Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-09-06
AMERICA
owes Nothing to Great Britain or
Any of the Allied
Nations.
Public Tired of the Hypocritical
Cry That England
Saved Us.
Pro-English Press and Toadyers to
Royalty Spreading the
Falsehood.
AMERICA oAN STAND ALONE.

The pro-English press, following
the lead of the John Bull organs,
are decrying Americas part in the
war while the toadyers to royalty in
this country are taking up the
refrain, and crying that England
and the Allies saved America. Editor
Brisbane in a stirring editorial
ridicules the claims of England s
boosters as follows:
The London Daily Graphic says:
Had 1t not been for the endurance
and sacrifices of the Allies the Mon
roe doctrine would not be much to-
day besides a sweet memory con-
trolled by Germany. That being the
case, why shouldn't America make
some sacrifices in return for the
Allies services?"
This stuff has familiar sound.
We used to hear such patriots as
James M. Beck, George Haven Put
nam and other serviceable British
hornblowers delivering themselves
of that kind of tommyrot. But
really we thought this gentry had
realized that their day was over.
We will tell the London Graphic and
all its kind, abroad and at home,
a few plain, matter-of-fact truths.
There never was day nor an hour
when this America of ours stood in
the slightest danger of subjugation
by Germany. The German Imperial
Government never saw an hour or
a day when it could have whipped
America, .sor when it would have
risked the effort. There never was
an hour or a day when Germany
would have had anything to gain by
war with the United States. There
never has been an hour or a day
since the German Empire was found
ed in 1871 when the United States
navy was not more than able to
beat the German navy and to defend
our coasts from the landing Of a
German army-not day, not an
hour, not a minute.
No one nation in the world could
whip us. No two nations In the
world could whip us. The whole
world together could not subjugate
us. Why? Because the products OF
our soil, the vast extent of ouI
territory, make us a selfsustaining
nation-unconque from with
out. we Can nOI NC hAohC thN
victims of blockade. Our coasts
are too long to be blockaded. And
IL they could be blookaded, we have
in our own land everything we need
to make war and to feed our people
The German people numbered
about 65,000,000 when the wal
broke out; the whole territory oi
the empire was $4,000 square miles
Jess than that of the single State
of Texas; the country had nc
natural defensive boundaries of seas
or mountains; 1t was surrounded by
implacable enemies, ii had an in.
significant sea coast; it could moi
grow. enough food to feed its
population.
The American people number
10000, 1000; they occupy territory
more than ten times the extent oil
the German Empire; the soil Is
. fertile, the climate of every variety
the mineral and fuel resources in.
exhaustible, the people intelligent
and inventive; there are enough
young men to keep the @army and
navy at numerical strength above
100000 for an indefinite time
the country is gridironed with rail
roads and waterways; the distances
are so vast that the whole German
army, in its full prime, could no
provide enough troops to maintain
lines of communication across it. lie
alone maintaining fighting, sub
jugating force.
To talk of Germany crossing thre'
thousand miles of sea and subjugat
ing our huge country and on
enormous fighting population DIS t
talk foolishness. Certainly no gov
eminent that ever reigned in Berlil
dreamed of undertaking such
hopeless task. At is true tina
Germany did for four years max
successful war against France. Eng
land, Italy and Russia. with thei
minor allies, though these fou
Powers outnumbered the German
three to one in man-power an
naval power, and much more thai
that In money-power. But German
accomplished that tremendous mill
fary. feat because she lay in tn
center of the ring of enemies an
could strike first here and the
there. and because the Germa
armies were better trained. Blu
what earthly good would her armie
or her generals have done her In
war with America when she had n
conceivable way of landing thos
armies in America, or OF keepin
open sea communication lines ha
she been able to land an army o
our soil?
We say again that there neve
was minute when we were in an
danger at all from any attac
Germany might mediate, except tn
vast effort and terrible cost of hay
ing to beat off such an attack, an
no German high command, in II
widest dreams, ever thought ths
II could subjugate America. IN
Allies made no sacrifices for Amel
lea. Not a sacrifice The Allie
were entirely too busy trying
hold Germany back to think an!