The Nenana daily news., 1918-05-27
OUR ADVENTURES IN FREEDOM WITH ~x %* x ENGLAND .* x ~x
(By Geo. w. Pennington.)

pose, and could recall the time when so great an Englishman as William Pitt had dared to arise in the house of parliament and declare that he was glad the American people had the spirit, the courage and manhood to resist the demands of a tyrant And so in 1914, he said "No! will no fight with my own flesh and blood" and when the peace com pact was ready for ratification, and there was some hesitation on the part of the English secretary for for eign affairs as to signing it, We'll ington made the plain statement to him, That the American people are jusly entitled to their boundaries and demands. You sign" and that treaty was signed.
 Now I merely recount these things to you to show that during the past century the better thought of Eng land has ever been ready to fight by our side whenever we have waged war for higher idals and a more en- frightened freedom.
 Now let me recall one other rather darmatic event in our foreign re- lations, and then ask yourself what might have happened if this distin- guished English commander had taken any other course.
 You know that back in 1923, prac- tically the whole world was under the rule of absolute monarchs, with the exception of the United States and Great Britain. You must also now what kind of an argument an absolute monarchy always puts up. It consists of guns, bayonets, plenty of lead and powder, and unlimited soldiers to back these tools up. An absolute monarchy never discusses the right and rong of any subject with you; he simply gives orders, and when those orders are not obeyed, there is generally the devil to pay. We'll back in 1923, practically all the monarchs of Europe met and framed up an agreement which was called at that time the "Holy AL liance." "Old Satan" must have smiled in derision when they gave tt that name, for the purpose of that instrument was just about as devil ish as any that could have possibly found birth in his brain. Let me repat the first article of that agree ment:
 ''We the high contracting powers, being convinced that the system of government called peoples, or a representative government it incom- patible with monarchy, and also in- compatible with the blessed and di- vine right of kings, do now mutually and solemly engage and pledge our selves to exert our utmost endeavor to put an end to such free govern ment, in whatever country it may exist"
 [ That instrument represents about as dangerous piece of work as was ever perpetrated by the tools and ministers of kings, because its pro- mitigation would mean almost com plete revulsion of civilization; the "Dial of Time" would be turned backward at least five hundred years. ... ..* -."*"
 We'll, these monarchs met down in Verona, Italy, to ratify that agree ment, and the Duke of Wellington was sent down to represent England, and when that first article was read, we are told, that Wellington arose, anu loiioWSu Dy HIS SSSi SIdAioo, vain ed out of the hall, and thereafter refused to discuss any part of that infamous contract.
 We at that time were just begin ming to formulate our great state policy which is known to the world as the Monroe Doctrine. Honorable Richard Rush was our minister to Great Britain, and Hon. Geo. Can ming was the English foreign sec retary.
 MT. Canning made an official visit to our MT. Rush, and laid before him the entire scheme, and all the