Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-02-01

To a good many people that address
of the Hon. James Hamilton Lewis to
the South Carolina Bar association will
sound like crazy talk; but i'll the opln-
ion of The Yorkville Enquirer those
people who study the address closely
and take the speaker seriously will not
badly deceive themselves. 1t was the
late Cecil Rhodes. the creator OF the
great empire of South Africa, who had
dreams of Anglo-Sa unity through
out the world. and who declared that
for the sake of such unity he would not
make any complaint if Washington
were selected as the capital; but Great
Britain does not share and never will
share the sentiment Of Rhodes except
on a basis OF establishing the capital IN
London, and the centre Of government
in the British parliament. London
knows that this is impossible, of course,
and British intelligence realizes that
about the only way that Great Britain
can ever hope to dominate America IS
through the domination Of the balance
of: Europe and perhaps of Asia. The
traditional policy of Great Britain in
every European war since the days OF
Cromwell, has been TO align itself on
the side Of the weaker power against
the stronger power, not exactly OUT OF
sympathy with the oppressed as
against the opprcssor; but rather to
maintain her own position Of suprcma-
cy. When France Joined Austria
against Prussia through fear that Prus-
sia might supplant her as the domlnat-
ing power OF Europe, Great Britain
threw her lot with Frederick the Great,
not openly, but secretly with her mon
cy, and with regiments that did not
even have the status Of bclligcrents.
Her attitude in tho Napoleonic wars
was the samcseXccpt that necessarily 1t
was more open. The sole reason OF the
Crlmean war, fought ostensioly OUT
of sympathy" with Mohammcdan
Turkey, was for the purpose of thwart-
ing the ambition Of Russia t. become
world power, and in this France was
used as tool and ally. Great Britain
went into the recent world war because
she knew that German conquest of
France meant German domination OF
Europe followed by German domination
of the world, and America wns brought
in ONLY after it was made clear that
Great Britain and France could not"
turn the trick without her. At this
time Great Britain will not stand for
France doing what she wants TO do
with Germany, because that Will mean
that France will eventually attain her
former prestige, thing FOR whlch
,;reat Britain could never stand. Blll
somehow, The Yurkvillc Enquirer !"
unable to imagine Il very dangerous
endmy Of the United States in Il united
E,IroDe so long as that Europe con-
tains n Great Britain. Great Britainals
capable of uniting almost any combl-
nation Of European countries against
anv other combination OF European
countries, hut ii does not seem possible
that she could unite with all Europe
against the United States in such
way that the United States could not
break up the combination. "PerlldlouS
Albion" may not be any more pcrllAl-
Gus than any Of the rest of them; but
since all Of them know how quickly
Albion would. throw down any OF them
in order to advance her own interest,"
over all Of them. there will always be
some who will take Il chance on pro-
nosals that seem to promise Il posi-
bility Of getting the best OF hcr.