Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-06-05


The recent action of the United States
senate with regard to reciprocity was
the occasion of a meeting Of Austrian
manufacturers in Vienna, which The
Saturday Review Gondon), generally
anti-American in it's sentiments, be-
lieves will result in Serious conse-
quences for the United States" The
presiding officer declared $50 the Lon
don Standard reports) that ION the re-
newal Of the treaties it will be neces-
sary to keep an eye on our powerful
transatlantic rival and to take care
that America Is not permitted, under
the most favored nation clause, to mo-
nopolize the benefit Of any hard-won
concessions which might be secured by
the Dual Monarchy from its European
neighbors."
Commenting on this, The Tribune
(Winnipeg, Canada) says:
eff the Dual Monarchy secures IA
vorable terms for the admission of Aus
tro- Hungarian goods into other Euro
pean countries, those countries must
not admit American goods on the same
or equally favorable terms under any
most characterization clause. If Austro-
Hungary carries that point, Of course
all other European countries, Britain
possibly excepted. will insist that dis
elimination against American goods be
made by Austria Hungary as we'll as
by each Of the other countries. That
will mean simply a commercial war on
the United States by all Europe. And
the discrimination, as a matter of
course; will be made to affect American
goods entering the ports Of all Europe
and dependencies"
The general tone Of the American
press in all matters relating to interna-
tional trade, says The Chronicle "a
British paper Of Kobe, JAPAN is boast
full and offensive. Americans appear to
hold that, while any attempt to put a
protective duty on American manufac-
lures is a direct insult to the United
States, the right to place protective du-
ties on imports coming into America Is
the natural prerogative of the citizens
Of the Republic.
The Saturday Review Iondon) be-
lieves that the enormous expansion OF
the German navy now in progress does
Britain, but indicates careful prepara-
tion for future "brush" with Uncle
Sam, If he persists in keeping Europe
out of South America. Over that vast
and little exploited continent, says this
journal, "hangs the shadow Of the
Monroe doctrine, and in that must lie
the supreme menace Of German expan-
sion." Europe has neglected South
America. we are informed, because OF
the Corrupt and ephemeral nature OF
the South American governments. and
the existence Of the Monroe doctrine
If we mean to keep Europe out. why
asks The Saturday Review, do we not
develop the great continent ourselves:
It continues:
america neither keeps its protege ir
order nor allows others to do 80, hope
lessly illogical position which cannot
continue forever. Before they (the
United States) became a conquerine
power there was perhaps some shadow
of Justification for this attitude; now
that they are themselves attacking and
enslaving Eastern races, the claim to
speak on behalf Of freedom against en-
croachment from without, loses all log
ical basis. The occupation Of Cuba has
placed the United States in position
the strength Of which no maratime
power with interest in South America
can afford to ignore. Cuba in old days
formed the pivot Of Spanish rule on the
continent. and from thence American
expansion will work."
There are, we are told, more than
half q million German colonists In
South America, principally in Brazil
and Chile, and the Kaiser Twill see to
it they are protected in their develop
ment" Says this London Journal In
conclusion: 1.-THE cavalier treatment OF
her would-be protector by Venezuela
and the resentment now being shown
by the Central American republics at
the calm assumption by the senate that
an interoceanic canal concerns the Uni
ted States alone, are also indications
which no statesman can afford to ig-
nore."
The Kaiser is entirely logical, says
The World (Toronto), in assuming that
America herself has violated the Mon
roe doctrine by her interference In the
Philippines and China. The World
warns the United States as follows: "If
it ever comes to fight over the Mon
roe doctrine, the United States will
probably have to face continental Eu-
rome as a whole and not any isolated
country. The whole Of Europe Is inter-
ested in the Monroe doctrine, and es-
pecially in it's validity under existing
conditions; and when the doctrine Is
carried to the court Of last resort 1t will
be Europe VS.. America"
The recent purchase Of the Leyland
Transatlantic line Of steamships by j.
Pierpont Morgan has stirred up the
Canadian press. The best part OF the
British mercantile navy, declares The
Herald (MontreaD, is in danger of pass
ing into American possession. 1t is all
simply a part of the inevitable develop
ment Of commerce and industry, says
The Globe (Toronto). OF momentous
Significance, declares The Patrie Gotta
wa), the leader of French thought In
the Dominion.
"Calchas," writing in The Fortnight
ly Review Gondon, ApriD, declares
that. although Germany may. yet sur
nocc ENGLAND in trade and industry,