New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-21

clause. would become of the Monroe Doctrine.
,,,ost as important to Great Britain as to our
o,ves? Fer let ii not be forgotten that ii was
,he attitude of Great Britain herself and the
Existence Of the British fleet that made possible
the forceful enunciation of that doctrine by
Monroe President at the time of a feeble Re-
rublic OF eleven millions of people scattered
along defenceless Atlantic seaboard Let it
he remembered. too. that the position of Eng
land during late Spanish war was but the
logical sequence of her attitude in 1923 In
their common interest then, why should Great
Britain and the United States to-day in the
Hsy-Pauncefote convention of their own Joint
motion invite the Continental camel to poke his
nose under the American tent?
NO WAR WITH ENGLAND
Now, IL would seem a fair assumption that a
war between England and America is suai
GENTLY remote contingency to be relocated to
the background in the domain Of practical dinlo-
macy. Frictions and disagreements there will
be, but. speaking roughly, may it not he said
that such war. were it really to threaten
would be regarded by nine-tenths of tba ;,,haht
tsn1s of Great Britain and by four-ffths Of r.
people Of the United States simply IN The 49, o
Of civil war, absolutely equivalent to a donbIe
suicide! For such a would give TO C,on,i
mental Europe exactly the onportunit, 80, 49,
srdently desired, namely an opportunit1- 70 -
arrange the map OF the world with the view of
curtalllhs the power and the prestige of Great
Britain in Asia and Africa and that oe t eSe
United States in Asia and South America The
German Emperor is wiser than his neonIa Co. e
soon as ne saw during our late Spanish yyar
the hopeiessness of estranging Fnplap6 60
America and realized the significance of our Da
lationshp he suddenly changed his tactios M,
Beers were thrown overheard the antice 20 y, e
Diedrichs in Manila Bay were c,,;oItI "a Noh
pressed ana the Imperial decree went forth ~
ofhciaI Germany must cultivate the rost frienS
y relations with England and America - IiIe ei
he German meet must equal any in the world
Let us not, however. deceive ourselves ~
vast marine ornaments now in con,o,S., ne
by Germany are not meant to be only the nia aCti
thing OF an Emperor The thrifty Gern1a P icy
increase OF taxation without expecting a return
for their outlay. They well know tbst -. =
great feet VIII enable them, a virile peonIe 70
be on me alert, IN the inevitable rive lrjaS s az
future. 10 pick UP something more tha,, - ttIS
sular fragments that have lately fallen from the
Anglo-SaAon rich mans colonial table En-
peroTs ana kings and peoples, despotisms and
democraces alike, are but punnets il, tho ho,,l5S
Of the great economic forces now with e,,ar ~
creasng momentum, at work to control the des-
rnies OF nations. Influenced or even syvaved as
they may be, and are, from time IN tiroe nv
passion or sentiment, it is the silent and reIert
less lofce OF economic conditions. backed by
required 10 foresee that our advent in the East
must logically lead 10 an ultimate challenge by
Contlnental europe of our right to exclusive
domination in the Western Hemisphere
Since the reassertion of the Monroe Doctrine
al Inc Hague Conference, with the consent of
the word why should we now, by our own act
in inviting a multiple guarantee of the canal
seek 10 initiate a movement looking to the abro-
CATION Of doctrine so vital to our welfare?
EXCLUSIVE CONTROL IN WAR AND PEACE
In view then. of the supreme folly, and there
fore absolute remoteness, of the likelihood of a
var between Great Britain and the United
States, it is directly in the interest of England
as well as of America that the exclusive control
in war and peace. with the right to fortify,
should now be guaranteed &c US by any conven-
ton between the two. In naval warfare all Eng
land needs is a fair field and no favor She will
certainly be far safer in our hands than she is
likely TO be with all the complications incident to
smuIupIe guarantee In time of a war to which
We are not party no nation is likely to pro-
woke the quick resentment of the American peo-
PIE by outrasing a neutrality guaranteed by
existence may be at stake, certainly would
not be bound by the impossible condition now
proposed by this convention while its inevita-
DE violation would quickly bring to our coasts
me fleets of offended Europe.
The conditions surrounding the Suez Canal are
50 different that any attempt at analogy fails.
Surrounded by jealous and hostile neighbors
England had no alternative but to accept the
oondtions imposed upon her by the great Pow
es OF Europe. Mexico and the insignificant
Central and South American republics are
hardly TO be compared with Russia, Germany
and France. What would not England give if
she had Gibraltar al each end Of the Suez
Canal? We may not be able TO erect Gibraltars
On the Isthmus. but no treaty should prevent US
from erecting whatever may by us at any time
be considered necessary for the protection OF
what will be practically our own coast.
May il not we'll be a distant day, that
with a powerful German feet menacing the
coast Of South America with Russian fleets and
armies seeking to dictate the policy and trade or
China may be only too glad to return to
that very dual control provided for in the
Clayton 3uIwer Treaty the terms of which we
now so anxious TO abrogate?
Whatever his antecedent nationality. loyalty
10 the country Of mis- adoption, no less than self
interest, must compel every American citizen, IN
serious matters TO regard American questions
exclusively from an American point of view
with the hatreds and prejudices of his native
land irrevocably relegated to the background.
Let the construction OF the canal, then, De- IL
necessary indefinitely postponed until 1t can be
built under the sole guarantee of the united
States both in war and peace, with such fortlh-
cations throughout its length as time anu eA-
perience may prove 10 be required
NeW-York Feb. IL, 1900. 5. l. PARRISH
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