The Washington herald., 1911-03-12
EUROPE NOT FOOLED
BY MANEUYER TALK
Never Thought War Games
Only We're Planned.
MONROE DOCTRINE ACCEPTED
Interference from Across the At
Iautic Not Dreamed OF, Although
John Bull Has About Two Hundred
Million Dollars Invested-LlOyd-
George an Invalid.

London. March 11.-When half the
standing army of a great power is sud
denly dispatched. with horse, foot and
artillery, to maneuver close to the from
tier of neighboring state, no one IN
the Old World ever accepts the oflciai
assurances that there is nothing IN IT.
IL tht New World things may be man
aged differently. but with our Old World
habit of disbeIieving an official cNpLana-
tion as to peaceful significance of mill
tarv movements, no American need be
surprised that in Europe every one be
slievcs there is something behind the army
maneuverS in Texas.
President Taft's orders to the army
arouse only a mild emotion OF inquisitiVe
curiosity. No one on this side of the
Atlantic would mobilize an army or
move a hattie ship if Uncle Sam was
suddenly to announce that he had re-
solved 10 annex Mexico. Friends OF
America would mourn such a diversion
of the civiIzinC energies Of a great re-
public TO the purposes OF conquest; her
enemies would Chucklc inwardly at the
though. that America would going upon
.ong. troublesome and Improbable
would lift a finger to prevent the United
States doing what il pleased.
Monroe Doctrine Accepted.
That is one move in the great game
Of universal acceptance Of the Monroe
doctrine. No one ever dreams of inter
fering in Mexico from this side Of the
Atlantic. John Bull has about &2OO,Ooo.OQ1
invested in President Diaz's country, but
from dollars and cents point of view
ho would probably rejoice if the Stars
and Stripes flew over all the country
between Texas and the Panama Canal
His investments would be quite as safe
ard in a few wears they would probably
ho Quadruped.
Ohcial statements that American over
1ureS for a comprehensive treaty of arbi-
tratiOn between Great Britain and the
United States will receive most sympa-
thetiC consideration are universally wei
coined. Tho only regret on this side is
that such a treaty has not been ratified
twenty years ago.
on Monday tn" incorriGihIa and pur-
blind group Of IttIe navy men is to open
fire on the naval estimates. They show
an increaSc OF 2i.5N0.OnO sterling There
are none so blind a. those who win not
sec. So far from our estimates being ex-
CrSSlEe. LhCN are dangerously low. In
stead Of spending two pounds for every
German pound spent in naval construc-
tiOn. as VIC ought to tdO if We are to
keep UP tho two keels to one standard,
VIC are only spending pound for pound.
Fortunately. the facts and figures are
too plain to ho obsCured and the esti-
mates will not only 20 through. but viii
certainly be increased if the little navy
men had any chance OF seeming to in
1uence tho policy Of the government.
Ioyd-GcorEe an Invalid.
Lloyd George IS likely to be moro or
less on the shelf until midsummer He
has been living on his nerve for so long
that unless he takes more rest than he
is doing at present. his throat trouble
may develop into laryngitis. and the
most eloquent voice in Britain might be
permanently sil-HceG.
Notwithstandin- tho double duty
thrown upon Lord Morely by the sudden
illness of Lord Crewe. he is fresh and
vigorous and quite undaunted by his sud
den elevation 10 leadership Of the House
Of Lords and his recall to the the India
Office
The experiment is about to be made by
the Indian government of subscribing for
C5OO0 copies Of the nov weekly. the
LOycl a vernaruIar paper. for the pur-
pose Of distributing it about the country.
The experiment will be watched with in
terest. Gen. IEnaticf tried something like
a fair measure of success.