Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17
ENGLAND DESIRES AN ALLY
Her Position in Regard to America as Oh
served by an American.
IS NOT A woRLD-BEATtR AT PRESENT
Merely BIumnR MT War i'm the Trans
wal md Has No Real Hostility
why England Must Com
stantIy Bluh.

stantly BLUM.
Charles F. Beach, jr,, a Londoner by
present residence, but an American IN plrtn'
eympathies and shrewd, quick Juus-
mont, was In the city one day the last week
holding after some federal court business
and large property interests. Mr. beacn mas
uyed In London for the last ten years and
has attained an enviable position in the legal
profession and in financial circles as WELL
being one of that small coterie of Americans
who had invaded the very heart Cd the Eng
llsh lions den and bearded him there sue
cessfully. Unlike some of his countrymen,
he tas no desire to exchange his loyalty 10
America for a chance on any OF the second
c,and coronets which the queen may happen
TO rafle off. His feelings toward the English
are we'll illustrated in the remarks he makes
about their attitude toward the pollcy OF
America in the Philippines.
1.-THE English want to see America become
n colonial empire said Mr.. Beach, "be-
cause every colony will be a weak point.
England is weak wherever 1t has a colony
and wants to see America In the same pre-
icamen 1t is we'll fixed to get action on
America both in the Philippines, with It's
port at Hong Kong, and in Cuba, so that II
In some future day the friendly Anglo
American relations should pass away and
this country be disposed to make trouble for
England II would not be in a position to do
80. That is what is the matter with England
today. 1t cannot make war; as things are
now America is much stronger and Eng
land cannot afford to get into any trouble
with II. And If America adds colonies to its
territory it will simply draw the two coun-
tries closer together and make it to their
a,t, al,arta nm IN ot MIMI naph 0fhnr
And then the English are born robbers.
They steal everything they can lay their
hands on and they want America to begin
doing the same thing, so that it will in a
way justify them. 1t will at least stop Ills
from saying anything about 1t, but l think
1t would be a very bad thing for us.
II said a week or ten days ago that there
would not be any war in the Transvaal, and
It looks less like war now. There will be no
war there. England is not prepared for war,
In spite Of the vast sums she spends annu-
ally on the navy and the heavy taxes the
people pay for war equipment. Her machin-
cry is adjusted for peace. She is like a rail-
road; nothing is so helpless as a railroad
when 1t comes to a. fight, a real physical
combat. Mobs can tear up tracks, burn de-
pots and destroy property of all kinds before
troops can stop them. England always goes
to the very verge of war and then finds a way
out without fighting. She has not fought a
respectable power since the Crimean war,
when she had the help of another power, and
won't unless she is forced to. The Beers are
q respectable power. They could put an army
of from $4,000 to $4,000 men in the field and
would give England q hard tussle to win out
IL it ever came right down to brass tacks.
And the Germans are so much interested in
that country that they would be against
England. The German interest is next to
that of England and the Germans would like
nothing better than to see the English
ousted. for they ultimately will threaten
Germany's African possessions. And the way
Kruger has dealt with the English makes 1T
a pretty safe guess that he has assurances Of
support of som kind from a power capable
Of attempting a war with his enemy In all
probability this is Germany, the only coun-
try at all in a position to engage in that kind
OF adventure.
Commercial Interests Against War.
But Just as she has done so many times,
England will settle the matter very peaceably
at the last moment. All the interests of the
commercial heavy men of the kingdom are
against war. and they will never let the gov
eminent go farther than making a strong
bluf to secure valuable advantages in the
Dutch republic. Their trouble comes about
III LILO way. DoWu lueTo lS d SIldll Republic,
with as much right to live as any other ma
ticn on the earth, but too small to stand up
In the face OF powerful aggression. The out
ionders. who are Englishmen interested in
the country, demand citizenship in the re-
public without being willing to surrender
their British allegiance. They want to be-
como citizens so they can vote away the in
dependence of the country and remove every
barrier the Beers have set up to check Brit
lsh domination. If they were willing to give
up being Britishers and become citizens Of
the country, there would be no objection. But
This they are not willing to do. Unable to
secure these concessions peaceably, they
threaten and talk of war. The outIanders
do not need citizenship in the republic and
in England too. They are we'll enough
treated as 1t is.
"But the English government goes on
talking of war because it is under the ne
cessity OF justifying the enormously heavy
taxes for war purposes. They are always
about to have an awful rumpus with France,
or the United States is about to Jump In
and pound her, or some of the colonies have
ito be whipped. If 1t were not so next winter
when the government brings in a thick war
budget some one on the back seat would
scratch his head and wonder IL all this
spending OF money was worth while. Blu
the government will say: Shut up! Didn't
we COM within a hairs breadth of having
a terrible struggle with the Boers?' And
so they will vote the money. That is the
way the press of England fools the people.
In France tho papers infame the people; in
America they debauch the people; all bad in
their way. The English papers do not do
as much moral harm as those of this coun-
try; they are very much cleaner. On the
other hand, the American papers do not fool
the people; they can't. But the English
papers do, and the people believe that they
arc always on the verge of war;"
Mr.. Beach is a native of Kentucky and is
interested, not only in Omaha property. but
also in Louisiana sugar. He is accompanied
by his wife. who was Miss Annie ]. Smiley
of Baton Rouge. They came to Omaha
from Denver, having come from New Or
leans. and are now on their way direct to
London.
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