The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09


rate power. The Turks have beel Oh
Iiged TO keep. the Dzrdanelles s>.osei
| at English command; now. unless she
Is shamnning, as many believe, she IL
5ry:ng to break through the Dardan-
eiles. in the interest OF Russia. Has
Great Britain not stood for an open
door policy in China and for the pres
ervation OF the integrity of the ceies-
I tial empire. and yet is she not now
paying the full price to japan TOT
4 helping to drive the Germans out OF
the Far East? Has she not always
considered herself trustee of the
white race in defending her superior
culture and intelligence against the
superior numbers OF colored psopIe
OF the world and does she not nov
bring in Indians and negroes. FIJI
Islanders and all sorts of su-5Scs
races in order that her sons may be
I spared TO fight? Great Britain knows
the crime she is perpetrating against
the future Of the white race: she
knows the mentality of her cofore1
allies. whom she is now teaching that
they are the real things that the white
men cannot fight or decide their own
. feuds without the decisive help OF the
pcolored races. There are thinking
Englishmen experienced in colonial
affairs who know the enormity CT the
action and they shudder in thinking
out the consequences of the short
sighted policy. There will be a. diff
ferent Asia hencefofth and instead OF
the beneficial and educational prepon-
6erance Of the white race
on th" strength of its sup
erior experience and its conquest OF
nature. there viii be constant mem
ace from these people. as conse-
duence of a policy that is sure 10
break up. at the very first opportun-
ity. the British Asiatic empire.
II must, therefore. be stipulated IN
any peace instrument that the use of
colored troops in any struggle IN
which q white nation OF the white
race is a belliserent must not be, per
mitted. and that furthermore the stip-
ulat:on C Berlin and the Corgo agree
ment shall be revised and strengths
are considered as neutraiized and
must be kept SO during any war in
which European nations are the prin-
cipais.
World Trade Must Be Free.
This is not the way 70 keep the
white mans trust. No mission at
fecting the rest of the world can BE-
conferred on Great Britain. SO the
dominion of the sea must be placed
definitely in the hands of all the pow
ers of the world This world of ours
rs very narrow: its progress rests
largely on the interchange OF goods.
especially raw stuffs against naDufac-
tured products Every nation must
import raw stuffs and pay either with
exports OF such or of manufactured
goods 1t can only be done across the
sea and never efficiently. unless there
be an open door policy This means
that no nation should discriminate
against any other nation and that no
colonies should be permitted TO do so.
either as between their mother coun-
try and themselves. or as between the
colonies and other nations. Only in
this way full development Of the In
terest of every, consumer and every
producer is possible. The easier this
change of produce the smaller the
barriers. the better it is. II for the
fiscal or for other reasons these bar
riers cannot be broken, they should
be made equal TO every conner.
It is generally claimed that Great
Britain is a free trade country. but
that is not so. though Great Britain IS
indeed open to all the world on equal
terms. The dohinions, however, are
not open on equal terms: they have
preferential tariffs from ten TO fifteen
per cent in favor of their mother
country. favoring British nranufactur-
ers. and as these dominiens are very
large part of the globe. three times
as big as the United States, the Brit
ish empire is not an open door prop
osif:on, but just those countries that
can absorb manufactured produce are
closed to the exporting nations. with
the execution OF the m5therland.
II follows also that cable and mails
must be neutralized SO as not to be
under the dictation OF any one power.
Free Seas or Chinese Walls.
What is the alternative?
If this program cannot be carried
out. il we are not 10 have an open sea
and a free intercourse, We shall have
Chinese walls around all the coun-
tres. II is very simple TO see, II at
all times the countries cannot rely on
the importation of the necessary raw
produce, food staffs and the BpsstbfI-
ity OF exports. they must become SELF
supporting and seif-suficient. II fhsy
cannot rely on getting the best goods
from the cheapest markets. they must
surround themselves with customs
barriers and other devices to foster
the home production OF food stuns az
high cost. the production OF sUosu-
tures for the best raw SUITS. and nome
consumption to the exclusion OF mn
ports And since no nation can en-
;;reIy subsist on that principle. they
must go on TO have enormous armies
and especially enormous fleets at sea
and spend the national resources IN
peace needIessly, for fear OF recur-
renee of this war. Then all the ha1-
red and all the Jealousy. all the un-
casincss will remain
BeIgium's Fate Involved.
The decision whether there is TO be
free and neutralized sea or Cnin-
csc wall win also be decisive regard
ing fne fate. of Belgium II the sea
remains fortified there can be no
choice for Germany except to have her
own sea fortresses as we'll. and since