The Washington times., 1921-12-01
ENGLAND after !
us. SUPPORT
FAR EAST FIGHT
Crafty Wooing America by
cunningIy Worded Agreement
That Means Alliance.
by POLITICUS.

The divergence between American
and British interests in the Far East
IL becoming apparent at the arms
conference. The British delegation
has announced that Mr. .Balfour. Sir
Auckland Geddes. Lord Lee. and
Lord Riddcll have accepted invita-.
lions to participate in meeting OF
the English-Speaking Union In New
York city Monday night.
1t Is the old story. 1t Is the
same blood -is-thicker than water"
propaganda that figured so heavily
In the campaign which landed the
United States I'm the European war.
Now II has a new aim. ii is TO align
the United States on the side OF
the British empire I'm the solution or
the Far Eastern problems that are
being discussed at the Washington
conference.
Few are bold enough to call this
alignment an alliance. The states
men at the Washington conference
have been searching the diplomatic
dictionaries for word that Will
sound less harsh to good American
ears. They talk about On under
standing an agreement. Lest a con-
flict with the Constitution make 1t
impossible to write such an under
standing into a treaty. they profess
a willingness to accept a mere note,
a bare memorandum that would set
forth the agreement" between the
greatest republic in the world and
the greatest empire.
Purpose Is Same.
But the purpose is always the
same II is to save that greatest
empire as an empire; to keep It from
disintegrating into a lot Of mere
republics. In particular, just now.
II In intended TO assure to England
all the benefits Of it's Anglo Japanese
alliance and all the strnegtn OF an
Anglo-American alliance.
This Is the price that we are to
ply for inducing England to scrap
some Of her ships and to consent
to an apparent parity upon the seas
with the United States. The Ameri'
can delegation at the Washington
conference seems willing to pay that
price.
But the people OF the United
States are not. No matter In what
form the question might. be put TO
them, the citizens of this nation will
have none of such bargain. They
were not aroused in vain in the cam
pdign OF 1920 to the perils OF such
entanglements.
SO the propagandists who are try
ing to deceive the people of the
United States into following their
delegation into such an agreement
must find a new excuse. What is
more natural than that they should
turn to the one that has served so
often and so well? ''Blood-is-thicker.
than-water" has ever been a striking
I, he IF -
lish speaking Peoples" has rung So
norously in-the eloauence OF a thou.
sand orators. "Our common anccs-
try" has always proved stirring
appeal. particularly in influential
regions Of the Atlantic coast as well
as among the worshipers of British
aristocracy farther west.
Revive Old Slogan.
So Messrs. Balfour. Geddes. Lee.
and Riddell will doubtless ring the
changes on the old slogan again.
Doubtless also they will hear n cheer
ing response from the gathered
Anglicans and even more valuable
echoes from the h.worshiping
newspapers VI New York city.
But the blood is thicker .than-water''
protestations are pure CUFF. Blood
was far thinner than water In the
European war. The ties Of race be-
tween Germany and England did not
offset the ties of water between
England and Japan. Neither Eng
land nor France hesitsted an instant
to use black troops to kill the white
race on the other side Of the
trenches. Neither will hesitate to do
the same tomorrow.
II the day ever comes that Ems
land fights on the side OF the United
States against Japan, II will not be
because of common tongue or a
common ancestry, but solely because
the interests Of Great Britain will
he wrapped up in the interests OF
the United States and opposed to
the interests OF japan. II the in
terests of England are Identical with
those OF japan she will not have
the slightest hesitancy about availing
herself of the soldiers and ships, of
the Mikado to STAY her pretended
cousin. And she will find ample
mouth filling phrases to justify this
hypocrisy.
When that day comes. the same
propagandists of the English-Speak-
ing Union who are arranging the
present campaign, will be found ul-
dermining the strength of the United
States az their forbears did in the
war of 1912.
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