Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-01
Dreadnoughts National Police.

Dreadnoughts National Police.
I'm considering the project Of unlimited
arbitration we must not omit to take into
account the views of men who are abso-
lutte unbelievers in the policy of arma-
ment. They consider it in the highest de-
gree improbable that our dreadnoughts
will ever fire a shot. and think that the
national revenue would be better laid out
in fat fees for international lawyers than
by inserting the front door of an efficient
navy between our undefended wealth and
the strong, hungry nations armed to the
teeth who make no secret OF their desire
to enter and possess it.
''They disapprove of preparation for war
and prefer arbitration Unfortunately,
they reveal Enthusiastically that they have
not taken the trouble to master the sub
ject on which they speak. Why do they
not dispense with locks and bolts on
private abodes and arbitrate with the
hooligans who illegitimately might de-
prive them of private property If unde-
dended? Dreadnoughts are nothing more
than bars and bolts against international
hooligans. If they never fire shot that
is proof of their success, not of their
failure.
1.-THE greatest British interest is peace.
and il we are so strong that war is I'M
profitable to PrussianiZeG Germany, who
never makes war unless war pays. then
we have spent our money wisely. because
dreadnoughts are cheaper than war. II
we are spending too much on our navy
land no landsmans opinion is worth a
tinker's remonstrance on that subject
all that happens is that we have spent
money unnecessarily to the extent OF
million or two Of pounds on British labor
and materials. On the other hand. if the
navy is not strong enough to do what is
wanted there is no limit to the liability
involved. The empire falls to pieces like
a. house of cards. The Dominions, India
and the islands fall into the hands of
powers who would be Indifferent to the
sr,fferings of the little naSyites and the
fifteen millions OF unemployed Workmen
and their families who will execrate them
and peace to the end OF their days.
Heterogeneous Elements.
ITO return to Sir Edward Grey's sug-
gestion Of unlimited arbitration with the
Americans, we must not forget that the
ruling element in America is neither homo
geneous nor sympathetic with Anglo
Saxon ideals and traditions. Political and
military power in the states is welded by
racial elements that are dissimilar. The
alien races in the union exceed the Anglo
Saxon race in numbers. The problems Of
government in the United States are all
but insoluble. A great day Of reckoning
is at hand for the states, as for ourselves.
| The negro question. the Japanese ques-
stitute an enigma that must be solved
before any American statesman can bind
| the people to keep faith in an unlimited
treaty with Great Britain.
1.-The mind of America is not only in
tellectual and distinguished, it is also a
mob mind. credulous and savage. Peace
| full International relationship demands
| the highest intelligence and q complete
subsection OF the people to the decision
of their rulers. A late Secretary Of
State in Washington made the somber
prophecy that never again could the re-
public under it's present form of govern
Alliance of Little Value.
1.-THE difficulties of the United States
are beginning. 1t is virtually an undisci-
plined empire. and the. settlement Of some
| international controversies. except by
war. is impossible. owing to the fixed re-
solve of the American masses to view
foreign relations only in subordination to
their own sectional or class interests.
| take her three years to make one If half
| hear about the American navy is true an
alliance Is not worth much to Britain.
| While heartily sympathizing. then, with
| Sir Edward Grey's forecast Of ultimate
arbitration, I venture to think that 1t is
premature for this country to succumb
! to the emotions of the arbitrationists.'
The above is given in the exact Ian
guage of the speaker, because, while Of
| late years America has had SO many
pleasant things said about her, it seems
! side occasionally. The speaker is not by
INV means an AmericanOphOhe