Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-10
TO BUY ENGLAND.
A Cry of Warning I'm London Against
the United States
From the London Express.


Successive combinations of American
capitalists have bought UP the biggest in
terests in all the leading industries of their
own country. until nearly every business
of the United States is controlled by what
are ironically called trusts English
idea of trust" being the employment OF
money by one person for the benefit of an
other. Having conquered most of their
own country by the peaceful system of
purchase, the army of miilionaires began
to invade England.
In small way, at first, they bought up
two or three steamship lines amalgamated
them, made them American. No one in
sleepy England took any notice 1t was
too small matter for to trouble about
as between nations. Next, they began to
dabble In English theaters. with Mr. Au-
gusttn Daily as pioneer. We welcomed them
appreciating the talent of their actors. the
enterprise OF their managers.
In few years the American manager
mas gained big holding in English the
aters, American dramatic and musical plays
enjoy an enormous vogue. imported Amer
lean actors and actresses have crowded
out our native players.
II Is news of the immediate present that
an American syndicate has undertaken to
invest gigantic capital in the construction
OF new and the reform of old lines of pas-
senger transport in London and its sub
urbs. 1t is said that American enterprise
Is to be applied to getting possession Of our
street tramcars, to distancing our British
shopkeepers by their plan of mammoth
stores. Only few days ago We heard how
american boots are ousting the British boot
from the market. Today We publish the
significant news that Mr.. Pierpont Morgan
OF New York has practically purchased the
Leyland line of steamships, one Of the
largest In the kingdom, paying a Quarter Of
a million as deposit on the purchase MON
ey
From a national point of view the last
incident is the most important and the
most deplorable Of all those we have emu
merated. England has long been the car
rier OF the world; We owe our imperial
greatness largely to this fact. We have
accumulated our mercantile fleet slowly
IN the course OF many laborious genera
tlons. America Is starting to buy 1t I'D in
block, by force Of the sheer weight OF
money concentrated in the hands of conn
binations of capitalists.
once more 1t Is a case Of asking England
to wake up. The transfer of great steam
snip line to American control means the
loss OF so many carriers OF food I'm tina
OF war. the loss Of so many possible swift
cruisers available for naval purposes when
occasion arises for their services. We can
picture what Drake or Hawkins would
have said in the practical times OF Eliza
beth to such a scheme for buying out the
very heart Of England's greatness. To-
day we have only the board of trade TO an
peal to-a ludicrous comparison truIyi But
IL is the concern OF every citizen OF the
empire that stop should be put to .hese
magnificent plans Of world control by force
OF dollars. We cannot prevent Mr. Morgan
and his allies from building great fleets OF
ships to compete with ours; 1t Is all fair
competitor. But We can declare 1t unpatri-
otto and unlawful for British subjects to
barter their birthright OF q share in the
greatness Of British commerce for the
American dollar.