Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-05-08

but they are utterly opposed TO partl. 1
tion Of China or a subjugation Of japan
or any other great change which
would place their manufactures at
disadvantage. That opposition Is most
irritating to men who sincerely believe
that open trade Is Of no use to them /
because America aud England are sure
20 get Il and look therefore 10 conquest |
In one form Or another as the only per- |
manent protection for their Industry.
Lastly. every state on the continent |
feels keenly the dog IN the manger at.
tliude Of America about the future Of |
South America. She win neither take
II nor let anybody else. There lies the
vast continent. with scarcely anybody
IN o. with climates which. though va.
riod. DO not prohibit European labor.
with souro.s of wealth in the soil that
are practically lmitless and with vast
rivers which render entrance into the
far interior M once cheap and cnsy.
There o. poo prize loft 100 this rapidly
dvudIIus little planet Ilke South
America Germany would Ike the
whole of Emz.l lu which shn is already
strong. iH'y rtan now sends Der chill.
dru ly rle hundred Thousand 90 Ar
gcutiua. France would feel richer II
she could requ.c tho hinterland OF
Guiana. and even Hungary would
much rather that Der slay children.
who iu ten 0f thousands ore doing the
hard w0r. 0f North America should
nud acceptable homes under their own
| Gag in Uruguay All are warned on
by the Union In n way which. os she
/ viii not annex or even allow herself TO
be responsible for these territories,
seems 10 the statesmen OF the continent
the very height Of selfish lmpertlnence.
/ Why they think. should their children
b. shut out by pure caprice from nat
ural and profitable careersi The total
result ~ these feelings Is a bitter dis
like of America mixed with a certain
dread that produces the sense express.
ed alike boy Count GOluchowsk and
1 Count Caneyaro aud not obscurcly
limited az hy Count Won Bulow. that a
league against America will ultimately
prove 60 be "A necessity OF civiliza-
ton"
/ Our friends In America. who are In
curably optimisi, believing that what
ever happens all win go well with
them. viii not credit our description Of
the situation or viii even Imagine that
We are only pleading for the Anglo
Saxon alliance which we have 40 often
predicted Tor the future They are In
error. We have not stated the ease
against the contlnent-and especially
In regard 10 Germany's aspirations ant
aims-half as strongly as we believe Il
ought 10 be stated. and we are entirely
az osse about the Angl0-Saxon alliance
That Is safe enough In the fullness OF
time without any help from publIcists
our object Is ouly 20 wakcn American.
from an Illusion 20 induce them 20 In
crease their neet steadily instead OF by
rushes aud 10 persuade them. II We
can. 20 think out what they are doing
and not act. as ne too often do. upon
the spur Of the moment.
They may rely on Il that the cont
nent will lose nothing for want OF plan
ming and that when the alliance
against America of which Count Ca
heyaro talks Is transmitted from a hope
into a fact the fact will be full grown
aud armed. They will then nnd. sorely
II may be. 10 their disgust. for they like
TO fancy themselves beloved. that as In
the Spanish war their only ally Is thelr
half suspected kinsman and that. b,
the consequences good or bad, the free
dom and the peace Of the world car
only be preserved by the rule. not YET
, accepted. that those who speak Eng
: llsb must In the hour OF danger stand
together.