The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-09-10

I Is It Just? Is It becoming a great n1tionf
What il unaided, Great Britain should
| fail? When the trade interests Of the TWO
nations are identical, as in China, ana
those interests are imperilled, are not tenn:
porary trade alliances both justiiablea n
necessary?
Last November Austria's minister OF
foreign affairs used this threatening IAN
| guage: The peoples of Europe must
fight shoulder to shoulder against the
common danger, and must arm them
their disposal" This common danger
and struggle" refer to the American in
yasion of continental markets. If joint
action should follow Austria's advice,
| would not a well-defined trade alliance
between England and America, against
Europe banded for the destruction of the
commerce and industries of both, be JUS
titled on every ground of self-interest and
self-preservation? And II the united di-
plomacy of Great Britain and America
should not avail with Russia and Germany
and France, to abolish prohibitive dis
elimination in Chinese ports, why should
not a trade alliance establish discrimina-
tons against the m of those ma
lions in British and American ports?
We have a valuable export trade with
Germany n 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
than one European city. Europe is af-
fected by any emergency that ~isolateS
her from our wheat fields; particularly
helpless would she be if cut on from the
territory dominated BY Anglo-American
influence. Even Russia is neutrality-suspicious.,
for she is often an importer of grain
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 E~ngland's situation, that the YER
burgh committee recently advised as q
-n- rAAnErN-A EhA
80, 900. 600 bushels. Each nation in Europe
is to-day more dependent on America
than on any one single nation. Hence, II
We make necessary trade alliances with
England, to protect our European,
Asiatic and African commerce, we can de-
fly the rest of the world to do its worst;
and 1t can do nothing.
Another utilitarian basis for the alli-
ance is the maintenance of 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
all the nations together could never stand
against 1t. Europe will invite no open
breach with two gigantic world overs,
conscious or 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-
pire Is peace, 1t means peace, 1t needs
peace; and the same is true of the repub-
Ic. Tn interests of the two peoples in
and peace are Cannon and supreme. A
mere determination for peace will i'm
press 1t efectually wherever the power Of
the race extends, and such a guarantee
impossible to settle the affairs of the two
nations in conformity with the principles
of natural justice.
An alliance between England and Amer
lea to adjust their controversies by means
of enlightened arbitration has already been
introduced into practical politics. The
11mn TC nnnnrfTrnn for tie - H.
If the friendly sentiments at Westmin-
ster and Washington hould be promptly
utilized to enact a treaty Of arbitration,
u an alliance would be justified on
every ground of common and reciprocal
interests, would have the moral and DO
Utica! support of both nations. and would
eStabl1Sh a most beneficent precedent for
the international adjustment of the af-
fairs of mankind.
If war should give way to arbitration.
and 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
supreme? 1t Is not conceivable that En-
gland or America would emp
with e~quanimity Slavic domination Of the
world; a Russian world-Ianguage instead
of our own tongue; the despotism of the
car instead or personal liberty, cherished
by our race even before Magma Charta.
The grandest thought of the century In
this conveyance of the A~nglo-Saxon
race. What more ennObling conception
can enSdSe the ATTENTION or any aSSOCia-
ton of scholars and thinkers? As citi-
Gems and individuals our duties ally us
with this beneficent movement. Let US
promote a unity already begun; let us en-
courage the common interests and senti-
ments OF the nations; let US, so far as in
US lies, conSummate in our day that ali-
ance of kin predicted by the wise and
good of three generations, as the modest,
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, 00O.0 900 strong. It rules 31O,-
100000 more. Within all it's borders,
human intelligence has the freest exer-
else, public conscience is the most power
full, law is the most respected, crime meets
the swiftest punishment, and the ener-
gies of the race are combined 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 sentiments and
pursuing common action, for their COM
mon good.