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War Not Completely Won for Com
mon Cause Unless Closer Rcia-
tons OF Friendship.
CHARGES OF ENEMY MISCHIEF
British journal Says England VIII
Not Consent to Diminish Her
Supremacy OF the Seas-Attributes
Winning Of War to Navy.

! London, Dec. 1..--fvia British
Wire)-'Enemy mischief and at
itempts to make mischief between
England and America" is the subject
of leading article in the Times TO-
day. 1t says:
J This war is not completely won
for our common cause unless 1t ends
with the establishment of closer reia-
! tons OF friendship between us an
America
Conversely, It is not wholly lost
! for Germany II by any means dfscoro
could be sown between the two great
English speaking peoples. M1schiet
makers are always busy, ana one form
their evil work takes Is their fnsinua-
ton that Britain is out for what 1t
can get and not for disinterested mo-
tives.
.If we were on an island two thou-
sand out In the Atlantic ocean. with
! out responsibilities in Asia ana eiso-
where there is not an Englishman
! who would not like to divest himsel1
com pletelv of all the territorial pos
sihilfties for the settlement, but the
! few miles OF water that separates US
from the European poliucal system
are shrinking every day.
whether we will or not, we must
I interest ourselves in territorial de-
tails of settlement. II they are wrong,
there will be trouble later. ana wHen
the house of our next door neigh oor
/ catches fire. our own house IS IN
danger That is one reason why we
have to be so much more careIui IN
our weaving of our principles ihto 'he
stuff of which politics are made than
the Americans need be at distance
I Of 1000 miles away.
I 'HThera is another reason. In Asa
we are a great continental power ana
! we owe to il our trusteeshtp IN lhoia
to preserve her people from the milf
/ tarism that has cursed Europe. inat
is WHY we need in India something
! com parable TO the Monroe doctrine or
! America There Is one test to Apply.
Are we attempting to serve our own
selfish interests merely or is our OBJ
! iect TO serve the same real ends there
as the ends being served by America
4 in the Western hemisphere. our
conscience is perfectly clear.
| I'VE do not want fresh responsible
! ties in the way OF territories, and,
/ in so far as we undertake them, we
should wish to do so as the man
] datory authority of the civilized Woriu'
| The charge Of selfishness is sufficient
| " refuted by the fact that in Asia. as
in Europe, our object is to bring into
existence new nations that will live
| and ensure liberty and peace better
than the nations that they replace.
/ Mother OF Free Nations.
'It is the proudest boast OF Eng
land, that she is not only free nes-
self, but stands for the cause Of free
| dom for otherS--not only a free ma
ton but a mother OF free nations. The
same considerations apply to the
freedom of the seas" question most
hopefully cherished by the mischiei
makers as likely to divide the United
States and ourselves.
Zone thing is clear. This war could
not have been won for civilization but
far the British sea power. There can
therefore. be- no. question as-far as
this country Is concerned. of diminish
ing the sharpness of the weapon
that has given us victory in this war
and without which America herself
could not have her new power in her
continent So in the continent OF ASIA
II has been the key of our policy NOT
TO have land frontiers like those OF
the great military powers but TO pre-
serve neutral and buffer states be-
tween India and her possible enemies.
'sOur policy in the middle east Is
exactly the same as that of the United
States in South America. America
policy there is often libelled. and 80
is our in Asia. Tor that, among other
reasons we are delighted that fFesl-
dent Wilson should come to Europe
SO that we can share our ideas on this
subject IT may be that the hope. is
to make the league of nations dis
charge for liberty. some of the rune
tions that have been performed by
the British navy. II may be again
that the American ideal OF the <ree-
dom OF the seas, whom it is PROFOUND
cd. will be found not to diminish our
sea power but merely 10 regulate the
NEW developments which have emery
ed during this war, and II so, we shall
not quarrel about the forms and the
! phrases so long as the substance is
secured.
J "AIl of us recognize that the future
happiness OF the world depends on
drawing closer the bonds between the
United States and England and to
that end we shall work with all the
strength that is in us And they. IN
their hearts, will remember that this
question of the seas IS one that Affects
: this country's people more closely
than any other. There is no subject
on which our sentiment is so tender
our suspicious so near the surface and