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Show SAYS AMERICA IS ABSOLUTELY NEUTRAL In the February American Magazine, Maga-zine, In tho department called "Tho Interpreter's Houso," appears a high- I ly entertaining and somowhat amusing amus-ing open letter to tho Czar of1 Hub- sin" and Is written as If It had been ' son" and Is wrltted as If It bad boon t penned by tho Csar's American fellow fel-low sovereigns, of whom thero aro , nbout ono hundred million Tuo following fol-lowing extrnct, taken from tho let-tor, let-tor, rotors to Germany's part ot tho i war: "Somo ot Willy's people complain , that America Is down on them. Tho Kolnlsche Zoltung gavo us a tremendous tremen-dous trouncing tho other uay. Rtnl- ' ly, thero Is nothing in It; tho Idea strikes us as simply laughoblo Wo havo ten million of them l:?lng hero, as much part or ourselves ns anyono else Is. Wo think evertblnj of them. Somo day when Yout- Majos-ty Majos-ty comes ovor, you must run out to Cincinnati or St. Lotih, ami you will bo delighted by th0 stability ami the soundnoss of tholr llfo and the is.any solvent virtues thoy havo contributed contribut-ed to our civilization. Yoj w'.U per-celvo per-celvo at onco what good citizens they are, and how ridiculous it Is to think our disliking them. "Thoy say wo havo a natural sympathy sym-pathy with tho English. Nothing or tho kind. Wo ndmlro tho virtues ef the English, too, bui wo feel no natural nat-ural leaning toward tholr oldo of a quarrol becauso It Is theirs. In fat tlio English aro so reserved tnd hard to got acquainted with that w0 don't ik foel that thoy know tho best ot us " or we or them. Pooplo who nro moro or loss in a hurry, you know, got Impatient Im-patient or standing around tlrot on ono foot nnd then on tlio other whllo Bomeono decides to loosen up, oven it wo nro suro ho Is a good follow at heart " |