The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-31
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3l, 1921
ENGLAND MUST KEEP ITS HANDS OFF

A delegate of British steel men recently iouIncycd across the Atlantic and appeared in Washington to protest amt give testimony against certain features of the prospective tariff act, which they considered, would be disadyantagccuo to them. They were rrcriVcI politely by the finance committee and were given the same sort of hearing that is usually accorded American citizens.
 Good feeling and entire lrirndlincSS be- tween the two great English speaking peoples i, the hope of the world. It must be d friend ship of peoples not of governments, for gov cInmcnts themselves are as fly beneath the foot of an elephant if the policies they rSpous, are di~tastciuI to the public. A quarter of d century ago, in d remarkable letter published elsewhere in this issue, Senator Lodge said to u great Briti~hcr: "In the America, we must be- left alone, and l cannot for the life of m. understand why England should always seek to aIirnatc the United States, a~ she has for {; hundred years, when it k her obvious poIicl to be friends with us' Senator Lodges ref ,r'ucr ua~ more particularly, perhaps tu Eng IaudS interference in the affairs of Latin American in moral defiance of the Monroe Doctrine, but it io obvious that he had in mind also the essentially distasJcfuI tendency of England to influence or interfere with our do mcStc legislation.
 The country has before it the astounding letters of Walter Hines Page, then ambassador to Great Brtian in which that gentleman took the position that 1t was advisable for President Wilson to compel withdrawal of the Panama Canal tolls exemption for our coastWisc ship snip in order to holster up and strengthen th" liberal party in its control of the British government. But this Was not an interference of the nitcd States in British affairs, in- drfcnSlbIc as if was, but was rather again an example of British interference in American affairs, it being obvious that Ambassador Page at the time Was acting as the mere mouthpicco of British statesmen
 Americans, more than "O per cent of them. resent and resent bitterly this patronzimg, az onlzln% or mcddcsomc attitude of Britshrr, II Is notorious that already there has been too much Foreign pressure in Washington in regard to the tariff bill. It is d monstrous thing that foreigners should come here. cNtra-diplomat- lraII|, and attempt to omascuIatc tariff logi~ Iaton by an attempt to show the dcva>tat- m" effect lt would have on d foreign industry. Ih" tariff k being formulated for the mantyn- uca and growth of our own industries. The effect on foreign industries is a mere incidence
 
 II k a t1'om that he fares i'll who seek. to lnt"rNrn" in a quarrel between man and wife. No less sensitive k this or any other ua- h"n when outsiders attempt to influence it~ domestic policies The visit of the British steel men to Washington has already caused a bitter feeling in this country. IL will be r,- f"T"d to in political campaigns for years 70 come. It will be exaggerated and ''pIayed up' by elements in the nation which, as a definite purpose, seek to create hostility between the two nations, It was, indeed, an asinine ore folmance and sensible British Ministry would have prevented if.
 'Hands off," is the only policy London can pursue with any success in the United States. This IS no colony requiring direction. Has not England learned from recent experiences with her own domnions when they themselves, though devoted in their loyalty, have warned her over and over again that they will brook