New Britain herald., 1915-08-04
SEN. LEWIS PREDICTS VAR FOR UNCLE SAM
Russia, R Germany, China and Japan to Be Aligned Against S.


 rayed in arms against the United | States and that this country could not look for aid from England or, un- der conditions like those at present from South American powers, was made last night in an address by Sem ator James Hamilton Lewis, of Iili- nois, before the State Bar association of North Carolina. His subject was America as the International Law giver of the World Tomorrow"
 Tn preparation for such an event uality Senator Lewis proposed call ling council of all the governm ents of South America and then by "al- lance make common cause for The protection of republican form of gov ernment in the western hemisphere"
 Russia Has Grievance
 Declaring that Russia had griev- ance against this country in connec- ton with the disruption of the Com mercial treaty with Russia growing out of treatment of the Jews, and that Russia and Germany, who have no quarrel upon governm ental principles among themselves would adjust their differences, Senator Lewis said:
 Then both Germany and Russia will be bound together in a treaty With an object of dominating Asia from Siberia eastward and then, as joint enemies of the United States they will be found in conjunction with Japan, who, now an ally with Russia, will present to us the atti- tude of one who has earned the friendships of England and Russia in turn for the aid Japan is giving these countries by driving Germany out of China. Germany with little love for Japan, but with her griev- ances against us, will be as co-opera- tive With Japan as Russia is today. Then with this situation the concen- trated allies will seize the Philippines Tn retaliation for our refusing equal ity of citizenship to the Japanese. Russia, as the ally of Japan, would seize her former possessions, Alaska. To these will be found China adding her weight, resenting the grievance of exclusion of it's people, co-operat- ing with Japan. South America, with her now aroused suspicious of our objects in that zone, could afford us no protection and from her we could expect none for reasons of her at titude of mind caused by misconcep- tion of our purposes and drawn from the events of taking the Panama Ca nal and other incidents. England, be- cause of her alliance with Japan could under no circumstances render us aid, and has no feeling towards us from which we could expect any. But if England could render us aid, x you will not overlook that England, if l she dared participate, would arouse Russia to retaliation upon her Ca- nadian possessions and Japan upon Hongkong in China, and China upon the possessions at Shanghai and Cei.- tral China. Thus we see too many reasons for ever dreaming of Lid from any European source"
 Prophecies Not Improbable.
 To show that these prophecies were not Improbable, Senator Lewis cited historical instances where nations formerly belligerents subsequently became allies. Declaring that both England and Germany had aband- oned heretofore acknowledged prin- ciples of international law and that For America it is now plain that in any emergency involving her interests there is no law of nations that can be relied on for any benefit or advar- tage," Senator Lewis led up to his predictions by endeavoring to show that by retaining the Philippine Is- lands. the United States had itself violated that prime rule of Interna- tional law-the departure from her own zone and entering that of an- other.''
 "It is the violation of this principle and it's consequences which Is today 1 the great danger of Americas repub- lican institutions" he said I
 Previous to entering the Philippines. | he asserted, our right to deny the | right of Chinese and Japanese "to | disputed, but thereafter it was nat urai that .the Asiatics should turn to us and say that by all the laws of na tions we must give what we take and | that as we had come into Asia will | our people they had the right to come | into America with theirs. This situa | ton. he said, was the real reason for President Roosevelt's action fin talk | ing over the Panama Canal territory l at. a time when Japan had just emerged successfully from her war with Russia"
 Sonth America Suspicious.
 "A moments's view restores us to a sense of our real situation" he con- cluded. with South America sus- picious of our methods, lest it mean conquest under the guise of the Mon- r roe Doctrine; Mexico regarding us ns disturbers and usurpers; we arc at once surrounded with enemies, not because of their enmity, but because of their misunderstandings. Should conflict arise in the Orient from x,,t,xon.g if xyarn racessary fO defend 1 ourselves in Asiatic spheres we can