The Washington herald., 1909-05-31
Alarm IN England.

Editor TIE Washington Hsald:
The scare n England respecting the
threatened loss of supremacy IS amusing
to any one but a Brlton. That swagger-
ing arrogance has departed. and alarm
has taken its place
The homeIy adage. It's a long lane
that has no turning" holds true.
Through the supineness and apathy OF
other nations, and the extraordinary and
intelligent activity Of England. she has
become The dominating factor IN this
earth's affairs. and she has used this
power % such e purpose and for so long
a time that she regards il as q God
given right
There IS not q nation on the earth but
has q heavy score 70 settle with this
haughty, selfish mistress OF the sea.
She has been bypeT-!mpertIne1L 20 Us
in the audacious propositions 70 meddle
in our affairs L IS worse than the
horrors 10 think Of her high-handed az
fronts shown Us with that calm assurance
Of a superior 70 q measly inferior. and
we have failed 70 see the insult implied
IN IL all A nation OF infants cringfng
10 a Jack the Giant Killer" a Blue
Beard" or some supernatural agency
about Illustrates that which our so-called
diplomacy has in seTviliIy borne from
John Bull
IN the var between the States" which
was largely egged on by England. her
course was reprehensible n the extreme
and her sympathy and encouragement Of
the South protracted the var The SUI
render OF Gen. Lee caused as much con-
sternation in London as any event that
has ever shocked England.
During the progress OF this war Eng
land seized Belize. q strip Of country be-
/ tween Guatemala and Mexico, and still
retains il as British Honduras.
She has thrown every obstacle IN the
way OF our building the Panama Canal
and even had the audacity and brazen
! eftroateTy TO propose her consent II we
would allow her ID run It for Us and
/ fOrtify and protect Il against ourselves
/ for Us Our government actually allowed
such a brazen, eudaciOUs, brutal. ghoul-
I ishIy brutal proposition 70 be made 70 Us,
without seeing the level 10 which such &
] proposition would reduce Us, and without
/ one word OF remOnstrance at the insult
For q century England was holding
/ Russia up as greedy 10 disturb the bal
ance Of power IN Europe In the mean
Z
Iu securing for herself not the balance,
I but the preponderance Of power. When
she got It she made use Of L solely for
| seIf-aggrandizement, and 60 make her
self offensive 10 all the world She got
possession OF the SUez Canal 10 facilitate
/ intercourse with India, and then she be-
trayed- France and cheated her out Of
Egypt
Her .apprehensions about Germany must
| be well founded. but they proceed from
reasons that England does not proclaim
/ to the world. and those are that Ger
many IS taking England's trade away
from her. and anything which Affects
her commerce touches the tenderest spot
| 10 England. With an immense navy,
Germany can protect and extend her
commerce and az the same tine have
much 70 say IN international affairs where
the field now IS absorbed entirely By
/ England
There IS nothing encouraging 20 US OF
any one else 10 see Germany become q
powerful international factor. OF the
| two evils, England or Germany, We rather
/ incline to the former. reprehsnsihie IS
1 her course has been
Though England has used power for. he7
own aggTsndizemeat, she has left some
I thing % other nations, whereas, had 4,
/ been Germany who had sll this puissancs
for so long q time she would have
/ clutched all
Ne cannot sforgat. GsTmany's course a
-ta1itss nor ID si5cas : tA.sa1 eSss6s has