Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1900-09-26

between the Administration and
Great Britain the fact that the Brit
ish government is able to censure the
L. S. Mail and use the u. 5. Govern
ment as a machine TO manufacture
opinion in the L. 5. favorable to her
inhuman and bloody cause in South
Africa ought to be sufficient, and
too, when the fact is known not 5
per cent of the American people
either republicans or democrats, have
anything but contempt and indig-
nation for England in her war of ex-
termination against the Beers, it is
bald, risky and villanious work for
the Administration TO nsc the taxes
wrung from our people to conduct a
a British propaganda or sentiment
from Washington.
Those who have watched the trend
of British opinion will understand
that he South African war is not
sanctifed by the people of England.
but is like our Philippine war, war
for which the administration alone is
responsible, right here it might be
well to give the official cost of our
war with Spain and the Philippines.
At the end of the fiscal year, June
so, was the enormous sum of S4S2,-
562,0S3 and the cost of the Philip
pine war, bar 1901, as already stated
by the committee on appropriations,
will be 1871, 247, 155-thls amount TO
be appropriated for that special pur-
pose. Now, fellow citizens, as we
have seen sufficient reasons to follow
the trail of the oppressors and COM
bine further, we must cross the At
lantic following the trail we are led
direct to the head of the financial
and imperialistic power of Great Bri-
tain, located in London, England,
which is headquarters of our oppres-
sors; and here we find the cause of
all this unexplained understanding
or alliance. Here it is-Only few
years ago an American syndicate,
headed by the late Calvin S. Brice,
secured through the Chinese minister
at Washington nominal concessions
to build railroad in China.
1t turns out, however, that this
move on the part of American capt.
talists was engineered by English
capitalists and that the railroad con-
cessions was located through terrific
tory that England claimed as her
sphere of influence, but from which
she was gradually being crowded by
Russia. A co-partnership was form
ed between American and English
capitalists, known as Anglo Ameri-
can China Development Company to
build a road up the Yang Use Kiang
river to practilly connect Hangkong
by rail. This was the beginning of
what has developed into a secret al
lance between the government of the
United States and that Of Great
Britain. The secret alliance exists
through the ability of the great
multi-millionaires of this country,
who are partners with English capt.
talists for the purpose of exploiting
China, to control the government of
the United States through having in
the White House tool to do their
bidding.
Patrick Harry says "we are apt tc
shut our eyes against a painful truth
and listen to the song of that siren
until she transforms us into beasts. y
Is it not a painful truth that the
last census show 100000 men own
$44,000,O00,0OO, or over three fourths
of the wealth of this country, while
so per cent. of the population prac.
tically have no property. 1t would
naturally be supposed that the As
per cent. who still have an interest
in the property of the nation would
be the governing classes, but recent
events show that the 100000, own.
ing three-fourths the wealth have
combines with the 80 per cent. tc
use them as tools and beasts of bur.
den as Henry wisely said. | say al
Americans let US avert the landing
of the American Emperor. 1 near
Lincoln Americans and Bryan Amer.
leans for both stand for the same
principals and against that imperial
istIc combine that has usarped tn,
powers and most sacred functions O.
government. To put in the hand
of such a combine the power to issu,