The Irish standard., 1908-08-08
THE FIGHT TO COME
WHEN AMERICA SHALL LOCK
HORNS WITH JAPAN,
Prediction Made That Conflict in South
America Will Result in Down.
fall Of the Stars
and Stripes.

America Will Result in Down.
fall Of the Stars
and Stripes.
Berlin.-Close upon the heels Of
'Banzai." which depicted the coming
war" between America and Japan,
another book has made its appearance
in Germany, which plunges the United
States into a bloody and inglorious
conflict with the triple alliance" OF
Brazil, Argentina and Chile, which
ends in the humiliation Of the Mon
roe doctrine and the collapse Of North
American influence" over the Latin
republics.
The book, which is written anony.
mously, is entitled The Condor" The
cover shows rampant South Ameri-
can eagle flying across the Andes
clutching tattered stars and stripes
triumphantly in its beak.
The war" breaks out in 1920. Mean
time the weaker South American
states have been chatting under the in
creasing influence of the United
States, and Mexico has already been
reduced to the status of vassal. Bra.
Eli, Argentina and Chile, however,
have buried their long-standing differ
ences and formed a triple alliance for
the purpose Of defending the independ-
ence of South America
The story opens with revolution in
Uruguay, which has come under the
financial control Of the Washington
government, much to the disgust of
the people. On the night of February
Is an Urdguayan mob invades the GUS
toms house at Montevideo and MUIR
ders the American officials. The po-
lice, refusing to afford the American
citizens of Montevideo protection, the
cruiser President Roosevelt, lying in
the harbor, lands so marines and two
machine guns for the protection of
the American legation The Uruguay
an troops join the mob and engage in
a pitched battle with the American
marines, resulting in the destruction
of the legation building and the kill
ing Of the entire American force The
government Of Uruguay refusing salts
faction the American squadron bonn
bards and annihilates Montevideo.
| Feeling throughout South America
rises. Anti-American riots take place
at Buenoe Ayres and Santiago. Urged
+! by the American yellow press" the
Washington government finally de.
cides to send an expedition of 5000
troops to occupy Montevideo until sat
isfaction is given.
Brazil, Argentina and Chile agree
to support Uruguay, while Peru sides
with the United States. The allied
powers address notes Of protest to the
governments Of Europe and Japan, but
in the meantime prepare for war. Ar.
gentine torpedo boats make a night
attack on the American squadron at
; Montevideo, which sinks the assail
ants, only itself to be later blown up
by submarine mines. Next day the
Chilean battleships sink the American
cruiser Mckinley at Valparaiso, while
the gunboat Wilmington is compelled
to surrender at RiUeJaneiro Shortly
afterward heavy American naval
force sinks the combined fleets of
Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
Four months go by before the Uni.
ted States is enabled to mobilize an
army Of 100000 men under Gen. Leon
ard Wood. They land at Atalaya,
southeast of La Plata, with the inten-
ton of capturing La Plata, Buenos
Ayres and Montevideo, but Gen. Wood
himself is represented as having little
faith in the undisciplined, unframed
force of state militia which form the
bulk of his army. Gen. Wood finally
enters Buenos Ayres and finds the
enemy strongly intrenched behind the
Concha river. Americans, after four
days of gallant but ineffective frontal
attacks under cover of the guns of
their warships, are decisively defeated
and beaten back, the final stage of the
battle becoming an utter route.
At this stage Europe and Japan
offer their mediation. A preliminary
peace is effected, which is to be fol
lowed by an International conference
in Vienna. Then an instruction, fos.
tered by the japanese, breaks out in
the Philippines, resulting in successive
rebel victories. Japan seizes an oppor
tunity to make brazen proposals to the
United States, which excite the Ameri
can people against Japan. The result
is the dispatching of the entire United
States feet to far eastern waters.
All the South American republics
make declarations Of their solidarity
with the United States against the
yellow peril Japan declares war and
destroys the Notifications and floating
docks at Manila, thereby deprivinZ
the coming American fleet of base
Europe then becomes inflamed against
the Japanese, and, including the Brit
ish government, intervenes to arrest
the progress OF the conquering Ash
atics. The book ends abruptly at this