Washington sentinel., 1899-11-25
HEAVILY WEIGHTED.

believe us to he efete. Intervention
they know would mean a war, in which
either they would fail or else the United
Kingdom would cease to be a world
power But il the thing is argued out
seriously, we do not believe that even
the most excitable OF foreign statesmen
thinks that we should be destroyed.
And for this reason. In the first place,
it is more than probable that with our
great fleet and exceedingly efficient, if
small, army we should IN a defensive
war be able to stand up to, and beat of.
Germany, France and Russia-granting
that combination possible, for the sake Of
argument. But even if we found the task
too much for us alone, we should have
no reason to despair, for the United
States would in the last resort be obIig ed
to forbid our extinction by coaIeseed
Europe. In her own interests America
must do so. She knows that If England
we're destroyed the Powers, flushed with
victory, would turn their attention next
to America. The United States is not
A1NNA OA AAAE @hAAAAhClALJ do sue AOuuQ out
last year, and the moment England had
disappeared, the Monroe Doctrine would
also disappear. The doctrine has come
TO mean "hands OFF, in Mexico, Central
America and South America. We have
in effect assented to this claim on the
part of America, but Europe has not.
and chaies bitterly at what 1t regards
as a piece of insolept selfishness. The
United States could not then, even if all
thought Of kinship were thrown aside,
afford to see us 90 under. But thought
of kinshlp would not be thrown aside.
No doubt at this moment every official
American would declare, and probably
believe, that his country could take no
part n any European quarrel, and that
though he would be sorry to see England
destroyed, it would'not be right for the
United States to mix herseliup with the
affairs Of Europe No doubt this correct
attitude would be maintained with per-
feet success as long as we were victori-
Gus, holding our own, or even Ii we were
nlyjust holding our own. The moment,
however, that we were beginning to get
seriously the worst OF it we believe that
there would be but one voice in Amer
ica. The news that we had got our
backs to the wall and would be "done
for" unless help came from our own
flesh and blood, ould set the whole
continent on fire from Maine to Califor.
mia, from Oregon to South Carolina
We do not want to say a word as to
what was done here last year when
America was threatened by a coalesced
Europe, for such action as was taken
here was not taken with any idea Of
iavors to come, America would, we
firmly trust and believe, not help us
because of that. but because OF some
thing far deeper and stronger. There
is tacit, but none the less perfectly
clear and binding, understanding te-
tween the two peoples 10 the effect that,
though they may have their private
quarrels, and though each may do things
that do not concern the other, the
moment one OF them really gets his back
against the wall the other will be found
at his side, my brother and I quarrel.
but 1t is my brother and against the
world" Now the Continentknows thi.
instinctively, and therefore it does not
want to try a battle to the death with
the United Kingdom. There is yet
another reason why England will not
be confronted with a coalition Itwould
not pay Germany to join our enemies,
and without Germany a coalition would
be Impossible. We may be sure that IL
France and Russia would not fight over
Fashoda, they will not fight us over the
Irsnsvaal. We are very much stronger
at sea now than we were last year, and
they are relatively perceptiblY weaker.
The LADYsMIrH REVERSE