The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-06-12
FORBIDS THE BANNS.
John p. Sutton Objects to Union Of
"AnqLo Saxon" Nations.


"Anglo. Saxon" Nations.
In the Nebraska State Journal of
June 3 there appeared the following
protest of John P. Sutton, of the Chi
cago Citizen, against an alliance be-
tween the United States and England
In case of war between the latter and
Germany, as advocated by Prof. Amos
H. Hershey, an Anglomanic:
We have had SO many startling
theories fathered by American profess
sors during the past few years that
the lay mind has ceased to be sur
prised at any strange doctrine that
may emanate from them. l was not
astonished then. but rather amused, at
Professor Amos H. Hersheys state
ments that because the supremacy Of
the seas is necessary to the existence
of England therefore Germany's naval
progress is threat against the life
of England; that the peace of the
world demands an understanding be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States which would make it hopeless
for Germany to attempt to carry out
her ambition to dominate the world,
and that with Germany, the chief
menace to the peace of Europe, once
Invested of its aggressiveness, the
world could hope for a long immunity
from great wars. 1t is a long time
since such mess of the sublimated
essence of rot oozed through the hat
of an acknowledged savant, and the
owner, professor of political science
and international law in an American
maxim of international law that the
progress of nations must be limited ty
a condition guaranteeing the perpetuity
of the British empire? One hundred
years ago Britain forced war upon
the United States by the formers pre-
tense that the supremacy of the seas
was British interest, and that the
ocean was not free highway for all
nations, but subject to the control of
"his majesty's government" In de.
Tense of that claim the British made
war upon 80, and as mark of their
brutal contempt they burned Washing
ton after first polluting the senate
chamber. For many years previous to
1912 an American citizen was not safe
on the high seas. Charles Summer
said of that period: THE quarter deck
of British man. of-war had been made
floating judgment seat 5000 times
and upwards, and each time some citi-
zen or other person was taken from
the protection of our national flag
without any form of trial whatever"
Thomas Jefferson. writing to Madame
de stael- Holstein May "a. 1913, said
mo American could safely cross the
ocean Or venture to pass by. sea from
one to another of our ports. It is
not long since they impressed at sea
two nephews of General Washington
returning from Europe and put them
as common seamen. under the or
war;"
James G.. Blaine writes: after the
war of 1912 these uncomfortable Insults
to our flag were not repeated by Great
Britain, but her government steadily
refused to make any formal renuncia-
ton of her right to repeat them, so
that our immunity from like insults
did not rest upon any better foundation
than that which might be dictated by
dence on the part of offending power"
Then Mr.. Blaine, commenting on Eng
lands action in the Trent" affair,
says: "This wrong which Captain
Wilkes committed against the British
flag was surely not so great as if ne
had seized the persons of British SUBJ
jects-subjects. if you please, who
were of kindred blood to one who
stands as high in the affection of the
AoAiIioH PCopic do w dSlilIlSLOl Ill Ltl1
affection of the American people-if,
indeed, there be such a one in English
tradition"
Now, Professor Hershey ought to
know that Great Britain still MAIN
tains the right to search American
vessels and seize on them whomso-
ever she, as judge. DEGREES to be liable
to service under her flag. The war Of
1912 was fought by us in resistance
of that claim, but the question was
never settled, and is now as vital a
point of difference between Great Brit
ain ard the United States as 1t was
100 years ago. The only modification
is that we are too strong for England
to enforce her claim. Her believing
and bullying when Wilkes took the
rebel commissioners Moco, Slid