Morris tribune., 1902-04-12
DESTINY OF THE WORLD
Its Americanization Tersely De-
E. picted by w. 7. Stead.
"A MOST REMARKABLE PROPHECY

OF American Influence Caused the
BOer War.
i ''The Americanization of the world is
a phrase which excites, quite needless
~, some resentment in Great Britain.
Ut is even regarded as an affront to
sEngland to suggest that the world is
being Americanized. Its true destiny,
of course, is to be Anglicized, and many
are quick to discern something OF anti
patriotic bias in the writers who ven
ture to call attention to the trend of
the twentieth century,"
ITO all such irate champions of Eng
land alI the English it is sufficient to
reply that, us the creation OF the Amer
Jeans is tie greatest achievement OF
our race, there is no reason to resent
the part the Americans are playing in
fashioning the world in their image,
which, after all, is substantially the
image of ourselves"
Tine AmcrIcanizatiOn of the world is
but the AngLcizing of the world at one
remove"
Such are some Of the opening utter
~ances in William T. Stead's powerful
new book. The AUGMENTATION of the
World" which is published and copy
righted by Horace Markley (New York
and Londom The book shows a prodi-
--gious know ledge of world politics, says
the New York World If Mr.. Stead
would pose as prophet, his prophecies
are certainly based on solid founda-
lions. Perhaps the most interesting
chapter in the book is that on the
characterization of Ireland"
Here are PARTS Of that chapter:
LESS than forty years ago the Unit
ed States Of America were torn in
twain by one Of the bloodiest civil wars
of our time. For nearly five years the
whole nation was preoccupied with
9ratricidal strife. In the end the north
conquered. The south, beaten fat,
crushed, desolate and despairing, sued
for peace. The seeding states were
forced back into the Union at the point
OF the bayonet.
S"The contrast between the complete
reconciliation which has been effected
and our utter failure to effect even
modus vivendi between the English
and the Irish affords a measure of the
difference between the political genius
of the American republic and Of the
British empire.
StAn expenditure Of 10000 lives and
of 2OO,OOO,OOO has been incurred for
~ hn A f.
rican Dutch to submit to our dominion.
We have killed thousands and devas-
fated their land in order to make them
<our SUBJECTS If they had been will
ing to become our fellow citizens, they
would have been a source Of strength.
AS men forced by war to submit to our
yoke they will become a source Of
abiding weakness. We shall have two
1relands on our hands instead of one,
and each affords only too tempting an
opportunity for those who may use the
Americanizing trend Of our times for
the purpose Of detaching either or both
from the empire Of which at present
they form part"
Mr.. Stead quotes word for word the
ae says tina. its reT'Foti'5e ttisadl teze va!
probably cau use the seizure OF this book
by the military censors at Cape Town"
Epigrammatically he declares of the
Declaration:
lit is the epitaph of our empire" ::
He writes:
1.-The majority of the Irish in Irelan
no Prif CHI MT q
their friend, but as the ally of their
worst enemies, the vampire which
preys upon their hearts blood. To the
masses Of the south and west Of Ire
land and to a large extent of the north
the United States is more Of father
land than Great Britain. They are
much more interested in what goes on
in New York than in London, in Chi
cago than in Westminster. 1t is to
England that their money goes in rents
and in taxes 1t is from the United
States that their money comes in
Pactolean food Of remittances through
the post. In the United States there
were, at the census of 1890, 1,OOO,S4O
persons of Irish birth. OF those born
of Irish parents on American soil. who
can say how many there are? More, it
is safe to say, than are to be found in
all ireland today.
''If the majority Of the Irish race find
themselves today under the stars and
stripes and if the majority Of the Irish
in Ireland build all their hopes Of sue
cess upon the support which they can
draw from their kin beyond the sea, it
is not surprising if Ireland should af-
ford a promising field for the disin-
tegrating influence Of American gravi-
tation. What America has given to the
Irish is something much more valuable
than dollars. 1t is only in the cities Of
the American Union that the Irish have
had an opportunity Of displaying those
political gifts the exercise of which
they were denied in their own land.
at is the fashion to sheer at the way
In which the Irish rule New York, Chi
cago and half the great cities Of the
Union The details Of their admins
tration may leave much to be desired,
but the extraordinary fashion in which
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