The Irish standard., 1909-05-29
). BULL AND SEA CONTROL.

A special cable dispatch from Lon
don to the N. Y. Sun and the Chica-
80 Tribune of last Sunday gives CO.
pious extracts fr.:m the Spectator to
the effect that in case o. war between
Germany and England for sea control
1t would be to TIC interest Of the Unit
ed States to 70 g sides With "the ,no:h-
er country" this contrasting the in
ability of Britain to fight Germany
single-handed and alone The Spring
field Repub' :can. founded Ivy Samuel
Bowles, has starrd that the United
States. in the event ct war between
the two nations III question, could only
erica could resa:d only with suspicion
the ass np'i N OF Il certain section Of
the English press that she could be
reckoned even as moral ally Of Brit
ain" The Spc-tntor belongs to the
aforesaid go ;s.oa. judging from its st
terances.
In a long winded article, the Spec
tator UNDER to show that it would
be superla ~, Jolly for the United
States to wit ~ I'D aid from England
on account Of the Monroe Doctrine,
which FnsEanl Is u supporter o.!
With blunt and brutal frankness." to
quote it's own words, the Special u
goes on 10 .nv that American journal.
lists show aston: hing ignorance of for
eign affairs. Sc far az that is con-
cerned. It Is nos much astray. for AM
erican to,, nal:Sts accept European,
news from London and echo what is
sent to t1'.n by lying, partisan Tin slish
writer's. We will not dispute the ac-
curacy of that statement. In order
that American journalists be inform al
on foreign affairs they must send Am
erican reporters abroad to get the real
news and cease the publication Of news
from British sources, for 1t Is thor
oughly unreliable and misleading.
The Spectator audaciously claims
that England and the United States
are silent partners in the Monroe Doc
trine: that American statesmen are
aware Of the fact: and that an English
statesman, George Canning, originally
suggested tha formulation Of It
though occasionally that doctrine hos
been waved in our face by profession
al twisters Of the lions tail" It refere
to President Monroe as "a not very
conspicuous American president some
ninety years ago" and says Germany
regards his PRONUNCIATION as "a worn
out tradition"
If American Journalists are ignorant
OF European politics, English journal
fsts like the writer in the Spectator
are more ignorant still Of American
politics and history. The whole world
knows that James Monroe was a
statesman Of pre-eminea. ability and
a very conspicuous president. I1s nav
er got a suggestion from Canning to
declare the famous doctrine bearjns
his name, ana in which he opposed
"entangling ourselves in the trolls Of
Europe and suffering the powers OF
the Old World to interfere with the
affairs Of the New; AMI declared that
ANY attempt to extend their system
to any portion Of this hemisphere
would be dangerous to our peace AMI
safety" That declaration is a. true
! today as when 1t was penned 50 years
ago. and the American people in their
strength are able t. enforce 1t with
out any assistance from decrepit John
Bull. who is almost scared to death
because Germany Is building a big
navy Of Dreadnoushts without asking
permission Of England.
Germany has always been the friend
OF the United States from the very day
that Frederick the Great, through ad.
i1iiration for the character of wash-
ington, refused to let the mercenary
Hessians pass through his dominion ia
Join the English against the Americans
who were fighting for liberty and
freedom from the British yoke.
II makes no difference to this repub-
lie which nation has command Of the
sea. No one nation has monopoly