The semi-weekly messenger., 1906-09-04

1~S%sI the BT1tls1 48ou tail IS IS Wig
oTo0sly as ingalls, or ro-ak~- haa sve-
cu+ the caYe- IN the uazue of p-ossv--
ten. According - that f1e cI8 fsl
aow. Richard =. bland. vlo eo<,fI ?,
more havboT on insinceTity Khan 10
could invent perpetual -@ot&on--acc--.-
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ENGLAND AND AMEDRICA
the universe that Was ncanev han
Wall street was Lomba-d stTeet Tae
Crime Of - was laid on EnEia aa
and millions of men believed 4. and
when Bryan was beaten IN 1896 those
same millions were assured that .aey
anf their pos;erity had been sold :Elo
slavery for British gold
The Spanish war came ard We heard
i deal bout the relative thickness %
blood and water. and there Is 10 doub;
that England was on our side. Lot
for love % Us. but because Il wcs
profoundest Iolcy. The rest Il Europe
VAS gainsr US and there i not Uoun
for much doubt that the powers" 0t
the continent would have chokcd u
OF Spain II they hal believed Tha'
England would only be neutral. hut
England with unnecessary oste1tat.o1
put the Channel feet IN motion. Il
was merely stroke % policy On ne
part Of Mr.. John Bull, and he Is exp r.
~ thar game
After the treaty q Paris there :. no
doubt that England encouraged u q
expand. and size is more ilterestt-
IN that question than in any we Ver
undertook. We sIelk her languaG
We have adopted her Iollcy. What i
The inevitable consequence? Nh II.
virtual alliance. even II she has - .l,rg
n Cau2da" when the pear is ipe. II"
only trouble is. will Canada suffer her
self 70 BE- flung in?" She now ha-
The protection of the British navy
without cost. As a part Of the Am'r!-
can Union she would be taxed flT p
navy. In short, England has no friends
except her colonies. though she au3
France are getting on a basis of good
understanding and her alliance with
japan is 2 bargain Cf mutual advan-
tage. Germany would lick her to
morrow If she thought she was RAN
eno-h TO Go il.
But when the war in South Africa
came. - per cent Of our people we're
for the Beers. and how we did now.
with fiendish glee over their early
victories, How We did flock 10 the
theuter in this towa Of Washington
TO sit entranced under n" spell =
Webster Davis Spnsmudic and AVS
teric e:oGuence and laid l. on the
patriotic impulses Of Webs great heart
that he got stage fright on that i'm
mensc occasion. De We was magnl-
Sai irrn tn r.
wall Jackson: the Transvaal ..as
Greece aad Poland and ireland. and
England was everything that was des-
pOtic and more, too. But England
was grimly resolved. and history
teaches that when England is in that
hu,uor, and united at home, a setGc-
ment in her favor is only a question
of time. and so il was now OF course.
we throw il up 10 her that she has
had allies in her big wars; that Marl-
borough was aided by Eugene. and
without Eugene the armies Of France
would have prevailed. But what would
Eugene have done without MarlDor-
ough? We ana not left in doubt. what
did Eugene do without Marlborough
And the same problem IS presented ia
Chatham's first ministry II Is quite
the Seven Years War" without Fred
erick the Great: but ii Is absolutely
certain that Frederick would have lost
his crown and his realm without Eng
land. Again. it wa England who
beat Napoleon. and but for her he
Corsican demi-@od would have master
ei the world. BY orders in counch
she made all the oceans and Mi tn
seas British lakes and no flag but hers
sailed the deep. What Lucan said OF
Cardigan applies 10 England. much .s
one may nate her.
DIPLOMATIC England and America
are fine friends We sent Rcycrdy
johnson over there when Andy John
son was president, and h introduced
the canvas back duck - he English
palate Since Cedric was a Saxon
that has been a good way - yet tn
good will of an Euglishman. james
Russell Lowell. who was a copper
head. in our war with Mexico. ~ II"
most venomous kind, delighted after