The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-07
SHALL WE ANNEX THE BRITISH
ISLES

The recent invasion of England by the
nillionaires under the name of the New
York Chamber Of Commerce was but a
well cloaked design to annex the British
isles For a long time this .dea Of an
nexation has been working in the minds
Of the foremost American statesmen, but
not until the supreme court decided that
lnsuIar possessions couIu be governed
outside of the constitution, old the
scheme take definite i-ape. Z ne lear was
that should the British isles be annexed,
the inhabitants, not being accustomed
to our institutions, could not be govern
ed under laws uniform with those of
South Carolina and Utah The granting
of a large amount of political freedom
to a half-civilized race like the English
Scotch, Irish and Welsh would 1900 to no
end of trouble. borrower It was 4eare-. that
their superior ability in the manufacture
ing line would ruin our iron and steel
industries and cur tin plate trusts. They
would have a right to enter their ships
under the American flag and drive us
off the seas. They would ship their I11m-
Der and farm products to our shores and
bankrupt our wheat growers and our
lumber barons. English labor would
crowd out cur artisans and the british
mobility would come over here and enter
into competition with our pork packers,
our oil kings and our soap makers. in the
social world. English statesmen would
demand representation in our congress.
and in time mig insist upon autonomy.
All this would have been very enbar-
raising But these fears are removed
now. Congress has power to govern all
insular territory as it sees fit. and If It
does not see fit, the president cam within
his prerogative as military head of a
civil government dictate laws and ex-
ecute them. To make the British isles
a part Of the United States and govern
them as we Go Porto Rico and the Phil
appines is as easy as lying. All that the
government has to do, is to induce the
millionaires over there now to buv the
can make a treaty with William of
Normandy or his defendants. who for
the payment Of say $2O,OOO,OOO will cede
the British islands to the United States
All that will lie necessary to complete
the deal will be to get possession. With
the British navy in the hands of either
Yerkes or ]. Pierpont Morgan, this viii
Zoe comparatively easy. No greater field
for the American carpetbagger is extant
than the British isles. Every American
city has an overplus of Republican
statesmen who would Ike nothing better
than to hold civil military commission
in our British colonies. If We are going
into the imDearlisl C business, let us make
1t thorough. The new version OF the
Monroe doctrine gives us the range OF
the Islands Of the world for coalirs Sta
tjons if they are not big enough for any
thing else. The British isles are small
we admit, but in our success we should
not despise small things, remembering
that we were not always the whole show
ourselves.
It is possible that the English people
will resist, and question a transfer oh
tanned from the heirs OF William of Nor
g mandy but that will be only temporary
tAey can soon be pacifed with promise
OF amnesty and civil government unuer
the military arm OF he republic.
There are great and unexpected things
IN store for the United States in it's
pursuit of the golden fleece.