Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-06

Rome. Germany would take South
Africa; the Japanese and the Germans
would fight for Australia; India would
fall to Russia, and Canada, with or
without a fight would fall to the
United States.
It was sea power that enabled us
to crush the peasants Of the Trans
vaal, Just as II is the sea power, paid
for by England, which enables the
Canadian to strip and search Japan
ese gentlemen and tourists who desire
to land at Victoria or Vancouver.
Does Canada value British sea pow
er? Not to the extent Of one dollar.
The registered shipping of Canada
amounts to 6S3S vessels of 652, ,613
tons gross. For the defense Of this
shipping the taxpayers of the united
kingdom maintain 13 British men-of-
war on the North American station
and seven on the Pacific station. To
the maintenance Of these 20 ships,
Canada does not contribute a shilling.
Canadian fisheries produce over
$26, 100000 a year, but they are pro
tected by gunboats paid for by the
badly housed and underfed population
OF the united kingdom. The expendi.
ture OF the latter is S. per head per
annum for naval defense alone. Can.
ada contributes nothing.
On this side of the Atlantic begin
to observe a movement of discomfort
with the present conditions of empire
/ The situation that now exists, through
indefensible. has produced no un.
friendliness. On the contrary, there
, has never existed hndlier feeling be.
/ tween the democraeies Of both coun-
! tries. Englisbmen are grateful to
Canada for the splendid troops she
sent TO South Africa, but the fact is
undeniable that the large majority OF
the Canadians who fought in South
Africa were not only men of British
birth, but Britishers who had only
been in Canada a few years The
French Canadian troops, though hign
in quality, were few in number, and
their departure was not viewed with
favor by their co-religionists.
The result Of the South African
war has been a bitter disappointment
to the average Engllshman. There Is
an uneasy feeling prevalent that the
loss Of e250.000 900 and Of $4,000 val.
liable lives mas been incurred mainly
for financial and cosmopolitan inte,
rests, which are rather German and
Jewish than British or colonial. Fur
thermore, there is the profoundest
disgust al the introduction OF Chinese
labor into South Africa, in the interest
OF the capitalists, and a democratic
feeling Is abroad. the like Of which |
do not remember In my lifetime.
This democratic feeling. while not
incompatible with true Imperialism. is
not enamored with the imperialism
which has for its object the enrich.
ment Of German Jews. While Eng
lishmen, therefore are grateful to
Canadians for the help given in South
Africa. there is a feeling that we both
have been misled and that the time
is arriving rapidly when the demo
cracy of Canada and the democracy
OF England should frankly exchange
ideas on the subject OF the empire.
Canada does not pay for the mari.
time policing Of the coast OF Nor.
folk or Kent Why should British
workingmen pay for policing Cana.
dian hsheriesy There is only one
reason why We should continue to do
so, and that is that unless We con.
tlnue TO present Canada with a free
navy, a system OF monarchy that costs
Canada nothing, all the advantages to
be derived from India with It's avail,
able appointments, the universities,
the British foreign ONCE. the dlplo.
matte service and gratuitous enjoy.
ment Of the British connection, Can.
ada would cut the painter and set up
as an independent power.
In the Alaska boundary question.
the language employed by some Ca.
madam statesmen could only be justi.
hed automatically on the assump.
iion that their words were supported
by tAe navy OF Great Britain There
Is an anomaly here OF which thinking
Engllshmen begin 20 be aware. Il We
pay the piper, We should cali the tune.
but II the Canadians desire 10 name
the melody, they must contribute to
the cost of the band They now pro
pose 60 conduct their own foreign re.
ia'ions without navy or army Of taelr
own.
There are however. cogent rea sons
besides those OF hnance why Canada
will not contribute to the cost OF the
British navy, OF monarchy. or nav any.
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