The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-09-09

Is II JUST Is Il becoming a great pAtioai
What II unaidcd. Great Britain should
FAM When the trade interests OF the two
nations are identical. as IN China. and
those interests are imperilled. are not tenn
porary trade alliances both justihable and
Last November Austria's minists. Of
foreign Affairs used this threatening Lam
guage. The peoples OF Europe must
hight shoulder 10 shoulder against tho
common danger. and must arm them
their disposal" This common danger
and struggle" refer TO the American in
vasion Of continental markets. II joint
would not a weil-defined trade alliance
between England and America, against
Europe banded for the destruction OF the
ti1ed on every GROUND OF self-interest and
self-preservatfong And II the united d.
plomacy OF Great Britain and America
should not avail with Russia and German
and France. to abolish prohibitive dis
elimination In Chinese potts. why should
not a trade alliance establish discrimina-
lions AGAINST the commerce OF those pa
We have a valuable export trade with
Germany and France; but so have they
with us: Besides. every European nation
our food products Statistics show that
the slightest disturbance in our cereal
exports precipitates bread riots In more
fected by any emergency that isolates
her from our wheat fields; particularly
helpless would she be ii cut on from the
territory dominated by AngIo-Ac1erican
influence. Even Russia is not independent,
for she Is often an importer OF graius
England, Ireland and Scotland grow
wheat enough to feed themselves for only
II weeks. We furnish nearly all the bal
ance-. Usually the supply In the United
Kingdom, at any one time, will not last
two months. and often not one. so seri-
Gus is England's situation, thai the YER
burgh committee recently advised as a
war measure the permanent storage OF
32VVo,VO bushels. Each nation in Europe
Is to-day more dependent on America
than on any one single nation. Hence. IL
we make necessary trade alliances with
England, to protect our European.
Asiatic and African commerce., we can de-
fy the rest of the world to do its worst:
and IL can do nothing.
Another utilitarian basis for the alli-
ance Is the maintenance os peace. The
attitude of the American power Is now
best described, not as anti-American. nor
even anti-British. but as broadly hostile
to the Anglo-Saxon race. They all dread
concerted Anglo-American action. And
England knows and America knows that
all the nations together could never stand
against It, Europe will invite no open
breach with two gigantic world powers,
conscious Of their innate strength and
elated by the recent victories of Ameri-
can arms backed by the moral support OF
England. But peace fosters trade. and
trade demands peace. In short, the en-
pre- Is peace, IL means peace. IL needs
peace: and the same is true of the repub-
lic.. The interests OF the two peoples in
ana peace are common and supreme. A
mere determination for peace will i'm
press IL efectually wherever the power OF
the race extends, and such "a guarantee
OF peace will go q long way to make war
impossible to settle the affairs of the two
nations i'm conformity with the principles
OF natural justice.
An alliance between England and Amer
lea 10 adjust their controversies BY means
of enlightened arbitration has a already been
Introduced into practical politics. The
time Is opportune for its re-in~troduction.
III the friendly sentiments at Westmin-
ster and Washington should be promptly
utilized to enact a treaty OF arbitration.
such an alliance would be Justified on
every ground OF common and reciprocal
interests. would have the moral and no.
ntical support of both nations. and wotlld
establish a most beneicent precedent for
fairs of mankind.
IL war should give way to arbitration.
ana under a peaceful primacy one race
should dominate, can we doubt for an in
slant that. irrespective Of common inter-
ests. common national sentiments would
compel united action and make the Saxon
supreme2 IL is not conceivable that En-
gland or America would contemnlatc
with Iequanimity Slavic domination Of the
world; a Russian world-language Instead
OF our own tongue. the despotism OF the
car instead of personal liberty, cherished
by our race even before Magma Charta-
The grandest thought Of the century il
this convergence of the Anglo-Saxon
race. What more ennobling conception
can Engage the attention Of any associa-
ton or scholars and thinkers? As citi-
zens and individuals our duties ally us
with this bcneficent movement Let us
promote a unity already begun: let ds en-
courage the common interests and senti-
ments OF The nations; let us. so far as i'm
US lies. -consummate in our day that alii-
ance OF kin predicted by the wise and
good OF three generations, as the noblest.
most beneficial, most powerful primacy
ever presented TO the heart and under
standing of man"
The Anglo-Saxon race occupies all the
lands. fair to look upon" in Asia and
Africa and America and the isles 'of the
sea. 1t Is 125. 0o0.oo0 strong. 1t rules 3iO.-
100000 more. Within all it's borders.
human intelligence has the freest cxer-
else. public conscience Is the most power
ful. law Is the most respected. crime meets
the swiftest punis4 rlcnt. and the ener-
gies OF the race are cc.nbined in evolving
the highest good Of mankind: and En-
gland and America its two branches.
isolated from the rest of the world. and
that isolation increasing. but no longer
Isolated from each other, will hereafter in
all divisions of the worlds affairs be
found together, fostering common inter-
ests. cherishing common and
pursuing common action, for their COM
mon good.