Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-03

Tossing everything into the scales In
broke. at ieas, for generations to come.
the continental industrial rivals which
woqd sGr G nas the
! concerned. and now looks with, com:
cajolinG and fa,,crinE America.
Meanwhile she carries on an economic
war against us which viii shut us gu,
MS Si We Viii ts pu, Hs the tho
defensive in the hsht that Ensla nd
Is wasinE 70 the inanc sSd
fondly believes we have but momen-
,arily taken from her.
One. plea that she has made calls
in the contest which she keeps re-
mindinG US was fought for our safety
as we'll as for her own Interests AZ ard
Sir Douglas HaiE. now remind us.
since she is no longer in danger. Was
won by her and not by US.
England is shutting out the products
OF our manufacturers from her terri
tories and so far as possible is shutting
control OF the seas 10 eventually shut
us out from most Of the foreign mar
where our manufacturers must be con-
tent 10 sci! their products in so much
O. our own markets as England may
choose 10 leave 10 us.
No ENnEEcrntlon of Hopes.
This is in no sense an cxaEEeration
of what she seeks and of what she
hopes; She relies, upon the skill Of
affairs about She has very largely
monopolized rubber wool and other
IS IA TN" ~ To1 Ever n
creasns chances of success. to mo-
nopol;ze the oil fields Of the world.
casuistry. she keeps. through chorus
of thousand voices raised in the
press: the p1;ri,s and the schools sh" lo0 of
in all the world is our constant friend.
that but for her and her, chivairous.
orerrun by some OF the continental
powers which were seeking this very
world power which she now possesses
shs would hay. have us believe tia. she
fought unsetns ny IN TIC war foT the
says We entered the war. yet her first
act after the war was won by us was
to say that the doctrine Of the freedom
sidered i, was and stil remains.
nation for ali oppressed peoples and
agreed with the President when he
said thar no reopie must live under
She must Cynically smile to herself
;practically adjourn after having. with
osk ne b9o % h hs vais nto peees
without any effort having been made
Ito apply that doctrine to Ireland. to
Egypt. TO India or TO any Of the other
countries OF which she is in possession
with only the title that a robber has
u his prey.
Attempts to Make Over Map.
she said she favored open covenants
OF peace. openly arrived at. and yet
the Holy Alliance" did not attempt
TO make over the map OF the world
swith the same secrecy behind which
-these three gentlemen hid themselves
at Paris. And so one might go through
al OF the points and find that English
skill had escaped or English cyniciSm
is arousinE mankind to save England
. English peacc had been made.
diplomacy. Not content with being
saved from destruction. not content
with unprecedented gains in territory
IN wealth. in prestige throughout tho
.N'orid. lie now seeks TO undo what he
regards as mistakes OF the past and 10
recover by mental ability that which
le los; century and a half ago BY
force OF arms. In his self satisfaction
he takes no account OF the fact that
1.-THE thirteen colonies. If they had con-
3tinued as colonies. could not have be-
tEun TO save him as the forty-e!Eht
States did actually save him, AS he
himself must admit
i, England Aims TO Undo Revolution.
He wishes now that his peril is for
the moment past, TO undo the work OF
Stne Revolution. to deslro the grea,