The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-12-30
John N. Grifiths, M. P, Believes
Great Britain and Germany
Will Inevitably Clash.
Thinks Unity of the Anglo-Saxo1
Race the Only Guarantee of
World Peace.
Implies That While Arbitration
Treaty is Good, Alliance Would
be Preferable.
John Norton Grifiths.

John Norton Griffiths, Conservative
member of the British Parliament for
Wednesbury, who is at present in New
York, believes that within the next
six years England and Germany will
be at war and all Europe will feel the
reflex of the conflict He says this
without qualification, after he had ar
rived here from the Canadian North
west.
Why Canada Rejected Reciprocity.
THE people of Canada" said Mr..
Griffiths, realized in their last election
that a far graver problem than trade
comfy with the United States con-
fronted them, and that problem was
the bringing together of the English
ace of a war which would be launched
to threaten the very existence of Eng
land. I believe that Canada proved
by the result Of the election that it
recognized the preponderating intlu-
ence of this problem over that of reci-
procity, and thereby gave proof Of the
fact that as dependency Of Great
Britain it was ready to face the issue
which now threatens England"
Mr.. Griftiths is a member of the In
s''+Hto Of NIi2t7=,2y
Institute Of Mining and Metallurgy in
England and an engineer and public
works contractor by profession, and
was asked if the mining interests OF
the Canadian Northwest had been the
object of his trip thither and had CIV
en- him perchance some basis to be
approached by one seeking an inter-
view. He replied: Hardly. The only
thing that 1 could talk about would
be along the lines of imperialism, in
which 1 believe intellectually, but !
don't suppose that"
Germany and England Must Fight.
When assured that the result of the
recent elections in the Dominion made
the subject of Imperialism still one of
interest in this country, he dropped
his startling prophecy" concerning
The relations Of England and Germany
with little prelude. 81 believe that
there is no doubt" he said, "but that
within the next six years-may be
much sooner-England and Germany
will be at war and all Europe will be
shaken by the conflict. Yes, and Am
erica, too; for America could not help
feeling keenly the existence of so
be. Why do 1 think this? Because
the whole German nation is seeking a
war with us at every turn of the road
and when a whole nation is behind a
thing like this there is no stopping
it,"
When reminded Of the late crisis
over the Agadir situation in West
Africa and it's settlement, Mr.. Griffiths
said: Eyes, the bankers did stop war
dI ClldI punt, tlou5II "1l W do Pely
near, as subsequent revelations have
demonstrated. But the bankers can
not stand in the way of a whole peo-
pie. The German people have shown
that they are bent on an aggressive
war upon Great Britain, and being
bent upon it they will have it sooner
or later. l think that it will be soon
er, for there are many pretexts upon
which the war party may build a sue
cessful issue.
A Bold Bid for an Alliance.
Every few people realize what a war
of this magnitude will mean. 1t will
mean that securities will collapse ev-
erywhere; that paper believed to be-
negotiable will not be worth the ink
that Is on it; that exchanges every
where will feel panic and collapse.
Gold will count, and incidentally Can
ada has been preparing by converting
believe in the imperialistic idea, in
the idea which stands for the coalesc-
| ing of all the British lands into a
united whole. Yes. 1 go further than
that believe in a sort of expanded
Monroe Doctrine which shall apply tc
the 'Anglo-Saxon' race; / believe tina,
unity of the 'Anglo-Saxon' race is the
only guarantee of permanent peace.