The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-19
ABOUT THE WAR.

War between the United. States OF
| America and England would mean q
new map for the world. 1t would be
an epoch. The British empire would
again become but kingdom. Its
| North American colonies and South
| American settlements, its eastern de-
| tendencies and subjects held in liabil-
! ity, its arsenaIs and forts and ports,
| the world over, would be released.
scattered, dismantled. Australia, In
| dia and British America would be-
come great undergraduates or find other
and more congenial relations. Her
| South American, African and Egyptian
colonies would be left 10 do as they
pleased in forming other alliances.
But as the Eagle said the other day.
England will not fight America. John
ny Bull is hot-headed but when it
comes 70 his pocket, level-headed. No
body understands better than he the
| meaning Of his two former wars with
this country in which he was whipped
both times. He, with all the world.
realizes that the Western Hemisphere
was reserved by the Great God Of the
Universe for a newer and higher civ
ilization. The Americas were destined
in Gods providence for republics, for
rulership of, for, and by the people
which should not perish from the
earth. Even at time when this Re-
public was divided against itself God
held its destiny, and England nor all
the allied crowns Of Europe dared in
terfere. Crowns are not for Amer
lea. One by one they have crumbled,
and the United States stands the al
moner and the defender of all the other
Republics of the twin continents. 1t
is a destiny which nobody better ap-
prehends than the rulers of the British
empire.
There are other reasons why Eng
land will swallow the disagreed bic
truths Of the presidents message TO the
congress. England is prominently the
commercial nation of the globe. Her
merchantmen sail every sea. Her
maratime interests are paramount and
spread around the earth. She thus
owns, rules and influences half the
globe In the event of a war with
the United States her commerce would
be paralyZed in the briefest time by
American vessels of war. This would
be true though all the European pow
erS became British allies. But they
will not She would be cut off from
all communication with her colonies.
Great Russia's opportunity would have
come and the war Of the world would
be on. From Cape Horn to the mouth
Of the st. Lawrence there would be
but one people, one sentiment Canada
would have but two alternatives,
either to join the United States or to
be trampled to death by her British
friend and American neighbor. Great
Britain in seeking to utilize Canada
would insure the destruction Of her
people New York City and some
other seaboard cities might be RACED,
but the greatest sufferers from this
destruction would be, in the aggregate,
foreign interests. America is a debtor
nation, but of unlimited resources.
Her debt to Europe is enormous, but
it is an aggregation of individual and
corporate obligations, the interest upon
which would cease. and the principal
this country would still hold. Again,
America has no ships to lose nor any
thing to suffer. even if the world of
foreign commerce should suddenly be
destroyed. She is self-sustaining-rich
in resources and productive beyond
estimate.
There are two things for England
to do under the circumstances. She
can either back down or cease to be an
empire.