The Irish standard., 1910-07-16

not to see in these attempts at an
alliance with America the hoggish
greed for power and plumber that has
ever characterised her policies. John
Bull would form q trust with Uncle
Sam in order to gain prestige that will
enable him to continue his policy of
oppression.
This is not the first time these SEN
timents have been expressed. An at
tempt on large scale is being made
to mould public opinion in America
with the end in view of forming an
Anglo-American alliance. Time was
when England felt able to stand alone.
Not so now, however. Germany is be-
coming a fearsome sight. The latter
country is outstripping England in
every department and English states
men realize that an alliance with the
United States would add to sEngland's
safety. And SO the once peerless John
Bull, affiliated with ennui, pleads for
a union on the ground that it is for the
common good!
So far as saying that such a union
would result in peace on earth and
the progress of civilization" etc. and
that it is necessary TO develop North
America as cultural unit" all this is
merely conjecture and one is just
as much justified in saying the oppos-
lite as he il in making such an asser-
ton. The United States has enjoy
ed prosperity and peace and maintain
ed the Monroe Doctrine very well with
out the aid Of Great Britain. And here
1t may be added that the Monroe Doc
trine which our contemporary would
have an European Power help us TO
defend Is the. American policy of
neither entangling ourselves in the
broils of Europe, nor suffering the
powers of the Old World to interfere
with the affairs of the New. If Amer
lea were to form any alliance with
England the time would soon come
when our country would find itself en-
tangled "in the broils of Europe" and
we ourselves would be violating one of
the clauses of the doctrine that as
Americans we have always been proud
to defend.
But we do not think there is any
serious reason to worry about the "co-
operation" Of England and America.
Ireland will get Home Rule not because
Of England's generosity nor because
Roosevelt asked for it but because
England is in - dilemma neither horn
of which presents very pleasant
prospect and the best she can
do is to choose the lesser Of
two evils. Afj the present time
the Germans and the Irish of this
country are getting along very we'll
Hereafter in the st. Patrick day par
AIDES the German standard will be
seen beside the flag of green and gold
and on the first Sunday of October.
German Day." the colors of the Emer-
aid Isle and the Fatherland will again
float side by side. There Is genuine
feeling of friendship between the
Germans and Irish of America and
when this feeling Of friendship is
coupled with the fact that twenty
en- per cent of the population of the
United States boasts of Irish blood and
thirty per cent claim German kinship
there Is not much danger Of an imme-
date alliance between America and
England.
We had to whip England to gain our
independence and since then we have
prospered more than any other coun-
try in the world. We can maintain
our position unless the powers Of
Europe unite against US and there ia
little danger that those jealous powers
will ever unite in common warfare
against America.