TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-02-22
ANCLOMANIACS ALARMED.


Angomanias and their newspaper organs are manifcsiiug signs Of
alarm a. the prospect Of a successful organized edord 70 thwart the UNDER
hand pro-Brtsh conspiracy. which has been actively at work during the
last twenty years So far back as 1894 the chief eonspnatora openly adyo
Gated in the North American Review an AnrloAmcrcan Alliance, which
they hoped would develop eventually into a reunion Of America and
England. Andrew Carnegie and the late Admiral Mahnn wrote article
for the North American Review in which they took for their thesis
THE dcirabfty Of undoing the work Of Washington and his compatiots
In 1913 The Irish World reproduced carnegiea article in full
cation Of the American Declaration Of Independence, Richard Oney, who was
Secretary Of State. in the Cleveland Cabinet, published an article In the
Atlantic in which he declared that oraee patriotism" would impose upon
this country the duty Of going to the assistance Of England If she ever
found herself attacked by powerful enemies. Subsequently the Pilgrims
Club, with branches in New York and other American cities, was established
for the purpose Of faniuansing the thought that we are virtually English
lcolonhts, who should be only to willing TO stand by the Mother Country
In the hour Of her peril. Propaganda Of this sort, aided and allotted by
a pro.Britsh press, was intended to prepare for just such an emergency as
that England Is now confronting. 1t was the intention to create on this
side Of the Atlantic a pro-Enpiish sentiment so strone that It would be
able to mould American public opinion TO such ar extent that it would
favor an armed intervention in Englands interest in a war such as the
one that is now on.
A meeting was held in Washington last Saturday to thwart these long
laid plans. A program was drawn up and an appeal made to the voters Of
the country irrespective of political Affiliations We ask our readers to
study carefully the set Of resolutions adopted at the meeting Of which we
are speaking After they have done so they will be more cabale Of forming
press Here is a specimen Of the resolutions adbpedi
Eve pledge ourselves individually and collectively to support only such
candidates for public office, irrespective Of party, who win place American
interests above those of any other country and who will aid in eliminating
all undue foreign influence from official life.
"The resolution as given above was offered for the purpose Of re
establishing genuine American neutrality and ia uphold it free from com
mercd, financial and political subserIences to foreign powers'p
The manner in which the ~pro-Brdsh press assans the promoters Of the
new movement to preserve American neutrality intact, is a convincing
proof Of the need Of such a movement. Threatened Pro-Geman Movement
in American Politics" is the caption of the New York Trbunes editorial
dealing with the proposed organized attempt to curb pro-Brtish influence in
this country. "A Granddaughter Menace is the New York Evening
Posts way Of announcing the fact that steps have been taken to counterfeit
the activities Of pro-Brfishers. "The German Propaganda in This Coun-
try" is how the New York Times informs its readers that Englands friends
in the United States viii not have it all their own way.
Note how these three pronouncedly pro-Brtish sheets have tried to
create the impression that ii is only Americans Of German descent who OBJ
Lject to a policy, which would make the United States an ally Of England
in the present war. There is a we'll defined purpose in this. These pro-
British organs are seeking to popularse the thought that it is un-Amercan
to say o do anything that would tell against the trace patriotism" that
should make "Anglo-saxons" on both sides Of the Atlantic stand together
as a unit in defence of the eAiother Country. They are afraid that such
meetings as that held at Washington last Saturday will help defeat the
conspiracy which Andrew Carnegie brought to light when he openly cham
poined the merging of the Republic in the British Empire.