The Louisiana populist., 1898-01-07
GREED OF ENGLAND,
RUNNING CIVILIZATION WITH
GOLD STANDARD,
Sne mas hecome the "Arbiter of
Nations'-Absorbs the Wealth and
'he Vitality of All Who Trade with
her-susan Sock Avery's Sunni Up.

Last June while the people of Eng
land were preparing to celebrate tn
queens jubilee, that leader of Amer
ican snob journals said the word
quoeed below. Whereupon Susan Sool
avery wrote stinging answer whicl
also appears below:
mo TACT OF contemporaneous histor,
rs better known perhaps than the mar
Yeious growth and expansion of tht
BRITISH empire during the last siyt,
years. 1t is not the circumstance thai
single monarch has reigned for sixty
years that is so wonderful, nor even
0ia1 sne has done so without for
uay losing the enthusiastic regard and
sympathy OF her people; but il ia tha,
uurlng her reign "a small kingdom has
.Apahded into a mighty empire EN-.
pracing large part of the world and
hnnlteiy more of its Civilization
wealth and progress than any previous
empire OF ancient or modern times
o'eps nave been taken to make the
.eieDratlon an object lesson of world
,ue significance; of this and in this
VIII be its novelty and its chief appeal
10 the Imagination"
Wnen an object lesson of such mag
mltude and brilliancy is prepared to
attract the attention and admiration
ol the world, it would seem proner IN
scratinlze somewhat carefully the
mehods by which such grand results
ueVe been obtained, that we NAV de-
sioe whether the object lesson be one
'or mutation or avoidance. 1t Is far
uore agreeable and gracious to ap-
prove and applaud, than to criticise
,aAd condemn. We would honor The
queen. We would honor also the null
tltude OF noble men and women who
are her subjects. No country contains
more illustrious statesmen. broader
pniianthropists, or more earnest
ohrlstlanss than Great Britain. It is
"nen we consider her as a governing
'powef-when we weigh her methods of
seil-aggrandizement in the scales Of
Justice and righteousness. that we find
ourselves Obliged to limit and qualify
ffes only our admiration, but our an
proVal. History, written or unwrit-
ten, records that long ago Great
Britain, (Which for brevity shall call
"agianu) became dissatisfied with her
general progress. She was ambitious
ene desired supremacy in the world
now could she obtain it, was the prob
lem which she set herself to solve
one saw herself small country. She
could not raise her bread and material
Tor manufacture must be largely i'm
ported. Neither by agriculture nor
manufactures, therefore, could her mr.
pose be accomplished. lit must be ny
dnance.
Thereupon she devised and executed
plans which have given her the mon
stary control of the world. She has
become the "arbiter of nations" for
whoever controls the money of a ma
ion, controls its liberty and its des-
my. How she accomplished this we
Iced not describe in detail. Suffice il
nat she first demonetized her s;,ver
fought all the gold that she could find
or sale In the world and then quietly
'ersuaded other nations to demonet;za
heir silver, and buy her gold These
re some OF the methods by which Eng !
and, octopus-like, has caught and
olds.her victims in relentless prasn ,
For proof that England absorbs the :
'eaitn and the vitality Of any people j
unfortunate as to come within har =
over, we have only to recall the bic- =
'ry and observe the conditions in =
'eiand, in India, in Egypt and now 10 =
'nsider the cause of her willingness =
stand as guard--to practically hold
Ie hands of weaker and nobler ma >,
On, while the "unspeakable Turk in =
Gus upon her terrible and unmerited q
lnishment. And this, while the an = =
als OF the humane in her own and =, =
other countries. and the cries Of the :,
nerers are ringing In her ears, n
lere are those who. remember the =,
Frible sepoy rebellion in India, when = :,
Lelligent, educated revolving soldiers =.
ainst an oppression no longer on =, :,
rable, were chained to- the months =, -
cannon and blown to atoms. IF one :. =
interested In know what relentless - -
rciless, mercenary oppression means ~
him read Spelling the Egyptians
ltten by J. Seymour Keay, an Eng ~ ~
imam and a liberal who lived MANY 90 ~
hrs In Egypt and the east. It is ~ -
ncipally a compilation from the pe =,
ritish blue books" and therefore Of ~ ~
a. In q PREDATORY note to the ~ -,
'erican edition, the publisher &C. p -, -
mans Sons, 1887 says: "The an. VI
re- statement which is based line nu -,
u line on the authority of the of .a' "a
y. documents, constitutes one Of 10y 10y
most damning arraignments that se' 80
ever been made Of the acts OF . ~
istian nation and throws light nm mo
some at least Of the causes Of the
er hatred OF Europeans which !
nd such fatal expression IN tho Do
'sacre OF Alexandra" The Rev nr No
n n. BarrOws had not raaa .se,. .