The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-30
Emphasizes Importance
Of En- glis h-German-
Japanese Alliance.
MEANS TITANIC
FIGHT FOR TRADE
Utmost Secrecy Is Observed
at Washington, but Relations
With Court Of St. James Are
Said to Be More Strained
Than at Any Time Since
Venezuelan Affair.

Washington. December 29.--Em-
boldened by it's commercial alliance
with Germany Great Britain has with
in the last few days intimatcd to the
f! United States that 1t does not under
stand that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
permits this government to fortify the
| Panama Canal.
| This extraordinary move, coming
after the fortifications have been near.
| ly completed. and after the question
had been apparently forever settled.
has startled the State Department into
a realization OF the full Significance
i OF the English -Germnn-Japa com
bination against the United States.
Although the utmost secrecy is being
made of the matter in the State De-
partment, 1t can be authoritatively
stated that the relations OF this gov
ernment with Great Britain arc at
present more strained than at any time
since Cleveland's ultimatum rs to Ven
ezuela.
| Made Desperate by Burdens.
In some quarters the aggressive at
,titude of three great world powers
lagainst the United States is attributed
to the friendship and fellowship"
policy of Secretary Bryan, which is
construed as an invitation to graspinc,
nations to impose the good nature
of Uncle Sam. The broader view is
that England and Germany, made
desperate by their tremendous burdens,
and by the extending dominance OF
the United States in their fields OF
commerce, have been forced into an
offensive and defensive alliance against
this country. The influence '.f Eng
land. with its ally. Japan, has been
sufficient TO bring Japan into the COM
I bination.
catspaw, Herr Won Lndequist former
| member of the German Cabinet is now
in South America with other British
and German agents, fomenting senti-
ment against the United States.
In recent statement at Buenos
Aires Herr Won Lindequist said that
he had checked up on the South Amer
1 lean tour Of Colonel Roosevelt and
that anti-Ainerican sentiment was con,
stantly growing. and pro-German feel
Ing rapidly increasing. He said that
Within very few years there would
oe Germanlzed South America.
Why Bank WINS ThrottIed.
More light on the throttling of the
proposed National City Bank branch nt
Buenos Aires was found today.
| Through England notice was served
! on the promoters OF the plant that il
IL were carried out. American securi-
lies held in England ana Germany
| would be dumped onto the market that
! American stocks, and bonds would be
| 'aoooeu III perilr, ana mat a wide
| spread financial boycott Oh United
States securities would be Instituted.
The threats succeeded in frightening
| the American tinanciers. and Morgan
! Schuster -oturned home,
Part of Great Erftains anger
against The United States has been
aroused by its abortve attempt to Sc.
cure huge ell concessions in Colombia.
| Lord Murray, of Elibank, one of the
government whips in Parll, ncnt. was
sent to Colombia by Lord Cowdray to
| ciEch the oil fields. When he was on
the verge Of success the plan was sud
denly cropped. Although no admission
Will bo made at the State Department,
II is understood that sharp note
from the United States caused England
| 10 drc2 the Colombian scheme
| AS "oil is che lifo of the navy" ac.
cording to Winston Churchill, the oil
| situation in Mexico has added 10 Eng
| lands aggressiveness. 1t is an open
secret that from the beginning OF
trouble in Mexico. England has fol-
lowed policy diametrically opposite
to that Of the United States.
This is due to the oil Interests of
Lord Cowdray, who is In effect the
l'ritish government in Mexico. Any
! thing that lie advocates is sustained
by his home government. and anything
that his government wants is sustained
! by him The abandonment OF it's rifles
ty Japan for new pattern and the
| delivery of the old guns to Mexico
through tho subterfnge of n sale TO
third iarties is looked upon as Il part
| OF the I3ritish-Gcrm an ia pnnesc COM
| bine, and with the British ambassador
| at Tokyo sitting as counsel K is not
| doubted iii official circles here that the
| vociferous welcome Of De la Barra in
Tokyo was the outcome of British in
trigue
| Struggle for Commerce.
! The whole situation is developing
into titanic struggle for commerce,
| which means power. The value of Brit
| ish consuls has deprecated, and Eng
land Is nearly u bankrupt nation. It
| has an army of unemployed and has
| been forced to disbursc money in old
age pensions and workingmen's com
| pensations and at the same time try
to build two battleships to any other
nations one.
Germany is inspired by its hatred OF
| the Monroe Doctrine and it's hope for
German eXploitations of South Amer
ica. In addition, Germany is alarmed
| by American inroads into its home
fields of trade. 1t carries tho same
huge burden of expense that is stag
! gering England.
/ The menace OF the United States as
n commercial' power. dominating at
home the greatest market on earth, and
now reaching out into the world mar
kets. which will be brought nearer by
its Panama Canal, has forced these two
nations into an alliance with which
debt -burdened Japan has been only
too willing to join
| 1t is predicted that In the end Eng
land and Germany will either be forced
| to retrench on their armaments or to
test them finally in desperate strug-
| gle to regain their commercial losses.