A very good example of what is the prevailing American
opinion in regard to Shin Fein is afforded by the very plain- spoken letter from Mr. Howie which we publish in our correspondence columns. Mr. Howie, the writer of the letter in question, is well known to his fellow-citizens for the courage, the knowledge, and the plainness with which he speaks and writes on the Irish question. He does not stand alone. Americans, like their kinsmen here, hate a row, and especially an Irish row, and will endure a great deal to avoid it. Occasionally, however, the persecution of the peace-loving Saxon by the howling dervishes of Celtic Particularism become beyond endurance, and people like Admiral Shim and Mr. Howie let fly. Then the Englishman, always very badly informed on such matters, realizes that the American people do not dote upon the Irish or reikard Tammany Hall as America's chief glory, but though, lilleam they seldom dare to say so, regard the Irish agitators with loathing.
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