The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-09-16
EUROPE WILL BECOME
AMERlCANIzED STEAL
Noted English Editor Tells Of
Spread Of American
Influence.

VIM. I. stead in the New York American.
Kipling's oft quoted line, what do
they know Of England; who only Eng
land known" may be applied with equal
force to Americans, whose range Of Wis
ion Is limited to the United States. OF
such there are many millions. Nothing
surprises me more in talking to the
average educated American h a his
ignorance Of the extent to which Amer
lean ideas are Transforming the world.
On this fact there can be no doubt.
In the evolution Of the Slavs Of the
Balkan the Robert college, that Ameri-
can institution Of the Bosphorus, played
q part more important than that OF
any foreign ONCE In Europe, excepting
that OF st. Petersburg.
Bulgaria, now IN the verge OF COM
plete Independence, is the direct on
spring Of the United States. American
trained students fired the Bulgarians
with the idea Of emancipation. Men
reared 1t the Robert college framed
the constitution OF the new state on
American lines.
The most important development OF
internationalism hat has taken place
of late years was the opening OF the
international parliament OF agriculture
in Rome, where the king hopes IL may
develop into q universal parliament OF
the world. That institution, the full
significance OF which ia as yet but
little appreciated, either In the old
world OF the new, was the direct pro-
duct OF American thought. Mr.. Lubin,
q citizen from the Pacific coast, brought
h idea to Europe, where IL found q
cordial welcome and a permanent home.
But behind them all. invisible as the
atmosphere whose pressure all men
feel, was h American idea-the only
formative idea. inspiring the confer
ence. The idea OF a free federation OF
sovereign independent states living to-
gether In fraternal equality and set
ling all their differences by the i'm
partial judgment Of an independent SUI
preme court. A.,
On the 18th of this month there will
assemble at Rome an international con-
Iress Of eminent men from every Eu-
ropean country, who will come togeth-
er for the expires purpose OF iscuss-
ing what should be done to bring about
he federation Of Europe on American
lines. 1t is proposed hat an inter
rational committee Of representative
men should be formed for the purpose
" forming federation leagues In every
country, whose object Is TO bring into
existence the United States OF Europe
pm lines approximating as closely az
possible to the United States Of Amer
lea. ....
This assembly of European notables
- LAc OulCOLlo VI u COIltlileuIdl pll-
grimage undertaken by Sir MAJ
Waechter, a n~aturalized British sub.
iect, born In Germany as far BAG as
1887. Sir Max, despite kis tree score
years and IL, Ia hale and hearty and
full of energy Ind enthusiasm of youth
His favorite re~creations are riding
driving n boating, to which he has
now added, as the pursuit of his OLD
age, the Americanization Of Europe.
Sir Max Waechter makes no secret Of
his admiration of America. He made
4 comparison between the United States
Of America and disunited states of Eu-
rope, with the conclusion, to quote his
own words: e..
Europe is gradually losing it's posi-
lion in the world, and this will in course
of time be usurped by other nations,
which are rapidlJ coming to the front
unless we pull ourselves together and
abandon the vicious system now pre-
gailing in Europe which handicaps us
go seriously In the commercial strug-
gle for existence"
There is only one answer to that.
Europe must be A~mericanized or Eu-
rope is. lost.
But 1t will be asked, what chance has
this bold German Briton of carrying
out his Americanized project?
1t was to find out that Sir Max
Waechter last year made a political pill
grimage through Europe. In a CONVEX
sation which Mr.. Charles Lowe reports
In the Contemporary Review, Sir Max
Waechter declared that SO far from
finding the sovereign statesman of the
old world hostile they are prepared tn
consider their inevitable Americaniza-
ton with open mind. T.