The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11

our COuntry the German Immigrant
Is good value. He Is not a good fac
tory citizen there or elsewhere usu-
ally. C~ongregating in factories seems
to make Of Germans anarchists and
conspirators. II was Nine. de Staei
who said, When a German thinks he
goes mad
III you gave the British Empire a
preference 1t would give you a prefer
ence. OF course. 80 what you would lose
in the German market you would re-
gain in the British market.
AN indirect effect Of this would
he decrease OF German arrogance. II
was the German merchant marine
which paid for German d~readnoughts,
and the German navy Is what threat.
ems the Monroe Doctrine. Thus the
elimination of German trade is the best
insurance against world trouble. Great
Britain never threatens you. but, on
the contrary, alone buttresses Monroe
Ism in all its phases"
How would England look upon a
plan Of this sort ?" I inquired.
IL think the British Empire will well
come IT," said Mr.. Frewen. "One could
hardly take up a book Of old speeches
made by British statesmen OF any
party without finding in II from almost
every man Of consequence the record
NJ his recognition Of the necessity of
closer Anglo-American relationships.
That or nothing. no more Monroeism.
no more unlimited and proftless
liability Of that sort for England.
why has Great Britain been. OF late
80 anxious TO clear up the 1rSh quee-
ton? Because q great gulf 10 fxed
bet ween London and Washington by
that same Irish question. One of the
reasons for the movement toward an
imperial Parliament II that Ireland n
sure { get a more topical and sym
metrical home rule from the empire
than ever she will from Westminster.
For many years every Britsh
statesman worthy Of tho name haS AZ
tached great Importance to friendship
with America. All the eagles feather
pluckirg and the lions tail twiAting IN
the las, Atty years has but tended 30
put back our toin' civilization.
Think of the Americans whom you
have sent 10 us. Men such As Lowell.
Phelps. Reid. Hay. Choate and many
o~thers-great men who have taught
VI. much. What has been said ~ them
by Enelishmen and what have they
said of Englishmen?
we are the two most potent nations
in the world. Indeed We are q world
IN ourselves. only In the United states
and In our dominions are the rsat
untitled ices. We breed a healthy
race. And open spaces make open
minds.
The way IN which Americans think
II their problems IL admire Bile. The
inclination Of tho American statesman
is to say yes while that Of the Britain
statesman n 10 say no ThA Gtyes
YOU an advantage w us. Bagehot
once said. The whole art Of banking ID
TO say no. and such q habit Of no
IL with our statesmen.
Great reforms may be started by 4
discussion here and in Washington
The Monroe Doctrine IL a delicate sub.
ject. We must thresh out Just what
/, properly involves.
"England's admission into the Mon
roe Doctrine by alliance would give
your country an Of the Americas
North and South: II would indeed Rtvs
England a greater thing-the assur
ancs of world peace.
"N would - not only good idsAls
hut good business. Certain things
England can do better than America
can do them. and among these Is
the operation Of maritime commerce
Our wage rate IL lower than your'
and will remain 20. That mAns ses
power. Your rate Of wages upor
.NAa~ At1Satas N.n,e vraNA AhoaRA ahtn
Your tar!f, created wages rate mus,
halt at the ocean
"You can't build OF operate ship
with three dollar a day men wher
we can DO II with dollar . day men
Your building cost IL 30 per cent
greater than ours. but you can pro
duce the iron and steel cheaper thai
We can Your economies in msta
production are in your seology. not II
your mechanism. Tho only otheI
country having such metal resources
10 backward China
Nor are We I'VE likely TO b self
supporting IN regard TO cotton o.
maize. We must take these and man!
things from the United States and OF
more favorable terms than from tn
Argentine.
The United States must take on
textiles. especially woollens. W,
naturally catch all the Australian
woods. and our cheap labor at Brad
ford gives us an advantage there.
~ do not advocate thai you shoul
close your woollen mills. nor woul
you have 10 do So even II you gav
W. a considerable advantage over Ger
many and Japan. II that Ia not ar
ranged indeed you MAJ severely suf
fer, for Japan. with cheap labor an
a merchant marine, will become an i'm
ems exporter Of textiles 70 tn
United States. American labor.
seems evident tn me. will suffer IN
less through A tarin Of preference
which favors England than 1t woul
through equal competition for its mar
kcts between Great Britain. Japan an
China. Your military peril is whit
your Industrial yellow,
III not through the lowering {
| tariffs for England hut through III
raising OF them for other countries "
managed TO get trade running upo
proper lines a considerable economy {
freishts Immediately would resu!
| Ships between the United States an
the British Empire would he going bot
ways full. That alone would be
great material economy.
. ct would he possible to work n
,. favorable argument out In a hundre
t