The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-01-08
BERESFORD
is COMING
To Onr Country to Study Busi-
ness. Methods.
LAUDS AMERICA
And Says eIBeIieves the United
States Can Successfully Cope
With the World.

London. Admiral Lord Charles
Beresford has sailed for the United
States from Southampton on board
the North German Lloyd steamer
Kaiserin Maria Theresa.
In an interview just before leav-
ing he made an emphatic declara-
tion in favor Of the Monroe Doctrine
and said England should not only
endorse it, but be willing to fight
for it.
Explaining the cause for his jour
ney at this time he said: -.
/ am going to America because /
have some private business to attend
to. 1t has nothing to do with the
shipping combine. If the Morgans
had. paid me the con- piiment of offer
ing me something in that connec.
ton, which they have not, | should
be obliged to decline.
However, in addition to att end
ing to private business, | am gong
to have good look around, al
though | must be back in London
70 the opening of Parliament in Fe-
bruary.
"Ihope to pick up information re-
garding the administrative element
in American business. That's where
America eXcels. We do not know
how to. administer here.
"Our workmen are as good as
theirs, but our administrations are
feeble.
Our companies want Lords and
Commmoners as directors, who
know nothing about business.
Yours demand straight business
men who not only know, but put
their money into the concerns of
which they are directors.
eff | can teach the people here to
adopt American business methods
we',can then have greater inter-com-
.En2isation Of capital and interests
between tkessWo countries. -
1T is the only>sXay, I'D once
England aud America get on a
profit sharing basis the world will
not dare to interfere with either.
Neither of US will stand for a po
litical alliance. It is impossible.
Changing parties and the senti-
ments of both countries forbid it.
L frankly confess that business
alliance would be more to Englands
than to Americas advantage.
America can look after herself.
She can fight the world, either from
an economic or any other viewpoint.
They have not begun to realize
here yet that the long period in
which Great Britain held the mo-
nopoly of trade is over. They do
not know the value of a scrap heap.
OF the minimum cost of production.
or OF the volume of trade.
The coming century will be enc
OF business. By trying to achieve
community OF business interests and
methods between America and Eng
land, believe I shall DE doing
much toward making it century of
peace.
You put your brightest men into
business. We put them into politics,
the ravy and the army. That has
got to be changed, not for the sake
OF the money it makes for the indi-
vidual, but for the general good of
the country. When | return I hope
to have lot more information in
my pocket which will further these
ends in parliament and elsewhere. =
ASKED what he thought of the
Venezuelan situation, Lord Beres-
ford brought his hand emphatically
down on the table.
Thank God, he exclaimed,
that it has come out all right"
But it has taught our govern
ment lesson that they must never
try their hand again at such game
without the partnership of the
United States.
Il do not say word against Ger
many, but I do think it England'sl
advantage to come right out and
not only say we support the Mon
roe doctrine, but, By heavens, we
are willing to fight for it.
TO BUY TERMINAL PROPERTY