Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-11-02
NORTHCLIFFE's DECLARATION.

NORTHCLIFFE'S DECLARATION.
Lord Northclife is in the Orient
seeing things for himself and incl
dentally telling the orientals what
be thinks. While at Manila several
days ago a delegation of Japanese
newspaper men journey there to see
and interview him. To these men ne
expressed a conviction that will no
doubt be widely noted in the East
and deeply pondered. What he SAID no
Englishman would have thought to
say in any generation previous to our
own and bears a significance for all
the world that is worth considering
well.
He declared that in the event of
clash between the United States and
Japan in tn ePacific or anywhere else
"the whole family of British nations
would stand beside America" he fur
Their added that at seemed inconceiv-
able that any contingency might arise
to menace seriously the invisible but
impregnable bonds that make the
English-speaking peoples noe in the
ultimate and supreme issues OF hui
mainly" These are striking utter
ances, not only for what they contain
and imply, but in view of the place
where spoken and the anxiously, In
tensely interested audience address
sed.
Note that expression, "the whole
family of British nations" The
word Family" connotes a group o.
blood kin, born of one parentage
reared in the same traditional teach
ing, having community of though
and habit and ideals through tn
fact of a common ancestral home
Between brothers, although long AM
widely separated since reaching ma
turity, there are the stronger thai
any ties developed subsequently tt
separation and migration from
home. Let emergency arise affecting
all and their reaction is likely to b.
of a sort each can quite UNDERSTAND
and they can and will react as one
Evidently Lord Northcliffe is nov
convinced that in future issues af
fecting humanity at large or affect
ing the English speakingg portion
thereof, a rising consciousness o
solidarity in understanding and in
terest is going to cause growing
solidarity of policy among the lat
ter. With this as a mighty fact, h
declares, all other races or people
are going to be obliged to deal /,
their plans and policies. Is his be
lief well founded?
Undoubtedly the latest disturber o
the worlds peaceful equilibrium, Ger
many plus her parasites, discovere
with amazement and chagrin, tina
"the whole family of British nations
was mighty force to be reckone
with. But for warriors by sac an
land, who learned to speak Englis
at their mothers knee, German
would have prevailed. Lord North
cliffe practically says that no futur
disturber may hope to do better an
for the same reason.
On the other hand, what of tn
possibility that aggression originate
at the hands of some one of thes
English speaking peoples? There
no necessary implication in NORTH
cliffes utterance to the effect tina
for purposes of an offensive under
taking against some outside poweI
the family" would rally about tn
aggressor. To preserve the securit
and welfare of members of the fam
ly" in good standing they will &C
operate against pressure or attac
from without or even to uphold an
farreaching principle of general hi
man concern-that is all that NORTH
cliffe seems to have in mind.
In any case, he has clearly emphs
sized-more Immediately to the Or
ent, but with worldwide applicable
ty-a newly emerged fact, if it be
fact, of measureless significance fc
the future There is no mistaking til
fact that the far-hung children {
England are realizing their commun
ty of interest and understanding d.
spite oceanic and continental di!
tances and are drawing closer t.
g,.Her.
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