Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-10-31
MAKES A PREDICTION.
Editorial Published in Ex-Sena.
tor Chambers Paper.
OUR COMING WAR WITH ENGLAND.

Mr. Chandler Says 1t Is Inevitable and
Will Arise Account of British Disre-
gard of Our Direct Interests-As War,
Offensive ON Our Part, 1t May Not Hap
pen for Twenty Years-The Acquisition
of the Dominion of Canada
CONCORD. n H, Oct. sg.-For the first
time since the adjournment of the senate
last spring senator William f, Chandler
has been heard from on his pet subject
that of foreign relations of our govern
ment. 1t has been known for some time
that the New Hampshire senator had
strong views on this subject, and especial
~ upon the Venezuelan question, but not
even his closest friends expected that he
would give them out in the manner he
has The Monitor. the senator's own
paper prints AN editorial from the pen of
Ssnator Chandler under the heading
"Olr Comin~ War with England; Pre-
dicton Z The editorial is as follows:
Il. War between the United States and
England is inevitable.
-. 1t Will arise on account of British
disregard of our direct interests
%. 1t viii also be forced by British en-
croachments upon other nations all over
the world.
-. Il will be fought by rs. having Rus
STA as an European ally.
%. As a war, offensive on our part, it
may not happen within twenty years; as
"A defensive war, it may come sooner, and
should be we coined.
80. One sure result will be the capture
and permanent acquisition of Canada
by the United States
wv. f. CHANDLER. a"
what Provoked the Prediction.
1.-THE above prediction, " the article goes
on TO say, Senator Chandler has fire.
quently made since England began her
fraudulent usurpation in Venezuela. She
also proposes to seize from the United
States portion of Alaska She is de.
stroying independent government in all
parts of the glob5 She treats American
sentiment and remonstrance with inso-
lence and defiance
For the vindication of the Monroe
doctrine in the western hemisphere and
the protection of these independent gov
ernlnents in the eastern hemisphere and
the islands of the oceans it is necessary
that the United States should prepare for
and go to war with England. 1t is seri-
Gus business but it had better come now
and be over than fifty years from now
England's commercial ships now swarm
every sea; we have almost none except in
our coastwise traffic. Before we rehabili-
tate our merchant marine we had better
settle our relations with the. great land
grabbing nations the foremost of them
England. We ought to define our posi-
ton. and say that if it is not assented to
we will fight to maintain it, 1t will take
some time to prepare for an offensive war,
but a defensive war can come none too
soon. Let England begin
Russia will be our sure ally. She is
the great absolute monarch and the
United States Is the great republic of the
world. But this is no question of inter-
ference in the internal affairs OF nations.
1t is question of independence Of small
sovereigns everywhere.
Two Nations Can Defy the World.
Russia and the United States have no
policy of colonization. The former needs
and is entitled TO a seaport in a warm re-
gion of which England persistently de-
prive her, but She wants no more territory.
The United States wants only the Sand
witch Islands and a foothold in the West
Indies, both easily to be obtained in due
time without adopting the English method
of fraud and violence. Russia and the
United States, the two noncolonizing
great nations, are the love of the small in
dependent governments of both hemis-
pheres. Together they can defy the world
They must and will restrain the brutality
and bloody avarice of Great Britain.
Let this be understood at once. and let
England strike the first blow If she
chooses. A million of men and muskets
will overrun Canada. and England's COM
mercial ships will be swept from the
ocean. She cannot reach us to injure us,
except by sending ironclads across the At
lantic to capture our harbors Little COM
parative damage will be done; while the
waters and the land will soon see the
ruin of the ships and the slaughter of the
armies of the invader
What Ex-senator Dolph Says.