa, In your optimistic expression of opi you overlook many essential facts she ing adversative action by many men who are considered "sensible" on this side, such as, for example, the refusal of the Department, of Justice and the Post Offica Department to take any action with reference to the sale of the so-called "Bonds of the Tvish Republic," while the bonds of the city of Paris are fused access to the mails in this coun the acceptance of extensive advertising for these bonds by old and established conservative newspapers when it is well Known to be a campaign for the procure ing of money to stir up hostilities be. tween Great Britain and the United States; the fact that there have been three resolutions passed by the United States Congress, one by the House, and two by the Senate, in favour of the so-called Irish Republic; the fact that an extensive boycott is being conducted country against goods of English manufacture, and that every effort possible is being made by both the Irish and the Jews to bear down the sterling exchange so as to increase the cost of American commodities to the British public. You also overlook the fact that 4 Bill is pending before the Congress of the United States for the appointment of consuls and diplomatic representatives to the Republic of Ireland, and that every effort is being made to have the United States call in the loans _which are now existing against the Britis Government in this country; that we have a candidate for President of the United States, who is running for office on an anti-British platform, and who is reotiving @ respectable percentage of the votes in many neighbourhoods, viz., Senator Johnson, of California. You
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