Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1898-10-15
NOT A DESIRABLE ALLY.


istic of that class who worship
everything English; ridicule and
denounce everything and every
body else, though they have
recently become respectful and
complimentary to the Germans,
probably because Emperor Willie
is grandson of Queen Vic, and it
is all in the family; claim that all
the enlightenment, liberty, pro-
gress, decency of the American
people are patterned after England
that we are one-England the other
of the two great Anglo-Saxon
nations, the only civilized and pro-
gressive nations of the world; that
blood is thicker than water, that
the "bonds of brotherhood are
stronger than national barriers, "
and destiny portends that we shall
be one people," that these two ma
tons are endowed with the great
mission to destroy despotism, ignor-
ance, barbarism, and lead the march
of progress that is to give to all the
world freedom, civilization, morality
and salvation; and combined are
possessed of the prowess and arma-
ment to conquer all who oppose.
Rot The American people are
not all, nor even the majority, de-
scendants of the Anglo-SaXon, nor
do they regard England as the
model of freedom, civilization, pro-
gress and power. They still believe
that the Fathers of the Revolution
we're wise in their day and genera
ton, and as they ignored and defed
the Tories of their time, the Ameri-
can people will decline to be allured
by the gush and buster of the
Anglo maniacs of today. The
praise of England is truculent fiat
terry: the claim that she encourages,
upholds or tolerates liberty of the
people is false; that she contributed
to the enlightenment or betterment
of the conditions of peoples sub
jected to her control (unless her
system of subserviency and exter-
mination be civilization) is equally
untrue; in fact, the assertion that
the Americans and English are any
thing in common, except language,
is in direct opposition to truth. Nor
has this country anything to gain,
save possibly the ill-will of all the
world besides, by an alliance with
England.
Oh, but England's feet and her
army, with that of the United
States, would be invincible against
all the world. Then the United
States, like all of England's allies
heretofore, would have to do the
fighting, and England reap the
glory and benefit. Facts of history
show that England, single-handed,
has been victorious over none but
weak nations, chiefly uncivilized,
unorganized and undisciplined bar
barians.
But her fleet is the largest in
the world. Those who should know
its effectiveness best-her European
neighbors-seem to have no fears
of it, and it is manifest from the
recent suggestions of the British
naval authorities for the expendi-
ture of millions in building war
vessels, that, large as is the Eng
1ish fleet, it is outclassed by the
fleets of her rivals.
The treatment of England by
the European nations recently do
not indicate much fear. She is en-
tirely ignored in all important mat
tiers, her suggestions disregarded,
her interests trampled upon and
her protests defed.
The more recent instances are in
Africa, Turkey and China. In the
former, which England claims as
her own, France steadily
encroaches. Several weeks ago