The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-02


continental specific OF handsome. UNIVERSAL
bounties All died the death. and Pan-Eu-
ropeanism to-day is but rhetorical catch
word.
Anti-Americanism failing. a united Eu-
rope fell back on the triple alliance. and
the chances of converting IL into a sort
of Trade Defense League. only 10 find itself
once more confronted by insuperable poll
tics Neither Austria nor Hungary can az
ford the political price which a customs
alliance with Germany would entail In
both countries there are millions OF Ger
incorporating subjects-nearly ten million
i'm Austria and over two in Hungary-all OF
them more CT less infected by the propa-
ganda of Pan-Germanism. Such a union
would put the seal on the political and
commercial predomnance OF Germany in
central Europe.
This was the second stage of the anti
American movement The third is still In
progress and developing along sound. bust
ness-like lines Joint action II postponed:
individual action is now the formula The
Austrian manufacturers began Il by adopt
ing resolution declaring the necessity OF
placing the commercial relations OF the
dual monarchy and the United States on
a basis of reciprocity and equality stimuli
taneously with the renewal Of the COM
mercial treaties in 1893" Hitherto Ger
many and the dual monarchy have in
cluded in their commercial treaties a gen.
eral and unconditional most-favored-
clause This is now to be abandoned and
the American example followed instead.
RECIPROCITY THE REMEDY.
This policy enables the states 10 act in
concert, and yet preserves TO each in great
part, its liberty OF action. II puts a de-
cided and peculiar pressure upon the United
States. Americans. as rule. so compla-
Gently content with the prodiglous dispar-
ity between their exports and their i'm
ports as 10 forget that this very disparity
exposes them TO easy retaliation. Whatever
she may become, Europe is not vet an eco
nomic dependency Of the United States. and
so long as American breadstuffs and proVfS1
afsara- MT rhn eds - 49, H.
are, for instance, to England, she can al
ways strike back with effect. Russia on a
small scale by her prompt acceptance OF
Mr.. Cages challenge, has thrown a useful
light on the precariousness OF being an
enormous seller and a small buyer In Ger
man hands the lesson could. and IL seems
will, be brought home yet more unmistak-
ably; for Germany's exports TO the United
States are worth only about half much
as American exports to Germany-s97S74 700
to 1884 64s, 094.
It is, Of course. an open question whether
Europe has not half brought the American
inva sion upon herself. To put IL I'm another
way, would not the Americans have made
more of Europe than the Europeans have
done? The strength that the nations of Eu-
rope waste in arming themselves against
one another Americans have turned to
fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace"
AS the stress of American competition
grows fiercer, may IL not prove for Europe
a rough-and-ready alternative between fac
ing commercial ruin and abandoning mill
tarism?
friend in Europe. There is at the bottom OF
II all a despairing envy OF her prosperity
and success. In the eyes OF the continent.
the United States is a monster of hypoc-
risy, only less unctuous than Great Britain
herself.
EUROPE HATES AMERICA.
Rightly or wrongly. Europe believes that
the action OF Washington throughout the
muddle in the far East points 10 an Ameri-
can determination to preserve China to the
| Chinese, or at least to resist, with force, IL
necessary, any scheme OF partition that
| threatens to put American traders at a dis
| advantage. Either way, her policy cuts d.
rectly across the path OF European ambi-
| tions. What Europe seeks in China IS not
| only fresh markets. but exclusive markets
/ Europe has learned 10 her cost that IL Is
usually England and America who manage
10 slip in first through the open door.
And IL this is true Of China. with how
/ much greater force does IL hold good for
/ South America, 1t Is the only part OF the
| worlds surface that has escaped the mod
| ern rage for colonization. Ii is the last and
/ oYercrowded Europe And this magnificent
| domain is at present divided among a con-
geries OF pseudo republics, the best OF them
/ unstable, the prey or military adVenturersf
/ as turbulent in spirit they are crooked
! in finance. What prize to dangle before q
/ world whose ceaseless endeaYor II rs TO
| lower the social pressure by emigration
and secure for her workers easy access 10
i exclusive markets. The United States will
\ neither take South America Tor nerselr nor
/ let any one else take IL. She does not colo
nize the country with her own people: she
has no trade with AZ worth mentioning:
she admits no responsibility for the out
RACES. disorders and financial freakishness
| OF her proteges But she insists that South
! America il within her sphere OF influence:
| that such European holdings exist there
| shall be neither extended nor transferred.
| and that, in the event OF trouble between
! a European government and OF the
| half-breed republics under her patronage.
| satisfaction must be sought, II at all. in a
| mere financial indemnity-never IN the
! seizure and retention OF South American
! territory.
! Do Americans seriously believe that Eu-
| rope will lie passive forever under such an
| edict? Any one who has looked into the
| bloody and tangled history OF South
America and kept eye on the steady
! stream Of European immigration into Bra
/ I'll and Argentina can imagine at least
| score OF Incidents. any one Of which would
| bring the Monroe doctrine 10 a decisive
| test
]. w. Nelson. aged sixty-nine. wealthy
| resident and landowner OF West Guthrie.
I O. T. committed suicide Yesterday by