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Show Hatred for America QUITE naturally, it is disheartening to some to be informed by such an authority as Ulysses Grant, son of the famous Civil war general gen-eral and afterward the nation's president, that the people. of Europe entertain a hatred for America, regardless of the generosity that has been shown by this government and its citizens generally. There mieht be ground for the belief that Mr. Grant, because of his station in life at home, may have come to a faulty conclusion as a Jesuit . of . coming -inUe-pertoBal contact nly with those Europeans who comprise the political and financial circles of the continent. There is a possibility that he did not Inquire into the feelings entertained toward America by what is known as the common classes of the i countries which he visited, for according to the reports of many other Americans who have visited various parts of Europe since the war and those who have taken an active part in the work of alleviating distress in a number of European countries everything American is ardently loved and the American flag is honored next to that of the various national emblems of those who Tiave participated in the benefactions of the American relief organizations. ' That a feeling of animosity against America exists in Europe there can be no doubt, but it confidently believed that it results from the disappointment dis-appointment of certain nations over the failure to obtain from the American government more billions in credits and loans, the failure of this country to enter the league of nations, its refusal re-fusal of the offer of mandates for other countries, and its continued disinclination to mix in the political affairn nf Furnpe generally, Whatever the cause, or the extent of the feelings against' America in Europe, it is certain that Americans will continue their humane work I as long as It is necessary, not for the purpose of buying either Individual or national friendship, , but through a natural desire to aid peoples in distress. |