The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-09-24
Oy THE WORLDS HORIZON,

Turn which ever way it will these
DAYS Europe finds itself confrontt d
by America. Two Americans have
lust been to the North Pole, and
they have aroused greater interest
in that subject in Europe, and
Europe is giving more attention to
the controversy as to the relative
merits of the discoverers than is
seen even In the United States. AT
the largest gathering of flying men
which the world has ever witnessed,
that which took place at Rheims
three weeks ago, In which all types
of aviators were tested, and In which
the leading flyers of the earth
participated, an American carried
off the principal prize. Every
bourse in Europe was shaken few
days ago by the approaching death
Of an American railway chief who
controlled more miles of road than
are In England, Germany and
France combined. At that mag
Mates death an American financier
threw enough money into all the
bourses to prevent a callapse in
American shares in all of them, and
sent those shares up, taking the
entire active line Of foreign stocks
up with them. Berlin, Paris,
London and New York responded
to the same influences which
centered In the United States, and
all rose out of the slough of financial
despond simultaneously.
Across the continent of Asia,
Europe's eyes also encounters the
shadow of America. That Anglo
French German combination to
finance the construction of the
Hankow Railway has been shattered
by the intervention of the United
States, and now a New York
bankers syndicate enters the deal
on equal terms with the original
partners. Just when the active
work on the road will begin cannot
be stated with any positiveness now
but Europe is assured that America
will have decidedly important
part in debating the selection.
Moreover, as Europe views the
situation, the Intervention OF the
United States in that affair fore
shadows determination by us to
have a large voice hereafter in
Aslatic politics. Some of the
London and Berlin newspapers
recall the circumstance that it was
Washington who sent out the
appeals to the rest of the capitals to
ioin with her in guaranteeing
China's territorial integrity, and
London, St. Petersburg, Rome,
Paris and Berlin responded
favorably.. That was ten years
ago, but the new Chinese incident
brings up that episode. The
pledges from Europe at that time
watch the United states gained were
observed by the United States and
Europe in the invasion of China by
the allies In 1920 to rescue the
egations which were isolated at
Pskin during the boxer rebellion.
That is, the pledges were observed
by all the allies except Russia,
which kept its troops at Manchuria
after those of the rest OF the
countries had evacuated all OF
China's territory, and for Russia's
violation Of her promise she was
attacked by japan in 1924, and the
var of that year and of Io 5, which
was ended by American meditation,
started. The American mediator
Of 1925, now hunting and travelling
in Africa, fills a large space in
Europe's news from the Dark
Continent.
Thus, as one OF Berlin's journals
says, the "shadow of the United
States" projects itself across every
European concern. The fall OF
the Knickerbocker Trust Company
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