El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-10
TWO COUNTRIES
TO RULE WORLD
War Leaves England and
France Supreme With
Only U. S. in Way.
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mace There Is no longer a mighty
Russian aut0cracy menacing the rest
Of the world with the rule Of the
Great White Car. instead Of the most
reaciionary OF states we have a me-
lange Of wild radicalism that threat
ems the west with destruction Of the
social order and ultimate anarchy.
Austria Hungary is torn to pieces and
can never revive. last and mightiest
DOWNFALL. that Germanic empire that
lowered like a Colossus over the
world has fallen and lies broken
So much for the dead ones.
Two nations more powerful than
ever before in their long and
glorious histories now lord Il over
The destinies OF nfae-tenths Of the
human race, subject only to the
influence OF America, who has
not yet made NJ her mind what
part she proposes to play IN the
new world. Those two nations
are England and France. Jere-
lniahs have arised IN both eoun-
tries which have indeed suffered
EricTously from war. Bur 50 far
rs their position and strength
are concerned Britain looms more
cnInipOteHt than after Waterloo,
France stands more powerful on
the continent than nt the height
OF the victories OF Louis Four
tecutE.
Take England first. She was wor-
ried before the war by the Challenge
OF German sca-PoWer. Rapidly and
with science and industry equal to her
own, Germany was building a mighty
battle-fleet to contend for the mas
terry OF the ocean, a contest in which
defeat meant the end Of the British
empire
Even more serious was the threat
Of German trade year after year
the industrious merchants Of the
Z ~ Hrrr
sfaked out new fields Of exploitation.
cut OUT British merchants IN regions
where shey had been paramount Tor
generations.
Feared Threat OF Alliance.
And always before the eyes OF the
statesmen Of London doomed the
threat OF q continental alliance
against England Napoleon tried e
and almost brought it off; It was pro-
posed aealn during the middle Vie
-Orian Lgri0d and finally during the
Seer war. when the kaiser rightly or
wrongly claimed the credit for block
ing the plans Of Russia and France to
seize and divide the colonial posses Z
SONS OF the Erllisn croW1- As the
great var drew rear. England knew
mat II the chance offered again the
Kaiser would jump at It. would him
self lnstigate If DC ssi6e a war OF the
sontinen- against TIRE sea such was
3ritain's position IN 1914
The kaleidoscope revolTed. and now
where is that high seas fleet. built
With its narrow coal bunkers for ac- I
ion only in the North sea against the I
ihips that protect the shores Of Eng I
and9
Lying dismantlsd IN scapa Flow, /
'urrenuered without firing q shot
What about the competition Of Ger /
nan merchants that threatened not
My the markets but the economic (
ife OF Britain
BY the terms OF the treaty OF YER
allies. IL is destroyed for Just as long
IS the allied powers desira.
England Remslns Supreme.
England remains supreme at sea as
he has not been since the French
aFT began 70 revive In the decades
Trafalgar, while she has
isrosed OF her chief economic COM
etltor In the world markets and has
zeal now with Two only, the United
tales and Japan
But Il was not Germany alone that
threatened the peace OF mind OF Eng
Simon, IN the Gays before the war
,ussia was a constant threat TO India.
everal times Britain threatened war
ather than let Russia have the
Lraishts. or gain some advantaEerin
.ersia or on the Indian frontier. Many
ines early IN the war heard It said
o London. with gloomy head-shak-
lgss that the defeat Of Germany BY
he allies would so aEgrandizs Russia I
hat war between Russia and Eng
ana would be only q matter OF a few
ears.
Now the Russian menace as
well rs the German has been re-
moved in one war, piece Of luck
10 En<lishmnn dared 10 hope for.
Au Russian influenee IN Asia MI
nor. throughout Turkey. has van
ished- The elaborate and delicate
HcEoriafi0nH by which Russia and
England staked cut with deem
mutual Jealousy their respective
spheres OF influence IN Persia