The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-10
Don Dickinson at 1t, Too.

DETROIT, Mich, May 10. 1S95.-The fea-
ture of the Loyal Legion banquet at the
Russell House last night was the Phill1-
pic against Great Britain, delivered by
Don M. Dickinson. Mr.. Dickinson re-
sponded to the toast "Our Veterans-Can
They Hear a Bugle Call?" and with i'm
passioned voice and impetuous flow OF
words, he pointed to what he considered
the menacing attitude of England towards
this country. Mingled with scathing de-
nunciations of England were strong APP
peals for increased military forces for
this country.
Mr.. Dickinson said in part
ssOptimists and some d-octrinarians tell
us that the age of war is forever past.
The evidence does not sustain the pro-
position. The peoples of the whole world,
excepting America only. are either under
arms or on a war footing. Intrigue and
war, and conquest, and massacre. and
false pretenses, and treachery. are means
to this end in use by the great Compel
ing countries of the Old World in the
strife. 1t is the part of wisdom to con-
slider these things and in our vigilant
guard of our country's welfare it is our
patriotic duty to weigh all international
after-dinner sentiment and friendly pro-
fessions in the stilted and stock phrases
of diplomacy.
dulge in a reciprocity Of polite phraslng
and post-prandial exuberance, II our
alert watchmen will Keep tSap an
lantic,, especially when, having appro.
rocks Of the sea, and wherever else Iof rec
gin to Jake an Interest, not altogether
born OF curiosity or Of a purely Christ
ianbiSIng spirit in in Il this ign hemlspn : re- believe
that the sentiment of relationship or
friendship of England to the United
.s ssa5es p policg 81 ofa GREAT IT B snf { may to q make AXE
Establishment richer and her power greater,
even at our cost. Her unvarying policy
b British itLsa interests rssa and retain British su-
premaey-to retain and add to British
wealth. Her purposes are material. Who
VI Whether f t Il be II the United States as a
great commercial rival who may be IN,
even crippled in some time of her dis
tress. or when off-guard, or b y a TRIBE
of black men in Africa. in the way OF her
massacred with machine guns. The cor
ruption of Continental Cabinets, the
treatment of Napolean after his sur
render, the acquisition and history OF
India, the shameful support of the Turk
in Europe to- this day, the treatment of
Greece in her struggle for
the occupation of Egypt. the ruthless
slaughter of blacks in Africa, the IN
speakable treatment of Ireland and the
chiyalry of the mighty toward the weak
as examplifed in Venezuela and Nicara-
gua, the a few of he subjects to be
treated of and characterized by the fair
shall set down the facts of this one.
.But they are subjects worth consid.
ering now. because we should study well
and should know something of the char
acter and purpose and policies of that
power who the telegraph and the grey
guns, arnnored and unarmored) have
mad eout near ~neighbors; a %neighbor
who has recently completed in the Island
fortresses in the world and
has been careful not to mention it, nor
to permit it to be described in print.
is thai"f Fertilization tic. to defends What
fleet is it supposed will rendezvous under
its runs and against nation is
that fleet to be sent? e.
lantic seaboard, has been recently
strengthened and greatly added to, and
yet. 1t serves very well to protect the
of wal that preyed upon our
found refuge under its guns. There is
a fo~rtifcation of great strength at Hall
added to and greatly strengthened.
s'Since the beginning of the year, Con-
gress has passed am act, which was
signed by the President, expressing the
deep interest of the American people in
an American canal across the American
Isthmus, which will be the highway
of a slightly between the two
oceans. simultaneously we lave had
the most extraordinary claims and move
ments of England in Nicaragua We
have, too, the covert suggestion from her
Foreign Office that the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty, long since treated as abrogated
by England and therefore abrogated at
our election-is still in force.
"I think you will agree with me that
patriotism and good craftsmanship alike
applaud the increase of our navy and
demand its further Increase; demand a
larger standing army and adequate coast
defences, SO that we may have peace
with dignity in these later days and ex-
tend and hold the worldwide COM
meerce which we need"
SENTENCES TN TIFF SESSIONS.