Show EDITORIAL GOSSIP ABOUT DIVERS THINGS I I THAT ONLY FRIEND We trust th that t In the course of ot the last we e may be privileged to hear word of ot the claimants to the position of ot otI O our ow only the Spanish h war but thus far lar the question of ot that ness appears appears to be anything but set set- tied While the British Government declares that it flatly refused to join In any aXy tending e QI g to o Inte Interfere fer with the American hand In Jn the business business busi busi- ness it is strenuously asserted that the second attempt to secure peace which was initiated In Wasl ln t nb by Aus MIS- AJ Austria s- s tria oil on April 11 14 and and aU 15 15 1808 1898 was as vigorously vigor i supported by LO Lord d. d r ll c te The Inference 1 i is ara drawn drawn- n that tiia only Withdrew W th the thc combination c en on learning thal fe German elmah Emperor had unequivocally refused to have hav lot or part in it an and had so advised his representatives at the cap capitals tais of ot all all thin the leading lc Powers We fe have qt the sll slightest doubt doubt- in tb world that today to to- toda da day England Engrand is Is' Is s altogether hd sincerely sin sli- Cerel q our r friend friend and arid m more re th than n broth broth- er en P Perhaps this this this' was this was not always the feeling f but what does does does' that matter The British hive Have ave been been kindly to some of It us on many if IZ n Jt all occasions For example when our our cv Civil l War War broke broke out London London Punch P ver very pointedly in edlY expressed the sentiment prevalent ix among our attached s of of that that 4 day f. f In the following lines Though with the North w we sympathize sj It lt must not be he forgotten That with the South weve we've stronger Which arc composed of or cott n Whereof our Imports mount unto A A j sum of many figgers And wh where re would be our calico caUco Without the toll toil of f I |