The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-23

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Fact 1.-The Anglo-saxon controls
more than half the arabic land of the
civilized world. and in addition controls
the seas.
Fact 2-The Anglo-Saxon owns much
more than half the active wealth OF the
world.
Fact s-The Anglo-Saxon does so
per cent of the business Of the world.
Fact 4-The Ambassadors empire is
divided politically into two great SOW
ereignties which now face each other.
driven by an intenser competition. irri-
tated by more points OF friction and
menaced by more subtle and determined
external enemies than eter before.
Fact 6-That division is political only;
In all essentials. including speech. lit
erature. laws traditions and aspirations.
the Anglo-Saxon race is still undivided.
Fact Eve in America have $4,000
900. 900 plus invested In merchant ships :
We mean to make those merchant ships
into merchant marine. which in turn.
under the rules and practices of sover-
eighty. calls for fighting fleet.
Fact THE British Empire cannot
endure unless 1t controls the seas, ana
our plans. forced by the logic of acts
undertaken primarily In the interest OF
the British Empire. Will probably COM
pei us to dispute that supremacy.
What then should we do?
THE answer is simple. Not to do
the obvious thing is to resist fate.
Would END National Lines.
"Call federation OF the English
speaking peoples q supergovernment n
you will. but what American. what
Briton. what Canadian, what Australian
would not be proud to be at once its
citizen and Its sovereign?
1T Is pleasant to speak OF good rela-
lions between the United States and all
parts Of the British Empire. to deplore
Misunderstanding. to declare war i'm
possible; but the facts Of history show
that such sentiments never prevented
wars and never will.
What We need. what the British EN-
pire needs. Is leaders-leaders who do
moro than shout America first Britain
first Alexander Hamilton and John
Marshall typ.fy the leadership needed
leadership that sees beyond technical
political frontiers, leadership that un-
derstands Anglo-Saxon history and An
glo-Saxon ideals-that would preserve
what has been gained through thou
sand years. that would stand solidly
against the furies that now seek to in
fame the world"
Speaker Gillett visioned the Pilgrims
as nation builders, and said that the
world needs nation builders more to-day
than at any time since the Middle Ages
Calculating his belief that the United
States Treasury should not be niado
Europe's almonor. he said the money
raised from taxation from all the people
Is held in trust, mot for tho rest Of the
world but for our country"
Failure of BoIshevism.
III those new nations which were
waited Into existence by the magicians'
wand at Paris. instead of being subsi-
died by the United States. could be- In.
| oculated with some of the spirit of our
nation building ancestors. would not the
future OF Europe look much more serene
and auspicious?" he asked. Communism
he called the one form Of government
| which even the Pilgrim Fathers, who
tried 1t, could not make effective. It's
extreme form now was Bolshevism, 'and
| toward that 1 would use no soft words
or diplomatic language. In the only
country where it prevails 1t has ruined
| industry, stified freedom and rules only
| by force and terror. 1t deserves the
remorseless hostility not only Of the
prosperous and contented. but Of all who
prizc the primal liberties of our Consti-
| tuition"
In this country. the speaker thought,
propaganda should be met with propa-
| ganda to make clear to the people how
deadly is Bolshevism to their own in
terests. He prefaced his remarks about
labor unions by saying. IT am no foe Of
labor unions. despite my high place on
the blacklist Of Mr.. Gompers. He rec
ognized the good they had done. but
could not tolerate the sitting OF enter
prise represented In the holding of the
standard OF work to that Of the poorest
worker.
Dr. Kelman. whose address was spe-
cially eloquent, said:
THE patent OF nobility In America
is direct line OF connection with those
who came on the Mayflower. I believe
that the TASK before us for some time
must be to resist the tyranny OF labor
as our fathers resisted the tyranny Of
kings. While that Is so, II In the pres
ent or the future there should a ques-
ton arise in that connection. let us
remember that the stock from which
we sprang was a laboring stock OF men
and women. They brought with them
to America high traditions and the high
honor In which all true labor must ever
be held"
Our soldiers who went to France. Dr.
Kelman said, were imbued with the
spirit which moved the Pilgrim Fathers
And finally. he said. that nothing must
be permitted to strain the friendly rela-
lions of the United States and England.