The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-08
Time is Coming, says Frenchmsn,
When the United States
viii Have
Monarch.
THE REASON FOR IT
Moral Effect Upon the People o.
transformations Which
May Come
About

IBy William Philip Simms Paris cor
respondent of the United Press.l
PARIS. March I. The United
States may yet he ruled by a king
according to Commandant Haillot,
military authority here. The state
ment was made in all seriousness IN
discussion OF what Halllot terms
the development of the American
offensive. Contrary to popular notion,
he declar I'D. the American has an un-
derlying, but exceedingly strong love
for conquest and war and his capacity
for hero worship appears to be unlim-
tied. To support his theory he calls
to witness Theodore Roossvelt's dash
to power on the back of a bllckins
broncho. via San Juan hill in Cuba'
the rapid spread of American IRON
tiers and the report circulated IN
Europe that the United States is soon
TO augment materially her army ana
navy.
CUP until the war with Spain IN
I 1899 Commandment Haillot said,
Everybody believed the American re-
public to be the worlds principal ex-
ponent of peace In view of ths mar
yelous economic prosperity OF the
country. people willingly forget the
i warlike America OF Washington's day
which went singing to war with Eng
a land the America which fought with
Maxico in 1S4S, and waged civil war
4 for five years during the sixties Anu
4 the impression was aided by SEEM
ling unpreparedness for war. But the
war in Cuba set the world to rights
4 The opening of the Panama canal
accompanied by the seizure OF all
4 approaches, places every country IN
both North and South America d.
rectly in the unacceptable control OIL
4 the United States. The same repub-
J lie which evokes the Monroe doctrine
. against the countries of Europe IS
thus constrained TO trangress hersell,
for today her ambitions go far be-
yond her own confinss. A defensive
policy explains well enough the occu-
patton OF Hawaii and other similar
! points. but a distinctly offensive one
! is responsible for the Philippines,
) Guam. etc. And it is clearly the spirit
, OF conquest at Least commercial.
b which causes America to watch With
the eve OF an eagle the affairs OF
China ana the development OF Japan.
y ''In the meantime the United States
is taking every precaution against
European English competition
in South America, and the moment is
(, near when Venezuela, Colombia Ec~
| auador and even Peru will fall under
the tuteIage already accepted by Hon
duras, Haiti. Saint Domingo, Porto
+ Rico, Cuba and Panama and which
now threatens Mexico. Military and
I naval strength Of course. is neces-
: sary to carry out these projects. Amer
lea must stand ready TO compete Win
e tho eager German and Japanese. Buc
!. there is already talk Of navy stsc-
t ond only to that Of Great Britain
Y while the little army of $1,000 soldiers
e of Yesterday is even now p1rhaps
d 100000 strong.
what is to be the moral effect, on
$ the people. of all these transforma-
tions? What will the public state OF
a mind be when 1925 comes around with
a an army of 100000 well trained and
y splendidly equipped men, and navy
II counting so dreadnoughts? What
IL changes of the American viewpoint
are to be expected as the result OF
IS war-budgets of almost billion do-
lars, of class and caste formations, Of
n military traditions, of perhaps two OF
Al thrae successful wars and three OF
At four important annexations OF terri
r tory?
e The subject lends itself to end
g less conjecture, for history furnish Us
y with no example to guide US. How
r. ever. in the Inevitable authorization
OF of great republic where already th'
Ic- individual iseas and personal value
ne an ephimeral president of four var
to play such a stupendous role. We ma
an at least surmise by way of conclusion
OIL that the seed of monarchy is sproa'
ne ing
nd
err When King George Y and ouea
ke Mary Of Fnsland next April pay the'
as first Official visit 10 France. the even
for will be set down in history as nniau
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