Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-02-24
No Alliances Needed.

LORD Charles BereSf0rd. an admiral IN
the navy of Great Britain, to the
front of international affairs with the
proposition for an alliance between the
United States, England. Germany and
Japan, to maintain an open door" in
China. The present trend of events
in the Orient is toward the dismember-
ment of the Chinese empire, the parts
to be torn away to fall to Russia,
France, Great Britain. Japan and Ger
many. Great Britain is DESTROYS that
Chinese territory should remain intact,
and some of the anti-eXpansionists of this
country, while unwilling to have the
United States retain permanent posses
sion of the Philippines, seem to be of
the opinion that that which is best for
England would be best for America, and
urge, in a half-hearted manner, that the
two countries enter into an offensive and
a defensive alliance regarding China. in
order that the vast trade of that land
may be controlled by American and
English merchants and manufacturers.
There are two sides to this question.
as well as to every other. Just at the pres
ent the United States has all that the
nation can look after in e~ndeavoring to
provide stable and free governments for
Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippine
islands. In the latter possessions a
rebellion is under full Roadway and the
length of time or the amount of money
which will be required to suppress the
revolt against the government are ques-
tions of a very indefinite nature. Nor is
that all. With the demands for an in
creased regular army, made necessary
by the complete change in the policy of
the country by reason of newly acquired
possessions in the Occident and the
Orient; the building of the Nicaragua
canal, also imperative under the new
conditions; and the constantly increas-
ing expenditures of a rapidly growing
nation place about all the burden upon
the people of the United States they
wish to carry, without entering into an
alliance which can only bring additional
taxation without compensating returns.
Thanks to a policy of protection of
home industries, American manu-
facturers and dealers in foreign
markets, industries of all kinds in this
country have reached that stage of per-
lection and of economical production
where it is not necessary for the govern
ment of the United States to resort to
the force of arms in order to extend
trade in China or any other country. In
this age the producer who is able to
quote the lowest price secures the bust
ness in any market, and that is what
producers are doing at this
time, as is made evident by the great or
received from Japan, China and
even England for railroad supplies.
steel manufacturers and other commodi-
ties.
In view of these facts it is very diff
cult to see where the United States has
anything to gain by entering the alli-
ance outlined by the eminent English
man, who is DESTROYS of controlling the
markets of the Orient by force of arms.
This country has no quarrel with Rus
sia, and in fact is under obligations to
government for valuable assistance
rendered in the past. Under existing
circumstances the United States is in
need of an alliance of any kind with
single European country, and it would
,nly bring additional burdens and trou-
Die to enter into any entanglements
With any government in the world.