Washington sentinel., 1901-06-08

| Winchester's bill is received in
the House Of Commons. The
members OF that body are more
likely to take a practical view OF
social reforms and the proposed
curtailment OF the freedom OF the
individual than the lords temporal
and spiritual of the aristocratic
branch oil the British Parliament.
United States ana Germany IN no
Danger OF Conflict.
In a recent article the London
SATURDAY RegG6qO expresses the
opinion that the Kaiser is enlarg-
ing the German navy enormously
with a view to a war with the
United States. The passage Of the
Naval bill through the Reichstag
with its tremendous appropriation
for building warships met with de-
termined opposition. This oppo-
sition was finally overcome, how
ever, and partly by the idea which
prevailed that the ships were to be
built TO fight England. Anglo
phobia prevails in Germany, and
the idea oil lighting England was
cultivated by the friends of the bill
with perfect knowledge that if a
prospective r with England
would not cause the German legIs-
lators to unloose the purse strings
nothing would. And so the bill
passed.
But our English contemporary
is sure the German Government
is not contemplating even the pos
sibility of hostilities with England.
Trouble will surely come with the
United States, it says, in the form
Of struggle over the great Sou h
American continent. This conti-
nent contains untold and unex-
plored wealth. It could readily
sustaina population oil 500, Ooo, 900,
but has only one-tenth OF that
number. 1t is one OF the richest
countries on the earth and has
every variety OF climate and pro-
ductions. 1t has a system oil inter.
nal waterways which permits boats
OF large size to penetrate to every
part OF the continent. A steamer
may ascend the Amazon no less
than 5000 miles and 60 1000 miles
up the La Plata, and there are
numerous other navigable rivers.
Two reasons, it is said, have
heretofore caused Europe to neg
lect the splendid opportunities tor
wealth in South America. These
are, FIRST, the corrupt and eph-
emeral nature Of the S nth Amer
ican Governments; and, second,
the Monroe Doctrine. The lack
OF the protection Of stable gov
ernment has scared away Euro
pean capital and in consequence
OF this the vast mineral wealth oil
the continent is almost unexplored.
Up to within seven years ago there
was not a single settled frontier
and this led to continual disturb
ance and war. Behind these So
called governments has been the
United States, with its claim TO in
terfere if any Europeen power un-
dertook to acquire territory or even
to protect its citizens. In short
the United States would not make
the South American republics be-
have themselves nor permit the
countries OF Europe to do so, and
a quarrel by a European gov
ernment with a South American
republic might at any time precip-
itate a war with the United States
and came near doing so in the case
OF Venezuela a few years ago. In
the opinion OF our London
contemporary the United States
now occupies hopelessly illogical
position, which cannot continue
forever. Before they became a
conquering power" it says, "there
was, perhaps, some shadow OF JUS
tifcation for this attitude. Now
that they are themselves attacking
and enslaving Eastern races the
claim to speak on behalf OF free
dom against eneroachment from
without loses all logical basis"
This is entirely true and it is
what patriotic Americans have
pointed out from the beginning of
the Philippine war. The fact that
the Supreme Court has, by a mai
oritv OF one judge, declared that
Congress has the unrestricted right
to govern this enslaved people ac-