Yet, in spite of all these considerations, the hostility of the English is primarily directed against us.

It is necessary to adopt the English standpoint in order to understand the line of thought which guides the English politicians.

I believe that the solution of the problem is to be found in the wide ramifications of English interests in every part of the world.
Since England committed the unpardonable blunder, from her point of view, of not supporting the Southern States in the American War of Secession, a rival to England's world-wide Empire has appeared on the other side of the Atlantic in the form of the United States of North America, which are a grave menace to England's fortunes.

The keenest competition conceivable now exists between the two countries.

The annexation of the Philippines by America, and England's treaty with Japan, have accentuated the conflict of interests between the two nations.