The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-23
ALLIANCE With
ENGLAND Being
SUGGESTED HERE
Union Of Two Nations Would Form
Z the ar.ateas Power in the
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GERMANY WOULD OPPOSE IT
Controversy Over Panama Canal
Tells Gives Rise to Fusion
Discussion.
GERMANY WOULD OPPOSE IT

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Washingtno, Dec. 22.-An Anglo
American alliances is being discussed.
The Panama Canal would be the
medium through which the coalition
would be made. These two greatest
English speaking nations Of the
world, united, would constitute the
greatest power, civil and military,
the world has ever known.
Both nations having tremendous
areas In colonial and insular posses
sions would, through their union,
become the rulers of the world, adm
probably would be in position to
dictate to any other raticn now ex-
istant, with perhaps the exception OF
China whose recent rcvo.ution and
subsequent establishment. q a re-
publican form of government has re-
suited in an awakening whieh nay
bring the celestials to f;f!l rcalza-
ton Of their greatness.
Cecil Rhedes, the eminent Eng
lishman, the eolonizer of South
Africa, dreamed OF an Anglo-Ameri-
can alliance, and his dying wish was
to see the establishment of such a
world power Other statesmen have
said that such a union would be
beneeial to both nations and would
insure for an time against any sue
cossful foreign Interference with
either country The statesmen now
IN power beth In the United States
and Great Britain have the utmost
consideration for each others in
terests.~ Each nation is4regarded by
the otlier%a as one Of; the two. greatest
Inatious on the globe; .. :. s.. ..,:s. s
England lncensed Over Tolls. !.
England has become rather In.
,ensed 1t tae action OF the Congress
| Of the United States in enacting leg
islation which will give to vessels of
the American merchant marine the
right to pass through the Panama
Canal without paying the tolls pre-.
scribed for the shipping of Other
nations. England claims that the
passage OF this bill constitutes d
violation OF the -Paunceforte
treaty an instrument, which. It
Is claimed by all English statesmen
and some American, guarantees to
Englishment equal rights to the
Panama Canal with the merchants
OF this country. Recently England
brought the matter sharply to an
issue, demanding, practically, that
the United States should reconsider
the Panama Canal bill and fulfill the
terms of the Hay y-Paunceforte treaty.
which England claims has been set
at naught.
Now 1t is unotficially proposed
that our country by action of its
lawmaking body permit English yes
sells to pass through the canal free
| of tolls. This great commercial
step would cement stronger al
lance between the two nations than
any word upon word treaty pro-
claiming formal alliance. SO close
| " would the commercial interests of
the two countries be united that
nothing could break the agreement,
as loss of the free toll privilege
would mean a tremendous loss to
either nation. Therefore, such a
step would lead to the actual nation
al or political alliance and probably
the subsequent fusion of the two
great powers.
Germany Would Oppose Plan.
Germany, be assured, would
create no small disturbance should
affairs take such turn. But Ger
many would have her hands tied.
With the United States and Great
Britain joiued in alliance, the
| Fatherland could not possibly mus
ter a large enough army nor build
great enough navy to permit OF
war.
The Panama Canal has been con-
structed with view to defense.
Its locks arc ramparts and the walls
of its bitches are intrenchments.
Every procauticn has been taken to
huili the great work In such man
ner that 1t can be utilized as mon
ster, fortification in time OF war.
Should Great Britain and the
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