The sun., 1900-12-20

| M Pacific coast 10 has served ~ puf-
pose IN. child has grown 10 manic ID. ~
cannot be hampeted by childish garment.
" must b" guided by lts own interests Tho
| Inslish have themselves driven coach
and four through this treaty. II does not
etlsi lot ~ 70 Two wrongs don't make
q fiSm We blundefed horribly In 1850
~" va going 10 mend matters by bundefins
| again nov,
| venezuelan message Il came to GREAT
| bfnain Iih" lightning out ~ olent sky u
reused the world TO the perception that vc
had b"comr u first class Power II raised
~ ~ one blow TO our proper place among
1 tho nations II did ~ Infinite good In our
I relations to other countries. and changed
over night their attitude toward We "" NJ
| n bound occupied that position 20 which
We were entitled but which We had never
| had and which no sclf-rr-pectinR nation or
individual Il happy unless II does occupy.
one where II u held In respect by - neigh
bors And what was this message. what
was there IN this brief letter that II should
Rouse the world to an amazed and angry
inquiry. this stern setting forth Of our de-
termination to stand up for a certain prin-
ciple and II necessary TO 20 to war for 1t
| against the most powerful nation Of the
worid' IL was document demanding that
the Monroe Doctrine should he upheld Is
IL possible that we now are ready to turn
completely around and abandon that doc
trine doctrine for which few months ago
We stood ready to fight to fnishp
Those journals which declare that the
Senate Is acting contrary to the will Of the
people are wilfully incorporating the
faots OF the case. II Is the will Of this people
TO avoid entanging foreign alliances II is
the VIII OF this people that II the wolf and the
iamb are to lie down together this nation
shall not be the one to play the lamb. 1t i
the Will OF this nation to transact its own
business In its own fashion, and the decent
spirit OF the nation rises in indignant protest
against inviting possible foreign interfer-
ence in our affairs The MugwImp sheets
are shouting loudly that the Senate il afrront-
ing Mr.. Mckinley. Any one who has paid
the smallest attention TO Mr.. McKinley's
career in the last four years has learned
one trait In his character that has stood out
so strongly that at times he has even been
blamed for 1t; IL is his intense desire. first.
10 learn what the people want. and having
learned II to eve II to them When the
Senate Of the United states tells William
Mckinley what the people want lie Is the last
man who could have been chosen to his high
will Is not what he at one time supposed It
to be. The will OF the people is the will Of
our President
Let us build the canal without regard
to any one else. Let US own it and fortify
H. The Suez Canal cleared SIS OOO, 900 this
year. 1t is a good investment So will
this one be. England bought a majority of
the Suez stock and then fortified the en-
frances to protect the British bondholder
Dear old phrase! IL has been so useful
England's vast uninvested surplus would
doubtless find equally good use ia the pur-
chase of the stock Of the Nicaragua Canal
and control once secured again the note Of
the British bondholder would be heard in
the land and Great Britain would straight
way have to start in 70 protect him prorided
that thus treaty erists 10 Gire her any kind of
standing in the premises What! Close
the canal and cut off the revenue from our
shares Never! The British shareholders
must and shall be pro tectedl" And there
you are. Remember the story OF the Arab
and the camel?
One word more. pity the sorrows Of the
London STANDARD. but let us thank Heaven
that this typical Britishcr exists to show
us the English point of view. The day after
the passage of the Davis amendment this
heartbroken Britisher informed the English
speaking public Indignantly: why. IL could
not have been worse could Bryan have been
elected it might even have been better"
Will some one rise and explain to this gentlc-
man, To the British public at large, that our
Presidential cleCtOnS are not held with view
to meiloratng the interests of Great Britain
Nay more, and this is doubtless very hard,
very selfish, In fact almost lnhuman; but,
cousins across the seas, We intend to opcrat.
this country for ourselves We say So mite
plainly and We make IN" statement without
calling in to our assistance any such "N-
prc1slgns as humanity Christianity, the
Holy Bible, or any of those stock phrases
with which since time iumcuuOridl a certain
great nation has coupled al! her acts Of what
| call common sans" and self-I '.rcst, bat
what her snenli-s call rapacity, cruelty
trodChrry and bribery. above all til. op-
preston Of the weak
In closing let me refer back once more
TO something that ! have SAID above Let
all thinking men bear this we'll an mind thai
Cludc with Great Britain may contain. when
tn" hour of trlIl comes these clauses viii be
enforced, il enforced at all. hy one nation
and on" nation alone, ourselves, To- TO others
need We look for any support other than
moral, and as for the value OF thi moral
support, we'll ask the BOors concerning a.
NJ" 1oRh, Dec ~. DIPLOMAT.