The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

people. a blockade imposed by England
on our commerce would have almost as
good an effect. Besides compelling us to
develop our native resources, it would
anneal our people by making them
patriots, and so would elevate to the
Hottest point the standard of American
citizenship. We might then burn our
criminal codes and turn our penltentlaries
into schools and factories
The very TACT that a clamOr has arisen
on the score of danger to American secur-
tiles held in England in the event OF wal
presents a deplOrable condition of affairs.
On railroad securities alone we are paying
England an interest of 500 900, 900 year,
and that is only a drop in the big bucket
of the English drain on American re-
sources. A war between England and the
United States would take bread cut of the
mouths of millions of Enghshmen where
1t would hurt score of Americans.
Withdraw from England the products OF
American industry and soil, and Russia
and France would know what to do with
India, Egypt, the Suez canal and the
traffic of the Orient, and they would know
how to fill the vacancies created by the
withdrawal OF English warships detailed
10 subdue the American coast.
However beneficial the money of Eng
land has been in assisting to develop the
resources of this country, IL is none the
less responsible for much fictitious de-
velopment and its accompanying frauds.
England is essentially under the domina-
ton of money-lenders. This explains all
the features of its policy that make Eng
land the money-lender for the nations
It's necessary policy is to advance as much
money as possible in the development of
the resources and industries of new coun-
tries for the purpose of making the inter
ests thus created and stimulated serve as
factors in determining the national policies
of the countries receiving the benefit
Knowing so well within its own expert
ence the value and power of money, Eng
land wishes this power to be felt in every
country so unwise as to accept its services.
1t is shame that English money is
now talking to Americans in this VeneZue-
Ian controversy. If we admit that this
cOuntry's private interests would be in
lured by war with England to the extent
at least that the value of American securi-
ties would be depressed and many i'm
portant American industries ruined, then
we confess that the money barons of Eng
land nave hand in the direction of our
National policy. and that their influence
IS being eXerted to fasten upon us the con-
diuons under which the hopeless poor OF
England are groaning. 1t would be better
Tor this country To wipe from its map
every railroad built with English capital
than have the power OF English money
interfering with the destiny of our Nation
There will be no war unless we open an
eager and aggressive campaign of actual
/ hostilities. An Englishman will fight and
die like man if he must do so in defense
of his pride, but still he is the sanest NOR
tai that walks the earth. And he hes quit
lighting wars on sentimental grounds. He
has progressed too far in civilization for
that. He will be perfectly satisfied to eat
little humble pie while calling it an ex-
cellent article of diet, and declaring that it
was just what his constitution and appe-
tite required, so long as he knows that our
fear OF losing his money will send us into
panic, and SO long as we are blind to the
enormous power which he exercises over
the vital concerns which we innocentlv
| imagine we are controlling.