El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-03
Britain Has Aided Us
Often Against Enemies
German King OF England Fought
Us In Revolutionary War, While
Most EnElfshmen Refused
To Oppose Us.
BY MADISON c. PETERS.


1 THE people OF the United States are
L far more Indifferent to their rela-
tionship to Great Britain in the war
than to our alliance with France.
I Many Americans are still fighting the
wars Of the revolution and Of 1872
Others still recall the attitude Of some
English statesmen during the civil
war.
The wrongs OF France and the
tragedy Of Belgium rather than our
alliance with England arouses the
average American against the Beast
Of Berlin Yet there have been oc-
casions when American and British
sympathies rang true together and
when the two nations represented a
union Of English speaking peoples.
stamp Tax Dispute In England.
The right OF the stamp act, in 1855.
was in England itself a subject Of
dispute. which could not have been
anywhere else in Europe at that time.
for so TO tax was a royal preroga-
tive The kings OF France and Spain
collected revenues from their colonists,
even the states general OF the New
Netherlands imposed duties on their
outlying possessions
To England alone belongs the honor
that between her and her colonies the
question OF right could arise and to
the still greater glory Of Englishmen,
as well as their love OF freedom. is
the fact that in that contest the gov
eminent failed.
English Fought Autocracy.
While the revolutionists in the
American colonies fought for liberty
on the field Of battle. the English
people. under such leaders as William
Pitt. fought autocracy in the parlia-
ment and, when George III. who was
a German and could speak little Eng
lish, attempted 10 strengthen the ar
bitrary power and the royal preroga-
tive OF the house OF Hanover. he
found his own ship scuttled at home
and, when the tyrant failed i'm his de-
signs TO insure the royal power. the
colonists had won their Independence
and the British had ended the last at
tempt at autocracy in a British king
Acts Of the British Kaiser.
When the British kaiser could not
get the best people Of England to
fight the colonists. after vainly en-
deavoring TO hire 10000 Russian sol
diers, he turned to the German SOW
ereignties. Of which there were then
nearly 500, each maintaining a court
and military force, with some Of whom
England had dynastic relations and
whose profhgate princelinEs were
glad 10 make money by letting out
their regiments for hire-this friend
ship OF the English people for Ameri-
cans explains why the English gov
eminent had 10 use Hessian hirelings
David Hartley. who furnished $3.50,
600 bail for the American. Henry Lau-
rens, who was imprisoned as a rebel
and Richard Oswald, British repre-
seutatlves who signed the Versailles
peace negotiations I'm 17SS. openly
sympathized with our struggle for
political independence and heartily
agreed with our peace pIenipotenti-
aries, Franklin. Adams and JAY. on
the fundamental ideals OF democracy.
Britain Aids Against Napoleon.
Prime minister Henry Arlington. in
1908, informed the American minister
in London that in the event Of war
with France. Great Britain would take
and hold New Orleans for the United
states and, under that pressure. Ma
poleon gave mp his plan OF conquest
and sold Luisiana 10 the United States
for S15.00O.000.
Wellington Protected Is.
The duke of Wellington not only
declined TO take his army Of 100000
victorious veterans against the United
States and wrest from II the north
west territory. but at his command
Great Britain made the peace tha-
ended the war OF 1912. on the basis
boundaries, and at the Verona con