The Irish standard., 1912-09-21
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EASILY SCARED BY ENGLAND.
~ local contemporary-th Evening
Journals greatly exercised over the
alleged violation of the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty by the President and Sem
ate of the United States. 1t takes TOR
granted that this country is guilty Of
dishonor in rejecting British claims
anent the Panama canal, and then in
dulges in dire forebodings as to what
might happen for not knuckling to the
audactous demands of Great Britain.
We confess that we first thought the
Journal was discussing the question
ironically, but after reading second
article in the same strain few days
subsequently, we changed our mind
and realized that the writer was in
a serious mind and not banterins at
all.
In the first place, the Journal is
mistaken in stating that the United
States has broken the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty. 1t has not, and the Presi-
dent, who is as good a lawyer as any
member OF the Journal staff, con-
CURED with. the Senate in its inter-
probation of the words in controversy.
When signing the canal bill Pres!-
dent Taft showed. the absurdity Of
Britain's contention. This govern
ment in constructing, maintaining and
defending the canal would find itself
''shorn of its eight to deal with its own
commerce in its own way, while all
other nations using the canal in COM
petition with American commerce en-
JOY that right, and power unimpaired."
THE British protest, therefore,"
continued Mr.. Taft, "is proposal to
read into the, treaty a surrender by
the United States of its right to resu-
late its own commerce in it's own
way, and by it's own method, right
which neither Great Britain herself
nor any other nation that may use
the canal has surrendered or proposed
to surrender" o
Britain demands that no discrim-
ination whatsoever shall be made be-
tween American vessels and the yes.
sells of all nations that may use the
canal The words in the treaty are:
The canal shall be free and open 70
the vessels of commerce and war of
all nations observing these rules on
terms of equality" The conditions on
which foreign nations may use tho
American canal are given in the trca
ty, and by treating all foreign nations
alike, the United States discharges all
its obligations under the compact with
Great Britain. This country, in con-
troll Of the canal, is not on a level with
foreign nations. 1t is above them.
The Journals talk about the smash
ing up of the Monroe Doctrine and "a
junction between the Triple Alliance
and the Triple Entente" bringing
about "a solidarity Of Europe against
u.s." is unmtigated bosh and an alb
surdity OF the first magnitude. Euro
pean coalitions have no terrors Cor
this republic and If England mas
many ways Of retaliating for our Pan
anna ofrense,' let her go ahead and
see what she can do.
The Journal man Is afraid she will
withdraw her support from the Mon
roe Doctrine" If she did such ter
rible thing as that. the editorial writ
err for the Journal says that Japan
in Mexico and Germany in the Car
ribbean would be free to disregard
the Doctrine"
How much We owe to John Bull that
we know nothing Of! Where does this
genius of the Journal come from with
all his fictitious information? Can he
be an English Importation from Lon
don brought over to mold America n
opinion and hasten the coming of an
alliance?
This republic exists and will con-
tinue to exist, in spite Of all British
Vaccinations England can make alli-
ances with European and Asiatic pow
ers II she likes, but she cannot have
an alliance with US or NEEDLE in our
national affairs. We defy Britain to
do her worst in conjunction with the
other powers named BY the Journal