The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1916-01-07

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United States were forced into war with
Germany?
What would be the result to America
if Germany were completely successful?
While the answers vary to some ex.
tent, they are however practically un.
animous 10 sentiment. All assume that
the present war is democracy VI. kaiser
nsm and therefore America should in
sentiment at least favor the causeof the
entente allies and some declare that. Am.
erica should at once join the coniict.
All who answer the questions at all
predict trouble for America in case of
FGerman victory.
Some of the WRITER'S say directly and
some inferentiallythat he United States
has not already Joined the allies because
of commercial reasons.
1t is the latter phase of the answers
that we would speak of at the present
thine.
The United States has what iis called
a Monroe doctrine. While in some of
it's phases this doctrine is capable of
varioue interpretations the underlying
principle Is. that it is to the national in.
terest Of the United States and it's duty
as the largest nation on the continent to
see that no Europeaa nation shall be al
lowed to seize or control any part of this
continent, other than that already so
controlled. This doctrine has never been
fully accepted in,E Europe including Great
Britain, but tits without doubt tho &c.
cepted. opinion of the United States.
This doctrine when stated thus. affirm
atively has nothing to do with countries
fof Europe in Europe.
Negatively however. the cosallary is
that while the United States believes.it
has the right and duty of looking after
Pan.America interests on this ,oontinet
Lit therefore has no right nor duty to in-
'terfers with strictly European affairs.
Since Washington delivered his fare
well address this has been the doctrine
and procedure of the United States, of
which there are many historical ex-
.amples.
That the United States declines to en-
ter the war for commercial reasons is
|simply SANDER and nonsense. That
there are some manufacturers that are
esoiting BY thewar is true. 1t may be
some, of these favor the continuation of
the war. But we think even these are
fen, while the great bulk Of our pe9ple
are not manufacturers and there are
latae numbers OF our citizens to whom
the present results of the var are a
damage and there arc but few thinking
people who do not believe chat America
in the end will have to help pay for the
enormous losses caused by the war.
Speaking of conmercialism however,
reminds US that a little over a half
century ago there was a war in this
country. To large extent, commercial.
ly, it was a war between the producers
of Gotten and the Northern cotton fac
tories.
Then the sympathies of all of Eng
lands great cotton factory towns as
we'll as great numbers al other interest
ed people were with the south. The
theory being that with the collapse of
the republic ,of the United Stated that
the cotton Of the south would 70 to
England for manufacture and the trade
|of the northern states be lost to them.
Great Britain paid after the war sone
go QOO, 90 indemnity for losses caused BY
'its criminal negligence in fitting out pri.
vstee1s for the southerners; while, until
stopped by strong blockade England
sent = steady line of blockade runners
from the Bahamas to the southern
states.
Not ali of England sas against the
north, but . large part OF that comner-
cial country vas in sympathy with the
south for purely commercial reasons.
And the Civil War of the United
States was just q much war for liberty
and democracy q is the present war;
and in our opinion the present European
war 10 but continuation Of our civil |
war and perhaps is the direct result Of
issues decided in that war q far a. this |
country was concerned.