The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-13

Brltish--wouId be treated by the British
government as British contract, and that
the power Of England stood to enforce
the demands Of both syndicates alike.
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Thus we see that what Joe Bailey says
Is true, namely, that secret alliance al
ready exists between the government Of
the United States and that of Great Brit
ain for the purpose of exploiting China
or, rather, for pulling Englands Chinese
chestnuts out OF the fire.
The revelations made by the press dis
patches point directly to the Influences
that prevailed at Paris when our treaty OF
peace with Spain was being drafted. Were
1t not for these influences the United
States government would never have paid
500. 900 900 for the consent of Spain that
we might make conquest OF the Philip
pines.
The revelations In regard to this Chi
nese deal explain why the president of
the United States has chosen to conduct a
war of conquest against the people Of those
islands without the consent OF the Ameri-
can people, preferring to assume the re-
sponsibility himself rather than cali con-
gress together, which is the proper body
to deal with such matters. In view of all
the facts in the case can there be anything
more sickening than the insolence OF the
commercial press and the small, cringlng
sycophants who edit republican machine
organs when they affect to dsparage the
action of intelligent, honorable and brave
Americans who raise their voice against
the iniquity of imperialism and the per-
fdy of the administration
I think hear some little soul exclaim;
I'VE must conquer the Philippines and
invade the Orient because our govern
ment has undertaken the work and we
must stand by our government or we are
not patriots" Stuff and nonsense, like
wise rats. The government of the United
States is the people of the United States
and they have not yet spoken upon this
question. Such souls. so small they would
have as much room in mustard seed
as n bat would in church. may clamor
that the American Nation must do wrong
because Mckinley, under the direction of
the Plerpont organs, has formed a secret
alliance with Great Britain to invade
China, but such clamor only proves the
incapacty of those who make 1t for the
work of self government. The American
people have no responsibility in this mat
ter until 1t has been submitted to them
and they have acted upon it. The power
welded by billions of wealth is being
exemplfed in the control of the CONNER
cial press of the country in the interest
of colonial policy, militarsm and the
ultimate overthrow OF our Republic be-
cause syndicate of millionaires desire
to use the power Of the government to
aid them in their work of exploitation in
the Orient.
Another piping voice from the aforesaid
small soul sings out: II am for expan-
sion," and points to the growth of the
United States as vindication of that
policy. Expansion is the reaching for I'M
settled territory where American homes
and families with churches, school houses
and all the paraphernalia Of American
civilization, may be established and multi
ply to be ultimately made into States of
the American Union 1t is not expansion
to invade overpopulated Asia and intro
duce motive power and labor-saving ma
chinery in order that plutocracy may erect
factories and employ five hundred thou
sand Mongolans to do the manufacturing
of the world. Such expansion will de- |
grade and ultimately destroy the labor,
not only OF America, but of Europe as |
we'll.
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Russia has already railroad across a |
large portion of Siberia. crossing Russia |
and penetrating into the heart of China.
The Siberian wheat fields, larger in extent |
and of equal productiveness with the prai-
RE States Of the West, will furnish the
food supply for the millions of China, and |
American farmers can never be benefited
from our operations in that quarter of the |
globe. The facts are that If great syn
dictate of American capitalists, Joined with
those Of Great Britain, is to use the power
of our government in conjunction with
that of Great Britain to bully the powers
and secure a large slice of China they
will make vast amount of money build
ing railroads and erecting factories to be
operated by Chinese cheap labor, which in
the end will sound the death knell of the
higher civilizations of Europe and Amer
lea.
The people should take look about
them and see where they are at
Joe Bailey is right.
The alliance is on.
Trust News of a Day.