Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-11-30
CANADA OUR TRANSVAAL.
An "Amrrican Statesman" who Suggests
the kepetition of African Events on
This ointment.

The following letter written by an
American stateman who has made for
himself a household name not on4y in his
own country. but abroad appears I'm the
Lcndon Truth
American politicians are following with
the closest attention the development Of
events in South Africa. for the British
Government is creating a prccedenr which
viii be enormously important in the not
far distant future.
THE popula ton of Great Britain is in
creasing so rapidly that your government
is compelled to provide overflow ground
to enable your surplus citizan to live and
thrive under those Institutions and with
these advantages which they eujoy at
home.
our population in the United states is
also increasing rapidly, and our govern
ment will soon be compelled to provide
on crf'ow ground to enable our surplus cit
izcns TO live and thrive under those in-
stitutions and with those advantages
which they enjoy at home
ITO meet the requirements of her sur
Plus population Great Britain has adopted
an imperial policy To meet the r uuire-
mcnts of our surplus population the .-ov-
ernmen- of the United States has already
begun to eelforce the principles involved
in the Monroe Doctrine-the doctrine
which declares that America IS for the
Americans.
The Monroe Doctrine proclaims that
the | nited States Is the paramount row.
er on the continent Of America. When in
1872 Great Britain was threa tcning 10 de-
clare war against Venezuela President
Cleveland interviewed and, as the repre-
sentative Of the paramount power, for
bade Great Britain to land a soldier on
American territory. Lord Salisbury ORGY
ed, and. by conSenting to refer the Brit-
ish claims to arbitration, admitted he
principles of the Monroe Doctrine and the
paramountcy of the United States ,sl the
continent of America.
But we have on part OF our frontier an
alien State, Canada, armed and fortified
The government of Canada is nonarchi-
cal and is controlled 10y Old World pre-
JUDGES and principles, which are dlame,-
ricaliy opposed to the New World system
which prevails throughout the United
states. Not only in Canada a stlndng
menace to our safety and peace, bIt it is
an anachronism in its surroundings
As it is, much of our overflow pOpula-
tor is settled in Canada. and it is OBJ
vious'y intolerable that free-born Ameri-
can citizens cannot enjoy the privileges
OF citizenship in that country without re-
nounclng their American citizenship and
transferring their allegiance to a foreign
sovereign.
at is the dream Of every patriotic
American to secure America for the Amer
icans-America free from the Arctic TO
the Antarctic Sea-Amerca without al
liCnces but those Of blood, and without
boundaries Sut those of water
Already. as you are straning every
scrve to build a Cape to Cairo railway,
we are eagerly hoping for the time hen
Pole to Pole railway will connect cur
eGtire continent from the extreme North
to the extreme South.
These few facts which have Ven.ured
to submit for your consideration will
make clear to the people of Great Britain
why it Is that every American politician
Is closely following the course Of events
in Africa. Canada is our Transvaal; the
Monroe Doctrine is our imperial idea, and
the necessity to provide for the expansion
of population is the same in Great Britain
and in the urited States We want lre-
cedent, you are creating one for our useH