The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-06-01

! Canadian coast was terrible enough, but
people could see no connection between
that and tho guns on your vessel. II you
could have sooner shown that connection
you might have saved yourselves the
trouble OF crossing the Atlantic. And,
to prove this, one OK the most satisfac-
tory points connected with your work
ON the Welsh coast was the jet Of smoke
which came from the repeller every time
she discharged motor. Ii it had not
been for these Jets believe there would
DO people now in tho opposition who
would swear that Caerdaif had been
mined, and that tho ministry were u
party to it"
Your point is well TAKEN" said tho
American, land should it ever be neces-
sary to discharge any more bombs
which | hope IL may not be-we shall
take care to show visible and audible
connection between cause and effect"
"The devil take it, sir" cried an old
captain of an English ship of the line,
who was sitting near by. what you
are talking about is not war! We might
as well send out Goldfish trust to settle
national disputes. In the next sea fight
we'll save ourselves the trouble Of gnaw
ing and crunching at the sterns Of the
enemy. Wen simply send note aboard
requesting the foreigner to be so good as
to send us his rudder by bearer, which,
II properly marked and numbered, will
be returned to him on the conclusion OF
peace. This would do just as well as
twisting it off, and save expense. No,
sir, Will not Join you III a Julep. l
have made no alliance over new tangled
inventions! Waiter, fetch me some rum
and hot water~
In the midst Of the profound satisfac-
ton with which the members of the
American wGr syndicate regarded the
success of 'leir labors - labors alike
profitable to themselves and to the re-
Gently contending nations--and in the
gratitied pride with which they received
the popular and official congratulations
which were showered upon them, there
was but one little cloud, one regret.
In the course Of the great syndicate
war life had been lost Thomas
Hutchins, while assisting in the loading
of coal on one Of the repellers, was acct
dentally killed by the falling of derrick.
The syndicate gave generous sum to
the family of the unfortunate man, and
throughout the United States the occur
pathetic regret. A popular subscription
memory of Hutchins, and contributions
came not only from all parts Of the
United States but from many persons in
Great Britain, who wished to assist in
the erection of this tribute to the man
who had fallen in the contest which had
been of as much benefit to their country
as to his own.
Some weeks after the conclusion of the
treaty a public question was raised,
which at first threatened to annoy the
American government, but it proved TO
be of little moment. An anti-adminis-
tration paper in Peakville, Ark, asserted
that in the whole of the published treaty
there was not one word in regard to the
fisheries question, the complications aris-
ing from which had been the cause of the
war. Other papers took up the matter,
and the government then discovered that
in drawing up the treaty the fisheries
business had been entirely overlooked.
There was a good deal Of surprise in
official circles when this discovery was
announced; but as it was considered that
the fisheries question was one which
would take care of itself, or be readily
disposed of in connection with number
of other minor points which remained to
be settled between the two countries, it
was decided to take no notice of the i'm
piled charge of neglect, and to let the
matter drop. And as the opposition party
took no real interest in the question but
little more was said about it.
Both countries were too wen satisfied
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discussion over small matters Great
Britain had lost some forts and some
ships, but these would have been COM
paratively useless in the new system of
warfare. On the other hand, she had
gained not only the incalculable advan-
tage of the ALLIANCE, but magnificent
and unsurpassed landlocked basin on the
coast Of Wales.
The United States had been obliged to
pay an immense sum on account of the
contract with the war syndicate, but this
was considered money so well spent, and
SO much less than an ordinary war would
have cost, that only the most violent
anti-administration journals ever alluded
to it.
Reduction of military and naval forces
and gradual disarmament was now the
policy of the allied nations. Such forces
and such vessels as might be demanded
for the future operations of the war sym
dictate were retained. A few field bat
tcries of motor guns were all that would
be needed on land, and comparatively
small number of armored ships would
suffice to carry the motor guns that
would be required at sea.
Now there would be no more mere ex-
lribitions of tho powers of the instanta-
neous motor bomb. Hereafter, if battles
must be fought, they would be battles of
humiliation.
This is the history Of the great syndi-
cate war. Whether or not the Anglo
American syndicate was ever called upon
to make war, is not to be stated here.
But certain it is that after the formation
of this syndicate all the nations of the
world began to teach English in their
schools, and the Spirit of Civilization
raised her head with a confident smile.