The evening times., 1899-06-10
MYsTfa1ous RUSSIA.
Why the Cxar Hacks England's Hand
I'm Arbit} Alton seheminE.
To the Editor of III Times.

| mysterious Russia" concludes with
| question which 1 beg leave to answer
Referring to AuF currency and Nicaragu'
Canal scheme and to the Cars proposition
to arbitrate Chem, you pertinently ask
why does this singular proposition ema
| nate from Russia, of all powers in thu
| world?"
That We should submit to arbitration
! matters SO vital as our right to survive
whether by insulating the United States
which the canal would partly effect-ol
In any other way. is inconceivable. The
procedure of Russia in China and of Eng
land in Africa, not to speak OF the pro-
cedure Of the United States in the Philip
pine archipelago. are undeniably matters
outside Of arbitration, between the powers
so engaged: because, where interests are
alike, there must be cordiality between the
parties.
The capacity Of the United States tc
circumnavigate herself Is to Great Britain
startling proposition. The superiority
Of America to all other nations combined
is now a question Of time and would ma
terialize rapidly after the canal is COM
pleted and controlled by this country.
Your question is, therefore. quite peril
nent. II England be the real objector to
the canal scheme. why should Russia seek
to arbitrate a matter which does not con-
cern her? To answer that question salts
factorily is the present purpose.
Commercially, England and Russia are
enemies. They may also be hostile on
the Eastern question:" as concerning
Turkey: but, In a sense, they are friends.
The survival Of the one-man power de-
pends upon its ability to execute flank
movement upon our institutions, the ex-
pansion Of which means the overthrow Of
all the relics of barbarism. The ''expan-
sion" OF our power to second the colonial
rapacity Of England by our obtaining such
outposts as are necessary to our CONNER
cial success. is highly pleasing to England;
but such concentration OF power in the
hands Of this great people as would accrue
to US from the control Of the canal in
question is distasteful to her. She there
fore deals with the subject automatically
and through an unsuspscted agency. What
ever backing Russia was inclined to give
US in the Civil War. when We were threat
ened by England, We must not ascribe to
her love Of republican institutions. but
to her jealousy Of English commercial su-
premacy. 1t was enough. then, for the
Gar to know that our disarmament would
please England. That decided him to move
adversely to the English policy. 1t was
not much of a move, and he has had more
credit for it than 1t deserved. He never
ventured beyond that line where Eek
plantations" are always possible.
But, how did England gain over the
Car to her adroit game OF sneak? The
lion is stealing on the coveted prey; but
how did she obtain a Muscovite covert?
Easily enough.
The three powers which are the most
opposed to the spread Of Americanism are
the Sultan, as the keystone, and the Car
and the Kaiser, as the two pillars OF the
dynastic arch or barbarism. England is
nearer the catastrophe than either Of the
others. for OF England's republicanism We
are the mother country. Salisbury and
bis crowd. who came over with the con-
queror"-or who joined him after he
came over" the liberties Of the anglo
Saxous"-are exerting themselves to pro-
duce a reaction and to postpone the in
evitable.
This postponement of the reign of the
people Is no new idea There is not an
enthroned dynasty. there is not a para
site, a princeling. or a priestling. of the
whole banditti who does not know that
the monstrous wickedness Of the Orient
and of the Old World system OF oppres-
sion must fall: but the whole endeavor of
these is to postpone the crack OF doom,
and to parasite each situation to DOM
mate the status quo. to sacrifice the public
welfare to their own private interests:
realizing that when the crash comes they
IA
ing supported by appropriations When
thus reduced to plutocratic persons they
will boast Of royal armorial bearings until
plutocracy itself shall be no more. They
have been unable TO stop the progress
of mankind. but they have patched to-
gether their concessions to the inevitable
march Of enlightenment into a mantle
wherewith to cover up their predatory
origin and designs.
&c in eli f,f
facts. the ultimate reign of the sovereign
people must be conceded as the end OF the
sequence. Salisbury and his polyglot
class see this as plainly as does the pres
ent writer; but they see it with disgust.
To hold on to what remains to them from
the predatory past, they remain in perpet-
ual session. They concert measures to
prevent the explosion. They feel the
seismic vibration which others fail to ap-
preciate. They are fortified against every
possible emergency. A great stride of
liberty into something more than au-
tonomy they anxiously suppress. No mat
ter which of the predatory dynasties is
all are interested. AN in
jury to one (monarch) is the concern Of
all" of the royal family OF sultans. czars,
regents. queens. and kings, who
rule by mutual aid and comfort. England
may concert with Turkey to hold
III " prevent huSSid liOlu
obtaining a seaport on the Mediterranean;
but she will concert with Russia to pre-
vent America from rendering herself ir
vulnerable to Old World institutions. So
long as we initiate monarchies, in a GER
tain way. England smiles; but when we
protect ourselves from monarchies, she
-trembles, When England" trembles
he Old World shakes. She communicates
her quiverings to Russia and to Con-
They all understand that
England must remain dynastic, or tina,
they are back numbers. America has |
brought England to the verge of repub- |
icanism. England" is trying to induce |
America (stare decisisD to overlap our
with Anglican precedents.
When, therefore, Salisbury invokes the aid |
If any dynasty on earth to execute a dip
omatic maneuvre against our self
policy. she is sure to obtain it, |
md she cunningly selects her instrument. |
The suggestion OF the Car for disarma-
nent is the result Of the mutual dread Of |
III dynasties OF this invincible Republic.
lever had such an idea entered the |
dusco- Cossack mind before. 1t was sug |
,ested by fear. and fear only.
The BabylOnian system has never be- |
ore used peace as coercive. That idea l
,rows out Of the modern situation. The |
Ear knows that no power on earth can i
ethrone him IL the sovereign people can |
e again relegated to homage and treated |
5 a royal parsonage too young, too in
experienced, to reign.
Regencies in various countries must for
Doth govern In the name of the people; !
nd in other countries the regents assume /
divine right" to reign and the grace of \
sod" as the basis OF their usurpation
Thich time sanctifies and enshrines with |
ther relics OF superstitious past.
With such antagonists treaties. however
olemn. are mere modi vivendi. The end
'ill be a peaceful or a forceful collapse
the one-man power. To postpone this
II kinds OF temporary expedients have
aen adonfad The nraSant rnaLoahiff ir L