Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-07-29

and the United States common aim
the welfare and prosperity of all ma
tiOns. They are therefore emincntly
qualified to become the Joint deposi
tories of peace and the guarantors of
the worlds best interests.
Great Britain and the United States
possess together one-half OF the whole
habitable part OF the globe and nearly
one-third of all its inhabitants. OF
the latter about one hundred and ten
millions are of European blood, and of
\ hundred millions of these the Eng
lish language is their mother tongue.
Their commercial shipping greatly
exceeds that of all the rest of the
world together. Their ships of war
amount to At (of which 379 are Brit
ish), and exceed by SO the united ma
vies of France, Russia, Germany and
Italy.
1t will thus be evident that, united,
no power would venture to attack
them, and that they would probably
prove irresistible to any possible COM
bination of powers, seeing that their
combined resources are well nigh in
exhaustible. But it is notorious that
they are the least military and least
aggressive nations on the earth, if we
compare their extent, their wealth
and population. Their great ruling
motives are the material and in
tellectual advancement of the people.
Both these are incompatible with war,
and flourish during peace. 1t is to
these incentives alone, therefore, that
we must look for revival of the
golden age. And Providence has SO
placed it in the power OF the Anglo
Saxon race, to lead the way in this
grand work, that it would be criminal,
if not fatal. to refuse it.
1t is always unsafe to prophesy,
nevertheless we may venture to fore
cast the probable outcome OF an Anglo
American Alliance, instituted for
mutual defence, and to keep the
worlds peace. In the first place, every
country whose intelligence enables it
to perceive that its interests also are
best promoted by repressing warfare,
will desire to share in the advantages
of such an alliance. France and Ger
many would bury their animosities,
and compete with each other, and
with ourselves, in friendly rivalries
only. Austria, Italy, and the minor
States would follow. One power alone
might have cause to regard this in
ternational policy with hatred, since
it would arrest her career OF conquest,
and destroy her hope of universal
domination. BY long course OF
cruelty, perfidy, treachery, and the
lowest political arts, and through the
resources of great military depotism,
she has advanced east and west from
the Baltic to Behring'S Straits, in a
solid and unbroken line, and is slowly
but surely creeping southwark, over
shadowing Europe and Asia, and
menacing the independence of its peo-
pies and the cause of freedom. Whilst
we sympathize with her amiable and
inoffensive people, and wish them God
speed, she shall do we'll to check the
pernicious ambition of her feudal and
military chiefs, which is ever ag-
gressive and unscrupulous. Since the
time of Peter the Great she has been
the chief disturbing element in
Europe, and has set the example of
those vast armaments which are ruin
ing almost all the nations, and which
keeps Russia itself in perpetual poverty.
Therefore, if the Anglo-American
Alliance did nothing beyond curbing
her aggressiveness, it would deserve
we'll of mankind.
But Japan, also, where, for the first
time in history, liberty has recently
been born in an Asiatic country, would
naturally welcome the alliance with
open arms. This interesting country
appears destined to play a distinguished
part among The nations, and already
ranks among the highest powers.
The continuance of her freedom and
prosperity demands that she should
be protected from the pressure of
Russian intrigues. In fact, regard it
in any light we will, whether for the
advantage of the contracting powers,
or for the general welfare OF the world,
no moment could be more propitious
than this for the Anglo-Saxon race to
join hands. Europe is armed ready
for fight. The Balkans, the hot-bed
of Russian plots, are in ferment, and
the flames of war may burst forth at
any moment. But England and
America united, self-sustaining, and
capable of protecting themselves
against all foes, could exercise a
powerful and unique influence in pre-
venting a conAagration, or Of quench-
ing that already begun. The turbulent
republics of South America might also
be restrained from their interminable
civil wars, and their wealthy industries
be again revived under more settled
governments. Thus every part of the
globe would participate in the blessings
of our coalition.
The greatest statesmen OF England
and America have already perceived