Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-27
GREAT BRITAIN NEEDS AN ALLY
PLAYING 4 SHREWD GAME TO ROPE
THE UNITED STATES IN.
Systematic Alliance Campaign Under
Wny-EurOEean and American
Newspapers In British Pay
-German-Ameri War
Part of the Plan.


would seem that the attempt to embroil us
in war with Germany had advanced far
enough into the legitimate realm of opera
h,uff ,o h..,,-;,,, a .h,t Il
'~P' ~ PAINT 'ie Ne' III 'e
oi continental poey man, whose thouents
are sNeh' sieepihg OF waxing, 10 puhY ei-
1orts TO annoy US, would be abandoneS.
one DAY we are tod that HermanY is
shiPpihs lo-caiber hrupp guns 10 SlSiih
under the harmless label OF Kitchen 1ur~
nlture. Think OF it. guns requiring tram
Oh hatcars TO transport, travelling incogni-
10 as Kitchen furniture. The next day
we are informed that the German consul at
Mania mas been notifed 10 prevent the
iahdins Oh American troops the day a1ter
mat German marines have landed IN force
to dispute the right of way of our troops
ana the DAY after that Germany mas onered
ever SO many thousand millions OF marks
for protectorate over the Philippines
Despite the fact that every one of these
interesting fictions has been officially de-
MED, both by the German government and
the state department at washington, tnese
cock-and-bull stories continue to hnd their
way over here every second day.
Germany Strictly Neutral.
Those who know ANYTHING at all about
the status of International affairs at pres
emf know that there is absolutely no ground
to regard the German government other
than as a consistent neutral. with a strong
nro- American feeling tempering its neu-
tr.,;tx- and that so far mo German ships
have been found trying to supply coal to
Snanisb snuadrons or to shin gunners into
the ranks of our enemies.
But there is n diplomatic object in all
this systematic Misrepresentation, and the
sinister motive underlying it all, recently
hinted at by the state department, is pref
ty well understood in Washington.
England. comrelled by the admission of
such men as Secretary Chamberlain. Lord
I.nsdovne and others equally prominent.
10 secure an aIlv has since the Hispano-
American war commenced made astounding
,,ro,o.i,;o,s 70 tho Cernan Government to
en,an i,to ,,I;arce with ber against
p,s,;o .ooord;rg n ONO source tbese
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ror i."sons 800 ,niaa,ad
government 'i,ese o'et 'u.'s ,..-. 'su
sition. ~hlie German! apparehliy sJusn. d
closer relationship WIN i,ussi, anu ,a,.ee
Ana from that periou oales inc anu
man campaign WHICH mas had ior us oo-
ject the engenderinS Oh Ill Ieehhs pet"eeh
the United States ana the Kaiser govern
ment.
The "Alliance' Campaign.
The strong pro-Spanish sentiment In the
London popuiace cary III .ne wa, a,,,"no, I'd
tei'"uai! - ,,aa., f.o,,, NJ Cham
every supIee. VI III. ~ az, aoInaias ~ NJ
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proposeu pui ci'aHu &c y. III. ;,d,-o,.,'.
Germahy' etc.-aii une.us vi mn r
aimed at the ereauoh oi Dau o.oou Te.
tnese nitherto iriehu's ''u III
di vi II 'iie o'''S e'o"' ~ - ~ .'.o
uhiriehdS u''eiaiiees y, huii"e, u Del
III newspapers Vi 'ne Ian s''ipe, az
ways ahtaeohis''c ~ ,nis county hu''
commerciai JEALOUSY "iien represent .he
opiiiioh vi the "e'i.'"" poP o ~ -
rectiy that nan ID oozeii newspapers III 'n's
country that are constantly ihahssns anu
carlcaturing tne Lernidh ethpef we
must not forget Is the oi,icial heau y, 'iie
German government anu 'he ap Gu isau-
er OF the German peopie-oihciaiy rehect
the sentiment OF the people VI 'iiis couh-
try, as aHectihs Herh'ahS.
Great Britain's Aim.
~ .ho ,,;nds of WASHINGTON d;n,ona+.
,his s,.stem,tic attemnt tn mtsrenresent
C.a.-,.,,,, -. ,h;s cr;.;ooI ;,nctura ;s ;ntend-
~ 90 ar.a,o az irtoIara bIe condi,;on u,b,ch
Iii ,oad to cove oct of ;ndi.cre,;on ~,
a;,hsr h.,d and erkindle a war. 90 that
Great Britain can place herself in the posi-
tion oi peii.e apre " ohei .ei "i,'anoe e.'''eF
~ one u.','as. o.eu - .,'s I.n;.os c.n.a .. -
W ,,,n ' -, n,,.ar s,raro ~ o..
-, 10 on 1,nd .rd 1ritb;n s,,cb cony.ri.r.
s,r;Lin, distance of Russia II ;s moro i'm.
,,or.ant 70 +h, o,.er,s aovarnmant IN force
,bo loiser into an alliance than ,o have the
aid of tho United States So that In all
nrobability Enplands first tender would he
TO the kaiser. and the enthusiastic senti-
ment about 'kinship" would be as expedi-
tiously turned to account in favor of the
blood relationship between the English and
Germans as ii was DETECTED from its pro-
Spanish course in the early stages of the
war to do duty toward us.
The British premier IS not on record. the
queen Is not on record. only austin Dop-
SON. Ropert Barr ana 'he hhshsh OF An
9hc'seu american NEWSPAPER corfespoiio- :
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