The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17
ENGLAND
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:


 republic into the gigantic European con- i flict as an ally of France and Eng l land, and especially of England, marks 1 one of the most momentous historic events in the annals of the world | It is certainly demonstration of po- etic and historic Justice that 13S years after the gallant soldiers and sailors Of France under Lafayette and Rochambeau fought for American independence in the United States that the gallant soldiers and sailors of the United States on the vineclad hills of sunny France will fight for the independence of that fair and patriotic land against German des- potism and autocracy.
 It is @ glorious opportunity for the two great democratic republics to stand shoulder to shoulder for liberty, democ- racy and civilization. This alliance also means that in the future history of the world the two great Anglo-Saxon coun- tries-the United States and England will in all probability unite and cooper ate in the settlement and adjustment of all great international questions that involve the welfare of the world. It is for the best interest of the world that this should be so.
 The United States is the daughter of England. The overwhelming majority of our people, especially in the south, are descendants of people from the British Isles.
 Thousands of our ancestors sleep the dreamIess sleep of death beneath British soil.
 Although We have had our differences and difficulties with England, these should not be any more recollected than that war in England between the red rose and the white that sent a thousand souls to death and deadly night" We are identically the same people as the English. We speak the same lan- guage, we have the same laws and insti-
 tutions, the same love for liberty, de- mocracy, the rights of man, and consti- tutional government. We have the same literature-the names of Chaucer. Spen- cer, Dryden, Milton, Shakespeare. Gib- bon, Hume, Macauley, Newton, Darwin, Scott and Dickens, are as familiar to Americans as they are to Englishmen
 An alliance between the United States and England will make powerful com
 bination.
 The United States, with it's more than 100000 square miles of territory, and lilOic llletl1 IuV,Ovu,VOu anu Iiie British empire with it's 12750,000 square miles of territory, and 43S,000,000 popula- ton, embrace practically one-third of tho land surface of the world, and over one third of its population. TheN British empire is the mignsfes that ever existed.
 The creation, extension, and establish ment of this great empire deserve great admiration and consideration. In tn, history of the creation, colonization ant organiza ton of this magnificent empire l England made but one fatal mistake | That was it's treatment of the American
 colonies, which resulted in their separa | ton and the establishment of the grea 1 American republic.
 | A comparison will show that no natior l ever had the worldwide dominion O | England.
 l The Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyran l Persian and Grecian empires never ha( l over 3,O00,O00 square miles of territory nor over 1OO,OOO,OoO population. | When Rome was mistress of the world | it never had over 3,500,0O0 miles of terri l tory, nor over 400,000O00 poulation. | England and Wales contain only 5S, 34, | square miles, smaller than Alabama | The area of the British Isles is 121, ,33 | square miles about as large as Alabama l and Georgia. They contain 1000 600 pop t, ulation. England is the seat of govern 1 ment of this vast empire. 1 The world contains, in round numbers | 200000,0O0 square miles of surface, 150,000 | coo of these square miles being water an( | 50, ,O00, 900 land
 On the water the supremacy of Eng 1 land is undisputed. She is mistress O. l the seas. She has the best and larges l navy in the world, and controls three | ifths of its commerce. German U-sub | marines will not destroy this supremacy i AS the poet Campbell says, 'Brttania needs no bulwalks,
 No towers along the steep, 1 Her march is on the ocean wave,
 Her home is on the deep" i Webster, in his magnificent oration. de | scribed the British empire as one who's, l drum beat is heard around the world 1 upon whose dominion the sun never sets This is literally true-43S, 900 peopl l in the British Isles, India, Egypt, Can | ada, Australia, various colonies and de pendencies in Europe, Asia. Africa an, | America and in 10000 islands owe ale l glance to the British government. l These people are loyal and faithful il l their allegiance.
 Every colony in this vast empire i
 furnishing men and money to the mothe l country in the present gigantic Europeal
 conflict. These soldiers are among tn | bravest of the brave.
 These colonies know that it would b
 a calamity for England to he defeated
 for wherever the flag of England floats
 there is a Just and equitable system o
 taxation and protection to fife, libert
 and property
 For the sake of liberty democracy
 humanity and civilization 1t is to b 1 hoped that the two great Anglo Saxol
 nations will be united on world ques
 tions in the future.