The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-06-10
BRITISH GOLDBUGS SCARED,
American professors" and Aero
batic "Statisticians''
Working Up Sentiment in Favor of
an Alliance With England.
The Proposed Scheme Urged as the Basis of
Rational Foreign Policy-The Scheme
Ventilated in the Light Of History.
(By Hon. John Davis.)
CHAPTER L

CHAPTER l.
If any one doubts the fright and des-
peration of the British gold bugs, let him
read two papers in the March number of
the New York Forum. One is by Mr..
Edward Atkinson, the noted "acro batic
statistician," who can at all times make
the worse appear the better reason" And
he can, also, furnish you whole columns
OF carefully selected figures to prove his
theories. The other paper is by Prof.
Sidney Sherwood, Phi. D., of Johns Hop
kins University.
The professor says: ENGLAND is our
greatest rival in manufactures and COM
merce. Ii we be not for her we must be
against her. He also says that, under
present conditions: Because we have the
same blood we shall fight. We both be-
long to race that brooks no permanent
rival"
The statistican writes on "The Cost of
an Anglo-American War;" and. of course,
proves that we cannot afford it. Hence,
we should cease to be rivals, and Ameri-
ca, of course, should quietly submit TO
England as advised by the tories of 177G.
The professor thinks we can avoid all
trouble by an alliance with England"
"A
can sheep would be any safer or in any
way benefited by quietly lying down un-
der the paw of the hungry British lion.
He says we are rivals, and thinks that
this rivalry cannot cease except by an
alllance or else our complete mastery of
the situation! The professor thinks we
can beat the lion in fight as things now
are. But in mercy he asks ''ought we to
do it?" Are we ready to destroy 'the
pride Of our mother country. and sink her
Into another Holland?"
Of course we should be very naughty to
do that, but if it can only be avoided by a
complete surrender on our part, l think
The preservation of the pride of our
mother country" will cost more than we
ian afford to pay
If the curious reader desires to know
The cause of this herculean effort on the
part of the two giant champions of the
British h-American plutocrlcy, little ex-
animation of the two articles mentioned
will reveal the secret. The professor (p.
B9) says:
'The emergence of Japan through her
war with China into the circle of the
great modern powers has made it neces-
sary to consider a possible menace to our
power and to our peace in the Pacific
The fact is, the gold standard policy of
England has operated so powerfully in
favor OF all silver using nations, that
they are beginning to wake up. and to
emerge into the circle of the great mod
ern powers" Japan has set the example,
in small but effective way, and the COM
bined empires of Russia and China are
preparing to follow Japan in large and
powerful way. England, with her scat
tered empire, in the presence of such foes
feels her weakness. So she desires to
make buffer and cats paw of the United
States. Hence these tears"
When the British oligarchy propose an
alliance with the United States one NAV
well infer that the mother country" is
scared about something. The first prop
csition for an alliance was in 1888, by Mr..
Fox. The United States had gained their
independence. The old lady across the
sea felt lonesome. And. with the i'll will
of France, Spain and Holland. she felt
not very safe. But within a single gen
Grafton she felt differently and undertook
the job of reconquering the young repub-
lie.
In 1913, after our war with Mexico. and
the large acquisition of territory and in
crease of military prestige resulting from
that war, the mother country" felt lone
some again, and Lord Pamerston again
broached the subject of an Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance. Why 50? Let us see.
Troubles in the East were brewing and an
ally was badly needed. France swallow
ed the bait, and in 1876, English and
French bones were mingled off the same
fields in the Crimea to protect English
interests in Asia.
Now come another fright and another
cry for an alliance Why so? Because
England is again lonesome and scared.
tioon t,,- al
Indian possessions are in danger Her
gold policy has developed the activities
of the silver using countries of Asia that,
led on by Russia the English naval forces
in the Pacific would be mere ''ny on the
cart wheel" if war should come. In such
case, the United States would be a mag
nificent buffer and military resourca.
That is precisely the situation.
japan is now first class naval power.
and in manufactures and commerce. she
Is forging ahead with resistless fury. The
disparity of gold and silver pays her one
hundred per cent profit on all her exports
and no nation on geld basis can meet her
competition. With us as an agricultural
people it suits us better and our CONNER
cial cities on the Pacific coast, must, un-
der the present policy rapidly grow, and
equal OF surpass those on the Atlantic
This grieves England. She wants us to
sacrifice our owu interests and join her
with our fleets, armies and general re-
sources in forcing the gold standard upon
Mexico, on South America, on Japan. and
On al Asia, and "the islands of the Sea-
SO that every breeze in the wide world
shall blow gold into her Golfers. That is
the plan marked out by the plutocrats
and oligarchs of 10 continents.
Our fathers in 1888, and in 184S saw
through the alliance" proposals of Fox
and Palmerston. Are we less wise than
they, that we should nibble the danger