The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-06
PRIVATE BUSINESS BRINGS HIM
TO AMERICA.
.FAvORS MONROE DOCTRINE
Gays England Should Declare Her
Willingness to Fight for 1t
if Necessary.

| London, Jan 4.-The North German
| Lloyd steamer Kaiserin Maria Their
esa, which is to sail from Bremen
today, and from Southampton tomor-
row, will take among her passengers
Admiral Lord Charles Beresford.,
There is no truth in the report that
the admiral is to take position with
| the International Mercantile Marine
company. M
| Lord Beresford said to representa-
tive of the Associated Press:
Il am going to America because
have some private business to attend
to. It has nothing to do with the
| shipping combine. If the Morgans had
paid me the compliment of offering
| me something in that connection,
which they have not, should be
| obliged to decline. However, in ad-
dition to attending to private business
am going to have good look
around, although | must be back in
| London for the opening of parliament
in February. | hope to pick up in
formation regarding the administra-
tive element in American business.
That's where America excels. We do
not know how to administer here.
Our workingmen are as good as theirs
but our administrations are feeble.
Our companies want lords and COM
moners as directors who know moth
ing about business. Your Americans
are straight business men, who not
only know, but put their money into
the concerns of which they are di-
rectors. If l can teach the people
here to adopt American business
methods, we can then have greater
inter-communication of capital and in
terests between the two countries.
The Only Way.
1T is the only way, and once Eng
land and America get on a profit
basis, the world will not dare to in
terfere with either Neither of us
will stand for political alliance. 1t |
is impossible. Changing parties and
the sentiments of both countries for
bid it, I frankly confess that bus
mess alliance would be more to Eng
lands than Americas advantage.
America can look after herself. She
can fight the world, either from an
economic or any other view point.
They have not begun to realize here
yet that the long period in which
Great Britain held the monopoly OF
trade is over. They do not know the
value of a scrap heap, the minimum
cost of production, or the volume OF
trade The coming century will be
one of business. BY trying to achieve
community of business interests and
methods between America and Eng
i nd | believe | shall be doing much
toward it's being century OF peace.
You put your brightest men into bus
mess We put them into politics, the
navy and the army. This has got to
be changed, not for the sake OF the
money in it for the individual, but
for the general good of the country.
When I return l hope to have lot
more information in my pocket which
will further these ends in parliament
an delsewhere.'
Views on Venezuela.
Asked what he thought of the Ven
ezuelan situation Lord Beresford
brought his hand emphatically down
on the table.
'Thank God," he exclaimed, "that
it has come out all right, but it has
taught our government lesson that
it must never try it's hand again at
such game without the partnership
of the United States. l do not say
word against Germany, but do think
it is to England's advantage to come
right out and not only say we sup
port the Monroe doctrine but by
heavens, we are willing to fight for