Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-07-16

nations by drawing our country away
from the dearest traditions and from
what has been long recognized as the
established policy of our Government
and people toward other nations and
people, Friendship for all but en-
tangling alliances with none"
This has been the doctrine of every
American statesman of distinction
from Washington to Lincoln and from
Lincoln to Mckinley. We have pros
pered by its observance, and it is safe
to say that the United States will not
depart from it, no matter how cum
ningly British agents and sympa-
thisers on both sides of the Atlantic
may work for an Anglo American
alliance.
Our war with Spain has been god
send to them. They have done all in
their power to take advantage of it.
The British Government controlling,
the Geographic cables from London,
has loaded them daily with unblushing
falsehoods. We have been told over
and over again that France is opposed
to us; that the Germans are ready to
assail Dewey in Manila; that Russia
is ready to swoop down upon us, and
that England is the only friend we
have upon the wide earth. They have
literally bombarded our ears with
their lying reports, and the represent
atives of France, Germany and Rus
STA have been kept busy in making
public and official reputation of their
falsehoods.
There is not the smallest room for
doubt that the British Government
and its hirelings both here and in
England have been diligently plotting
by system of fraud and falsehood to
create in this country public senti-
ment favorable to an Anglo-American
alliance. Hence the ISLANDERS on
Germany, France, Austria and Russia
which we find in the daily press, and
usually in kilograms coming from
England. The trick will not work,
however.
Our Government or people will not
be deceived by it. If one wishes to know
what an Anglo-American alliance,
such as Chamberlain is scheming for,
would mean for America, he has only
to consider what it would have de.
handed of US in the past fifty years
had such an alliance been in existence.
Let us look at India. The British
flag floats there, and under its shadow
millions of human beings have perish
ed and are still annually perishing of
starvation, assassinated by British law
and British rulers, in testimony, |
presume, of the Anglo Saxon's pecu-
liar fitness to govern; that is, to rob
and murder weaker nations.
Let us suppose that an Anglo-Amer-
lean alliance existed when England
set about stamping out the Sepoy in
surrection in India. How should we
like to have had our aStillerymen aid
their British allies in tying the cap.
tured Hindoo prisoners back to back
and in blowing them from the can
mons MOUTH Imagine the men and
officers of our navy in the lombard
ment of Alexandria or in making war
upon those brave Germans of the
Transvaal who under Paul Kruger
have dared to establish a republic in
Africa without England's permission.
Think of the disgrace participation
in such crimes against justice and
humanity would have entailed, and
then say whether or not you are in
favor of an Anglo-American alliance.
But look further, casting sentiment
aside and having regard only for the
practical and expedient, do we want
a war with Russia, France or Ger
many, 81 with all or any of them1
Surely not They have done us no
wrong. Millions of our best and
truest citizens are of German birth or
extraction, and both France and Rus
STA have been noted for their friendli-
ness to America.
An alliance with England would in
effect pledge US to war against them;
thew wOuld certainly so understand IL