The Nome daily nugget., 1914-02-21

ago. the United States had found il n, Ccssary tu resent and put stop Co th, interference of otiicious German naval officers. of course the excellent gentleman in Germany did not use the word officious, but just the same that is what the conduct of these two German naval commanders was and when 1t came 60 question between the two countries the German officers were not upheld by their own govern. ment,
 But that is beside the question. The point of the thing is that. after all 0f trese years have passed. years in which the friendship between the Unl- ted States and Germany has been shown in a hundred ways German legislator should drag into the light If day and parade before the world the old friction which everyone had al- most forgotten.
 Absolutely aimless and useless WIS such a discussion as the hunorhle gentleman indulged in and quite on a par with some of the things that cur own honorable gentlemen down in Washington indulge in
 II is just such things as this tha; keep alive race hatred and class hat red after all reason for the hatred has passed.
 For many. many years it was the habit in this country to teach our young school children that because of the war of seventeen seventy-siN and tn, war of eighteen twelve and he. cause of her actions during the war of the rebellion. England was the bit ter enemy of this country.
 A majority of the present genera tion of grownups in the United States WIll remember the days when any thing English was an enemy
 And during all of those years and at the present time England has been and is the one staunch friend of this country.
 Her interest in us may be somewhat selfish. but even if it is it has many times stood us in good stead and il is high time that the youth of the land who learn about the redcoats ir their school histories were taught at the same time that those same red coats are now the very best friends that we have in the world.
 It is a splendid thing. too. this friendship that England has for us and We should not quibble with the question as to whether ii is entirely disintereted or not.
 The friendship of England, and we most generally GesperaGe it in this country, has kept us free from several entanglements which might have pro ven somewhat embarrassing to us.
 About year ago. when things be-
 
 reached the point where the navy de- pGrtment at Washington had gone sp all of the available transports and CClliers. when at the same time Japan was trying to purchase in Europe| eN cry ship she could lay her fingers on, England very quietly told the Japanese nation to haul in her horns This is not generally known outside of certain diplomatic and other official circles but it s the truth. and as Eng land is Japan's banker, Japan. per foIce hauled in.
 At still later time, when the DOW CTS of Euroe were becomming restless over our Mexican policy and We're threatening interference it was Eng land who called d halt and bade them let us alone to work matters out in oar Cwn way.
 In this instance England was more Interested than any other power in seeing peace restored in Mexico, and ye; she showed her friendship for us by keeping out herself and by keeping the others out.
 England has forgotten the bitter ness of seventy-six and of twelve and is our very best friend Germany, With the possible exception of the gen. tleman who still resents the action of the American commanders at Samoa and Manila Is our very good friend and it is crying shame that there should be constant effort to dag us into feeling of enmity with these two peoples. More especially when we have real enemy on the other side of the world who will de- l mand all of our attention one of these l days.
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