TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-03-22

Engsnd. Demands we're made for immunity III the enemya cargos under
neutral flags, except arms o. ammunitiOns; for the right to enter unhlocked
ports Of benigeranta, etc Nearly all the continental powers Joined the
neutrality league, but when Holland did 50, England declared war On her,
and q 2 result stole most Of her colonies A few years later the league
oversee possessions and her commerce. She tramped on international
rights then Just the same al she is doing today, but always for humanity
and civilization.
The French revolution brought Englands opportunity to pose as the
would be avanger Of the death Of Louis XVI and, filed with noble indigna-
however, it was the occupation of Belgium by France and the opening Of
the Scheldt which England could not tolerate and which drove her into war.
To keep the Dutch and the Belgian coasts from falling into the hands Of
Republican France had to be prevented at any cost During the Napoeonc
era England again poses IS the Hberator Of Europe from Corsican oppres-
kept her people at home to manufacture and supply the world with the pro-
ducts Of her industries, industries which on the continent had been closed
by the war. Thus England recouped herself ten fold and emerged from
the war vastly richer, while continental countries had grown ever poorer
As Pitt expresses it, "I9the midst Of the universal distress, providence has
permitted Great Britain to cover herself with glory and honor. Peace
regns in her palaces and her barns are FULL. Already in 1898 England
declared that France must be starved by preventing the importation Of
corn. Now began a colossal commercial war against France ia which Eng
land induced the other European states to join and to help pull Englands
tnental industries practically destroyed and England. doing all the bust
ness. But the neutral northern states suffered equally by Englands policy
and therefore concluded a new alliance O the remains Of the old neutrality
and demands, protesting against Engands overhearng attitude on the seas
Brutal attacks q Swedish merchant vessels and warships were the straw
that broke the camers back. The leagues just demands as to neutral
shipping in the North and Baltic Seas reused the English to intense fury
and ordered Denmark to abandon the neutrality league. The result Of her
refusal to do so was the bombardment Of Copenhagen by English war
ships and an attack on her feet Denmark had to submit, and the Car of
Russia having been opportunity assassinated just previously, Russia made
an agreement with England, and the neutrality league was again dissolved
Once more the continent had been outwitted by British diplomacy. Napo-I
leon had OWNED Englands designs and planned to checkmate them with all
the means at the disposal of his genius, but failed. He failed in Egypt forl
lack Of ships, and his intended invasion of England was frustrated by an
accident or a mhcacuaton Of his naval commanders, at Trafalgar. Napo-I
Icons blockade Of Europe against English commerce, in which Denmark
joined, brought on the second bombardment Of Copenhagen and the capture
of Denmarks fleet, thrtythree Danish var ships being taken to England
which put the Baltic sea at her mercy, thus breaking the blockade at that
point While the blockade was also broken in the south through Spain, and
while England assisted in keeping the continent in continuous strife with
France, Napoleon succeeded in rehabiitatng many Of the industries il
France by shutting out English commerce, but with his downfall England
again became the purveyor Of the continent, besides being the undisputedl
master Of the seas. English influence at the congress Of Vienna compelled
Prussia to surrender her province Of Frsia to Hanover (then an English
yassal state within Germany shutting her off entirely from the North Sea,
although without Prussias aid Napoleon could not have been defeated The
many minor German states were given the widest autonomy at Engandsl
bhest and separated from each other by prohibtive customs tariffs SO as
10 prevent the formation of a united German state.
The part played by England in the Crimean wars, in Egypt, in India,
in Ireland and in the Ber Wars are too recent events to require menton,I
but in all Of them she lived up to her reputation as self appointed @protee-
tor" Of smaller nations, if only she could keep them small and submissive
in every way, and compel them to pay tribute, financial and otherwise, tol
the greatness Of the British Empire.
Englands part played in our civil war, her sympathy with, and aid TO
the southern states, with the result Of sweeping the merchant marine oil
the U. s. off Of the seas, a blow from which We have not YET recovered
gives another instance of how she has always profted by the misfortunes
Of rival nations. Thus Englands star Of empire was in the aseendency
until the resurrection of the German Empire at Versailles. The advent oil
Bismarck meant the decline of Engands influence on the continent andl
his retirement, therefore, was hailed by British statesmen. In the mean
time Germanys industries had been developed to an astounding degree,
becoming a serious menace to Englands commercial supremacy. During
the period Of 1873-1S96 the tonnage CT German vessels hat increased ten
fold. Her overseas shipping trade had increased 100 per cent, while Eng
lands increase was only 80 per cent Therefore Germany must be crushed
and Engands diplomacy was shaped accordingly. That the entente corr
dle was formed solely for that purpose is proven by such a perfect chain
OF evidence that it is generally admitted even by English authorities. How
Edwards plans, with the help of Delcasse were spun, and how they
matured is contemporaneous history and the present war is the elimination
of those plans, of the plan to eliminate from the face of the earth 2 COM
merda1 rival who threatened to enguf English supremacy and world
prestige, and to crush him ruthlessy at any cost. Engishmen themselves
ridcule the idea that England is fighting for Belgian neutrality or for
humanitys sake.
Bearing in mind these fndisputable historical facts it would be as naive
credit denials Of Englands intentions to absorb Germanys colonies, as
believe thar the Standard Oil Company fought to crush competition as
a matter Of benevolence to its competitors.
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